Year: 2010

The Spirit of Posts Yet to Come

When I feel more motivated:

  • The fun of perhaps my longest bout of sustained insomnia ever. It’s so bad I’ve sort of gotten used to it, which is a bit disturbing.
  • Reflections on the five year anniversary of my escape from San Francisco, which passed with little fanfare last month.
  • The iPad I didn’t really know I wanted until they gave me one at work a few weeks ago.

For now, though, because I have no energy and no better ideas, here’s the most entertaining condom machine ad I’ve seen recently:

Wow. The Mystic of Black, huh? Is that something like the Wizard of Oz or the Magician of Darkness? I think they probably meant “the mystique of black”, but what do I know, anyway?

Randomly Sunday

There’s a bit of a Charlotte emphasis today for some reason.

  • Why Eastland Mall went from bustling to bust
    Wednesday is the last day for what used to be “my mall” in Charlotte. I worked across the street from it for three years, it was the place where I did much of my shopping when I lived in Charlotte in the 1980s, an it was even the site of a few moments I’m not going to discuss at length here (user your imagination). But now it’s closing. And that’s sad because like it or not, it’s a part of Charlotte history and a part of my history. And no matter what the new owner does with it, I have a feeling the neighborhood is not likely to recover soon.
  • City Critic: No Smoking, Please. Or More. We Can’t Decide
    This is precisely why I have so much problem with the idea of punishing smokers through exorbitant taxes. While I’m no fan of the demon weed, having been an addict for more than two decades before giving it up in 2003, I’m a bit skeptical of states that use a tax to discourage people from using a product while simultaneously depending on revenue from people who do use it. I’m sorry, but that’s just plain madness.
  • ‘Jesus Saves’ sign saved by demo team
    You don’t often read about Charlotte being at the forefront of historic preservation. That’s all I’m sayin’.
  • Beloved owner of Gus’ Sir Beef restaurant has died
    Who will mind the farm now?
  • USB Typewriter Will Make Your iPad Feel Ancient
    Me want, even though I just got an iPad this week too.

Videolog: Sesame’s Treet

Smart E’s
Sesame’s Treet (1992)

In honor of the fact that I’m currently reading this…

I’m also thinking of my cross-country trip in 1992 (when I moved to San Francisco and this song was playing in all four time zones at the time) on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of my return trip (when I moved back from San Francisco and this song wasn’t playing anywhere). But more on that later in a non-videolog post. Maybe…