California Dispatches [Editor’s Note: I’m in California for the next few days for some much-needed R&R, so my posts will have a local (vs. Minnesota) flavor.] You’d certainly think that the Apple store on Palo Alto’s University Ave. — just down the street from Stanford, in the bosom of Silicon Valley — would boast a bigger...Read More
Uhh . . . You Might Want to Get a 2nd (Legal) Opinion There may be valid reasons to keep Lake Calhoun, “Lake Calhoun,” but I very much doubt that it’s because no one has the legal authority to change it: Last week, Minneapolis Park Board attorney Brian Rice issued an opinion saying the organization...Read More
Cellphone Coverage & The Law of Transitivity I’ve been trying to find out which carrier — Sprint, Verizon, or AT&T — has the best coverage in my neighborhood, and the results of my informal survey so far are, to say the least, perplexing. So, first I heard that Sprint was much better than Verizon. Next,...Read More
Mixed Messages Jay Leno has a regular bit, called “Headlines,” where he pokes fun at especially lame groaners and slip-up’s. In that spirit, I offer: “The Millionaire Real Estate Agent: It’s Not About the Money, It’s About Being the Best You Can Be.” Here’s a tip to the author: if it’s really “not about the money”...Read More
Catchy Corporate Slogan I have a catchy (even cheeky) corporate slogan for any utility company that wants to punch up its image (which means, like, all of them): “Power to the people.” I’ve got the copyright, but I’m willing to license it on a first come, first served basis. Call me.Read More
Food for Thought As millions of delighted kids (and their parents) know, the town of chewandswallow is an ordinary place except for one (not so) tiny detail — its weather: Chewandswallow’s weather came three times a day, at breakfast, lunch and dinner. But it never rained rain and it never snowed snow and it never...Read More
