There exists in our world an annoying dearth of intelligence.
I don’t mean the ability to do complicated mathematical equations, or list every country and the world complete with capital and population.
I mean the ability to hold an informed conversation. The basic grasp of what is important in the world. Being cultured. Too many people are [...]
Archive for October, 2008
30 Oct
Where Have All The Smart Ones Gone
27 Oct
It’s Not Really About Beckham
Sure Bend It Like Beckham probably drew hordes of screaming, salivating girls simply because of the Beckham.
Really, can you blame them?
But the movie isn’t about Beckham, as evidenced by the fact that he makes an appearance only in posters and a televised soccer game. (Even the ‘Becks Sighting’ at the end is done by a [...]
24 Oct
Don’t Judge
This afternoon I had to go to the doctor, and when I stopped at Wally World to fill my prescription, I used the time (and the car borrowed from a wonderful friend) to pick up some items and groceries I needed. Milk, bread, shampoo, all that good stuff. And other things.
A girl on my night [...]
23 Oct
Bad Play
Apparently Rick Reilly offered at least Obama and McCain a chance to be his fantasy partner for a week (he said ‘each candidate’ but I’m not sure if he was counting any third parties or not. C’mon Reilly, clarity in writing!*)
Only Obama agreed, and they played, and then Reilly wrote a column about it. As [...]
19 Oct
Snapshots of Feelings
Allow me for a few moments to give you a snapshot of just a few seconds worth of my day, recounted in the last post.
Before our (too early) game on Saturday, the team all stood together for the national anthem. Sure I was exhausted, but after an hour of warm-ups my blood was racing and I was wide [...]
18 Oct
My Week(end)
Last night, we got done with practice and it started to sprinkle. The heavens looked dark, so I grabbed my gear, left my shinguards and cleats on and jumped aboard my bike to beat the storm home. It was tough going through the grass, but once I got to pavement . . . thwub thwub [...]
17 Oct
Truth Is
While writing my last post about insurance I was reminded of a tactic I would like to use. Ana Pascal is my hero.
Harold Crick (Auditor): It says, in the file, that you only paid part of your taxes for last year.
Ana (Auditee and Chef Extraordinaire): That’s right.
Harold: Looks like only 73 percent.
Ana: Yep.
Harold: So you [...]
15 Oct
Fight The System
My job title at job #3 is “Insurance and Billing Specialist.” This isn’t one of those huge companies where they just give cool names to all the 500 drones in boxes so they sound important. I am the insurance person to go to. Consequently, I have learned more about insurance than I ever wanted to know. But [...]
10 Oct
Hitchcock Part Deux
I just couldn’t leave it at one post. I have to expound on a few more things I love about Hitchcock
A. Healthy distrust for and challenges to authority, boundaries, and ‘rules.’ This is shown not only in his movies, but the way he did his movies.
In his movies, he often portrays police, governmental types, authoritarian husbands, etc., [...]
9 Oct
Hitchcockian Splendor
My school had Spirit Week this week. Wednesday was ‘Dynamic Duo’ day, where you and a friend could come as pairings such as Sonny and Cher, Salt and Pepper, or Three Blind Mice and The Beatles (yes there are three and four respectively, but apparently in an institution of higher learning actual ability to count [...]
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