If River Phoenix had never died, would Leonardo DiCaprio’s career be the same?
An interesting idea: what if River becomes Jack in Titanic? Continue Reading
Pop Culture
The social psychology of Las Vegas is incredible, if you think about it.
I was just in Las Vegas for about eight days. I’d classify Vegas as — at best — a 72-hour city, so eight days was a lot. I was a mix of sober, drunk, exhausted, over-worked, experiencing leg pain, getting lost on… Continue Reading
The Michael Brown case is sad. It’s also less a racial issue, and more about the role of police.
I was in Las Vegas all this week at a conference (I haven’t actually written a new blog entry here in about six days, and was going through some kind of longing for it). If you’ve ever spent any significant… Continue Reading
Would you prefer a male boss or a female boss?
Answer for me personally? Female. I’ve had both, and I think females are easier to deal with. There’s a tendency towards wanting to be Type-A / alpha among a lot of guys, especially when they become managers. That might explain… Continue Reading
What if evolution doesn’t end with humans?
The link text for this article on Slate — essentially about the possibility of technology replacing a lot of human jobs, which has been a concern for a decade or more at this point — is: “Technology is getting smarter. Humans aren’t.”… Continue Reading
No one seems to want to attend Tampa Bay Buccaneers games
The last time the Bucs won a playoff game, it was their Super Bowl win — back in 2002. That might be correlated with this: in 2013, they were 29th in the NFL in home attendance; in 2012, they were… Continue Reading
Kaley Cuoco is now officially a superstar
$1 million/episode, Kevin Hart movies, Priceline gigs, etc… she’s coming for you, Vergara. Continue Reading
When you complain about Google and privacy, please also think about John Henry Skillern
You can make a fairly compelling argument that “privacy” is the issue of the moment in some ways. Everyone’s concerned about how much information is out there about all of us via Google and Facebook and credit card purchases and… Continue Reading