Tonight, my wife, a staunch Democrat, said, “Do you know how much he spends every day to get elected?” “I don’t know, 10 million?” I said. “4 million dollars.” she answered. “Advertising’s expensive.” “But think of all those people who could use the money.” she added. “It’s a little hypocritical to be ‘for the middle class’ when you’re spending millions of dollars every day on advertising.” “But that’s the Bush model. Obama just outspent what Bush spent” I said, referring to…
For anyone interested, there was a nice piece about AC/DC in the New York Times today. Their lead singer is 61, Angus is in is 50s and they’ve held firm to their belief that they don’t need to sell out to the digital age. Dinosaurs? Maybe. Ballsy? Definitely. A record 56,000 fans packed Dodger Stadium tonight for game 3 of the NLCS with LA down 2 games to none against Philadelphia. You’d think that after all these years, they’d have had…
So I’m at Target the other day looking for stackable files for a corner of my desk. There were a lot to choose from. Based on the style I wanted, there were only a few options. One was plastic and flimsy and only came in hot pink. One was made of metal, in the right color (black) and was reasonably priced. The last one was also made of metal and available in black, but it cost about 15% more. Yet, that’s the one I…
