I’ve been writing songs and playing music since high school. I’ve been in several bands, and even once imagined that I’d someday be famous. During college I played in a pretty good band. We wrote good songs, performed with heart and drew a crowd. We paid for studio time and self-released our own album. It …
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19
Mar
11
Attacking the attack on the attack on jargon
I don’t know much about Randy Michaels, the CEO of Tribune Company, but judging by the comments on this post, he’s not very well liked. And I don’t know much about the post’s author, Robert Feder, either. But I do know English. Sure, I abuse it from time to time, but almost always on purpose, and …
Jun
18
Location: Tehran. Avatar: Not green.
Like so many on Twitter (and elsewhere), I’ve been following whatever developments I can about the Iran elections. I share the concerns of the world about the obvious sham of an election and I’m waiting, nervously, to see Iran erupt into full-blown civil war. In the last couple of days, Twitter users have started adding …
Jun
08
This guy threatened to kill me.
I was outside my office Friday, testing out a video camera, the last time my life was threatened. As I swept the lens across the streetscape, a shirtless “gentleman” rode his bicycle through my field of vision. I didn’t even notice him. He asked if I was pointing a camera at him. I turned off …