Anyone who stops to think about it should notice that racism is everywhere in The United States. Strangely, many people don’t seem to notice it. This is something I’ve known for quite a long time, but I’ve never understood it. The evidence is everywhere from our schools to our prisons to our military to our…
Notice I said a, not the. There are myriad problems with the financial services industry. This one is a relatively small problem, but I find it incredibly annoying. This problem is that I have two bills due tomorrow. The reason this is a problem is that tomorrow is Memorial Day which is a bank holiday,…
I actually know what I was doing on August 30, 1993. I had just arrived at college for my freshman year. I was going through the usual college freshman feelings of fear, nervousness, loneliness, etc. And I had unwittingly signed up for the all black dorm. I wasn’t inclined to care. My roommate was a nice…
Dear Boston Marathon Bombing Trial Jury, Can I call you BMBTJ? Thanks. You screwed up. You had a chance to do something good, but instead you did something bad. I understand your feelings. I’m just disappointed that your base feelings won out over reason and goodness. I know that Tsarnaev and the government put you…
The first time I saw B.B. King perform live was 1992 or 1993. I’m pretty sure it was my senior year of high school, but I don’t remember which side. Before I went, a guy that I worked with told me that seeing B.B. is, “like going to church.” I didn’t really understand what he…
I’m not one for conspiracy theories, but I really think Roger Goodell is trying to destroy the National Football League. Since he took over as commissioner, everything he has done has made the league less enjoyable. The coddling of quarterbacks makes the game itself less interesting. The way they have “addressed” the issue of head…
In the news surrounding Freddie Gray’s murder and the ensuing outcry in Baltimore, one thing has shocked me. It’s really sad that only one thing has shocked me. It ought to shock me that the police would arrest someone without cause and then kill that person while transporting him to jail. It ought to shock…
A while back, I wrote a post about an incident involving former Major League Baseball player and current ESPN analyst Doug Glanville and the West Hartford Police Department. It was kind of the perfect storm to set me off. I liked Glanville as a player and like him as an analyst. I find West Hartford to…
I hate the news. I suppose I don’t hate the news per se, but I really hate the people who deliver the news. They do a horrifically bad job. Everyone complains about meteorologists, but their job is really hard. The weather in incredibly complex and they are trying to tell us things about the future. The…
I was watching the Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks game on MLB last night. During the game, there was a score update showing the Angels lost their game when a batted ball hit the runner for the last out of the game. I only see an out caused by the runner being hit by a batted ball…
