– The Princesses

When my older daughter was 3, she spent a lot of time in costumes because – well – because she was 3.  Although her mother would complain that the child should not go out to the supermarket dressed like The Little Mermaid, I argued, “Why not?  Why must Halloween costumes be restricted to one day?” …

– Waiting for the Truth

A world famous film critic wrote the following paragraph in his review of the very misleading film Waiting for Superman, which examines the pro’s and con’s of public and charter school education: The key thing to keep in mind is that underprivileged, inner-city kids at magnet schools such as Kipp L.A. Prep or the Harlem Success…

– Corona, please, but hold the lime

  There were some great friends with whom I used to hang out, but unfortunately I haven’t seen them in more than a year.  One of them would unintentionally make me laugh when she’d order a Corona Light, take the lime wedge, jam it into the bottle, turn it upside down for a while, and then…

– a small star wars issue

I know I’m being picky here, and Star Wars is all about good, clean fun, but I noticed something that’s annoying.  I’m watching the re-issue of Star Wars IV – A New Hope, a.k.a. the first one.  They added a few new CGI touches that are pretty cool, but they’re also wrong.  Here’s one example: So…

– another person i want to smack

Look at what this idiot did at the Home Depot in Mantua, NJ.  How do you leave a shopping cart there?  How can you  be that lazy?  Not only might it roll into the car next to it, but another car might not see it while pulling into that space, smack into it, and then…

– the poetry of bruce springsteen

There are many definitions of poetry.  Some better than others and some worthless, but here’s my favorite.  “Poetry is saying as much as possible with as few words as possible.”  Easily demonstrating that definition is much of the work of Bruce Springsteen.  A terrific example is his song “Lucky Town,” in which a man lost sight…