I closed my facebook account the other night. It was something that I’d been thinking about doing for a while, but I finally decided that it was time. Surprisingly, it had nothing to do with the controversial change to the terms of service, or with all the weird causes and groups I was invited to [...]
Remember when I said that the magazine industry was going to be more secure than the newspaper industry? I’ve come across some shocking information that flies in the face of that assertion. I spent the better part of the weekend doing some extensive research, and my new conclusion is that there is no future for [...]
I probably should have mentioned this sooner, but all the words you’ve read on this site have officially become the work of an award winning journalist. Yes folks, that’s a real award right there. Third place for sports reporting in Weekly Class 2 of the New England Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. In other words, [...]
I think it’s officially safe to say that no one predicted the impact that the internet would have on the world. I remember when my family first got connected–using Prodigy, not AOL–and the internet seemed like nothing more than a pretty cool way to communicate with the world. I basically remember chat rooms and message [...]
Apparently there haven’t been too many big releases lately, so I’m going back a little ways to bring you this week’s installment of “I Hate Peter Travers.” For once, I’m also going to do a movie that not only did I see, but also enjoyed. Tropic Thunder was actually one of my favorite movies of [...]
I may have mentioned that I’m looking for a job. I might not have, seeing as it’s pretty much the only thing I end up talking about in the real world. Gotta keep the two separated and all that. But for those of you who have not dived into the miasmic world of job searching [...]
My last post detailed my insane weekend plans. Here are the results: Jack Parker won his 800th game at Merriack, which also happened to be the most entertaining hockey game I’ve been to all season. Unearth now ranks as possibly the best band I’ve ever seen live, with the Palladium as the second best venue [...]