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I Saw Religulous the Other Day.

So the Hell What.
I should’ve seen it coming, but I didn’t. Bill Mahr is a stand-up comic. I’m not one to buy wholesale into categorization as a reflection of essence, so I don’t think that means much. I gather, though, it does to Bill Mahr. It’s the likeliest explanation for 101 [...]

Just Give It Time

Not poignant, and barely unbland enough to publish, but—seriously, folks—you could do to let winter have you for a while before you’re rushing shorts and sunscreen onto ad space and shelves. If I don’t experience at least one apocalyptic snowfall this season, I’m going to hold it against all you impatient, well-toned, beautiful people [...]

Why Tom Brady Doesn’t Matter

Tom Brady was injured, and everyone interested in American NFL football decided that the complexion of the 2008-2009 season is now substantially changed. I disagree.

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Where the Rubber Meets…Pedro?
Innovation. I likes me some innovation. Some people ask, “Daniel, why, after over seven years, haven’t you tired of your job?”
“Innovation,” I tell them. “It’s all around me, like a creative æther.”
Case in point: Today, my company announced a refreshed intranet for its North American properties. They [...]

This Is How You Do It

We set out last night at about 7, stomachs full and four-and-a-half hours of driving stretching out before us. I’d printed only the most general of directions, amounting to “Get on the highway and go this direction.” They were slightly more specific, but only just.
I wouldn’t have had it any other way.
We hit [...]

On Empathy

You’ve got this friend, see, who gets car sick. But you don’t, and so lacking any grounding for empathy, you motor like you’re competing on So You Think You’re a Stunt Driver, and said friend gets tastes lunch again. Your friend remains your friend despite the fact that you’re an asshat, and this [...]

First Impressions: Off the Grid

When it’s a commodity like connectivity to the internet, which in itself is not demonstrably injurious, you’ll be hard pressed to achieve solidarity in your bid for personal discipline. That is, “I’m a slosh of a ‘net user, and I have a dream to write gratuitously violent children’s slasher stories, so I need to focus” [...]

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