Passionately intense musings
Can really kick your tail. I fought through a yawning dinner last night as my body told me it was well past bedtime. Thankfully I made it until almost 10 pm to try and adjust but MY LORD does it take longer than you would like to figure out what time it is. I woke up at 4:45 am, which […]
» Read moreSafely arrived in Hong Kong last night. It was 1 am in Hong Kong on Sunday night, or 12 noon back in the US and I had just lost a day of my life. Over 24 hours of travel along with the time change made Sunday completely disappear. First impressions: Safe, clean and efficient. Getting out of the airport on […]
» Read moreI think I just stepped into 1985. There are no individual video screens on the seatbacks. The plane is a jumbo with an upstairs but economy only has a giant screen on the wall in row 21. Not the most pleasant, or flexible, viewing experience from row 30. Are you kidding me with this? The total flight exceeds $5k and […]
» Read moreTonight might just be bullets. Quick hits of the night – – “Leno Sparty” the new logo for Michigan State looks a little strange and is completely broken. If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it. – How redemptive have the last few years been to former President Bill Clinton? He was interviewed at halftime of the Lakers/Knicks game on ESPN […]
» Read moreThe 2002-2003 Pistons made the NBA Eastern Conference Finals and thanks to Otis Thorpe c. 1996, they received the #2 pick in the 2003 draft. I was listening to the draft lottery during one of my sister’s high school soccer games, knew that LeBron James would go #1, and jumped up and yelled “CARMELLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!” for all the crowd to hear. […]
» Read moreSo I moved back to the US in October and began a car search. My previous car was sold three years earlier, so I was at my leisure to start from scratch. I decided after being squashed into a Ford Fiesta in England for three years, it was time to get back into an SUV. I liked riding high and […]
» Read moreThe Massachusetts populace, with a registered electorate of 3.5 Democrats for every Republican, elected a Republican (Scott Brown) to the United States Senate for the first time in my lifetime. The People’s Seat, as it became known, was handed over from the deceased Edward Kennedy – a Democrat if we have ever seen one, to Brown in what became a […]
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As English chocolate staple Cadbury was purchased by American giant Kraft, even after uber-billionaire and investor extraordinaire Warren Buffett had disagreed with the move. While I will usually always push the benefits of the free market, this takeover irks me quite a bit and displays a number of problems in the investing community today. Cadbury is an English brand, a […]
» Read moreRang out loud and proud in the Fisher Theater tonight as “Jersey Boys” continued its extremely successful run in Detroit. Great play and great energy. To see a city that has been so struck by the depression pack the house and get up clapping and singing along at the end of the show was really fun and inspiring to see. […]
» Read moreMaybe I should ask former Vice-President Gore. Actually, it is not the internet, per se, but the next big thing. Where are we going in the 20-teens. What explodes? I started this discussion with my friend Big Head at The Hills today (solid Tuesday burger special and a great Philly cheese steak – I’ll take mine with no onions or […]
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