Aging Bohemians

Sorry, I don’t normally do this, but…
 
via Open Culture

Steve Jobs has done it again. Once again Apple has cut their users off at the knees. That’s okay. I’ve been a loyal fan. I’m used to it. I keep coming back for more.
Remember when Apple decided to stop shipping floppy drives in their machines, and you had to buy an external floppy to [...]

There are times when I hear a song on the radio and I think, damn, that’s a good song, who wrote that? And I find out. Then, a few years later, I hear another great song. Turns out to be the same songwriter. Then I find out that I’ve been hearing great songs by the [...]

After a botched upgrade early in the year and several months of apathy, I finally, more or less, restored the website. I’ll get the old graphics up, too. Then, hopefully, I’ll get back to posting more often.

Okay. Happy New Year.I’m a casual media listener. I check news when I’m on the computer, listen to the radio in my car. I don’t watch TV, so I suppose I’m off the big bump in the bell curve on that stat.Be that as it may, it has been several elections since I got any real benefit [...]

My daughter, the budding visual artist and social commentator, has produced her first YouTube video: ”The Barbie Life Cycle”.

I think it’s a work of art. You?

The first of a series of juxtapositions I’d rather not think about…
President Bush and 151 Senate Republicans do not want to spend $35 billion over the next FIVE years to expand the already successful State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates just asked Congress for an additional $42 billion on top of the already [...]