Or Is That, “Anti-Totem?” I’ll leave my reaction to (re)watching “Rocky” 36(!) years later for another post. But, what I noticed — besides all the bare office desks (what, no PC monitors??) — were the differences between sports arenas then and now. The backdrop for the movie’s climactic fight scene is the old Philadelphia Spectrum, host...Read More
“Wagner’s music is better than it sounds.” –Critic (tongue in cheek) “Ambulatory” is one of those words that sounds worse than it really is. You’d think that a person who’s “ambulatory” would be on their way to the hospital in an ambulance. In fact, it actually means that they’re up and walking around. That would be me, today....Read More
Did Wronged Consumers Misbuy it? Lloyds Banking Group PLC will reduce some of the bonuses awarded to top executives in 2010 following an insurance misselling scandal that resulted in the U.K bank handing hefty compensation to consumers, a person familiar with the matter said Monday. Last year, Lloyds set aside £3.2 billion ($5.06 billion) to compensate...Read More
Rorschach Tests for Communities If you’ve never been to the Twin Cities, the two largest metro airports are named after the state’s most famous native sons, Charles Lindbergh and Hubert Humphrey (actually from South Dakota). Less than a mile south, there is a “Harmon Killebrew Drive” next to the Mall of America. But if you’re looking...Read More
Hotel Room as Showroom Floor [Editor’s Note: the following is another post from my weekend playing “Texas tourist,” while I’m visiting relatives in Arlington, Texas.] Want an ingenious way to make a bath shower feel more spacious? (at 6′ 2″ and 220 lbs, you notice such things). Make it bow outwards, extending over the lip of...Read More
When in Rome Texas . . . I’m in Dallas/Fort Worth this weekend for a family occasion, so that’s the theme of this post. In that vein . . . –The local equivalent of “who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?” must be, “Where does “The Road to Six Flags” go? Apparently, enough people couldn’t find it that they...Read More
