I happened to be up in Cleveland recently and got a chance to visit a classic building — Cleveland’s Arcade. Opened in 1890, The Arcade is one of those remnants of a bygone era when American culture and business were striving ever upward. The Arcade cost $875,000 in 1890 dollars. I don’t know what that [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Cleveland’s Arcade
Posted in America, Ohio, tagged America, Cleveland, Ohio, The Arcade on April 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Acts of Kindness
Posted in Ohio, tagged happiest states, liberty mutual ad, Ohio, random acts of kindness on April 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Thursday night after a hectic night at the restaurant I went home and stretched out on the couch to unwind. As I was flipping through the channels I came across this commerical which I love because it just goes to show just how easy it is to do a simple good deed for someone else on a daily basis. As this [...]
New Paintings From Russell
Posted in Art, Family, tagged Art, Family, Russell Webner on April 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Russell’s website features three new paintings, one of which appears above. You can check them out here.
Rattling The Cage
Posted in Dogs, Family, Humor, Penny, tagged Dog Training, Dogs, Family, Humor, Penny on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Penny has not been a good dog lately. Sure . . . she has, for the most part, gotten over her fascination with chewing every item capable of being pulled off a counter or table and gnashed by her bicuspids, but lately she has taken to barking at night after being put in her crate [...]
The Golden Age of Magazines
Posted in America, TV, tagged advertisements, America, Consumer Culture, Consumerism, LIFE magazine, modern culture, TV on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For some reason we have an original LIFE magazine from 1948 — October 11, 1948, to be precise. I’m not certain how we received it, although I think it was picked up as a promotion for a website, called www.originallifemagazines.com, that sells the magazines as keepsakes to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays. It’s a fascinating [...]
Underrated Movies: Waterworld
Posted in Movies, tagged Kevin Costner, Movies, Waterworld on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The colorful Earth behind the Universal logo at the beginning of Waterworld becomes bluer. Soon, all the land mass is gone. A gravelly voiceover explains that this is a future where the ice caps have melted and the Earth’s surface is covered with water. As you would expect for a movie filmed at sea, Waterworld ran into lots of production problems [...]
The Appeal Of Texting
Posted in America, tagged America, Communications, modern culture, Texting on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project has found that texting is now a more popular form of communication for American teenagers than cell phone calls. This comes as no surprise to anyone who has kids. Kish and I have long recognized that texting is the most certain way of reaching Russell, [...]
Jack Bauer vs. The World (And Charles Logan)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 24, Charles Logan, death pool, Gregory Itzin, Jack Bauer, TV on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
24 will soon run its course, and it is clear the the writers and producers want to end the series with a bang. Recently we’ve seen one character dispatched with a gruesomely slit throat, and another got plugged after unwisely enjoying a few moments of passion with Jack Bauer. So now Jack, once again, is [...]
From House To White House To Hollywood Again
Posted in Politics, TV, tagged House, Kal Penn, Politics, TV, Washington D.C., White House on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Washington Post is reporting that Kal Penn, whose real name is Kalpen Modi, is returning to Hollywood. Penn left the cast of House to join the Obama Administration and fill a position in the White House Office of Public Engagement. After working there for only nine months, Penn is hitting the road to film [...]
Thoughts On The Anniversary Of The Oklahoma City Bombing
Posted in America, tagged America, Charles Manson, Domestic Terrorism, John Brown, Lee Harvey Oswald, Oklahoma City Bombing, Ted Kaczynski, terrorism, Timothy McVeigh on April 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Oklahoma City bombing happened 15 years ago. April 19, 1995 was an exceptionally deadly day of domestic terrorism, but it was unusual only in degree, not in kind. The reality is that America has always had a dark, kinky seam of violent insurrection running through its soul like a vein of the blackest coal. [...]
Public Distrust Of Government Is Growing, And Dog Bites Man
Posted in America, Politics, tagged America, Congress, Government, Pew Research Center, Politics, President Obama on April 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Pew Research Center released a study today that showed that Americans’ trust in government is nearing historic lows. According to the study, the only time trust in government was lower than it is now was in the first few years of the Clinton presidency. And some of the statistical changes shown in the study [...]
Can’t They do the Right Thing ?
Posted in America, Uncategorized, tagged financial reform, Healthcare Reform, jonas salk on April 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I am in total agreement with Bob’s blog. It IS too bad that the president or the government for that matter had to step in and get involved. In the past I was a big proponent for less government, however recent circumstances have caused me to reconsider my thinking because I am beginning to wonder if business will ever take the initiative and [...]
Keep The Big Ten As It Is (Cont.)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Big Ten, Big Ten expansion, college basketball, college football, sports on April 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t posted lately on the topic of possible Big Ten expansion because there hasn’t been much news on that front. Bloggers are speculating and new articles include stray comments from time to time, but hard information about what has been happening has been tough to come by. It looks like that new shortage is [...]
First Round Of The Season
Posted in sports, tagged Golf, sports on April 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today I’m supposed to play golf for the first time this season. Accordingly, I am filled with anticipation — and dread. The first golf of the season is always a crap shoot. If you haven’t practiced regularly during the off season, and I haven’t, you don’t know what will happen. Some years I have played [...]
It’s About Time
Posted in America, Family, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Family, Gay Rights, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Lesbian Rights, Politics, President Obama on April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night President Obama directed the Department of Health and Human Services to require all hospitals that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding — which means virtually every hospital in the United States — to afford visitation rights to the partners of gay men and lesbians who are hospitalized. It is hard for me to believe [...]
