January 2010
6 posts
Notes I Will Never Use: Amtrak
“Romance has fled from travel. Flight is humiliating. Frisked and stacked nearly upright, airline passengers are captive patrons of the world’s least appetizing snack bars. Who rides the bus? Subways have utilitarian charm, but little grace. In America, if we want to travel with the last scraps of class, we’re left with the train. I’m on one right now: Amtrak’s Coast Starlight, which runs...
And per se and
I just learned today that the ampersand (& <— this thing) originated as a concatenation of “e” and “t”, or “et” which in Latin means “and”. It just got rolled into a single symbol. Additionally, the name “ampersand” came from “And per se and”. It used to be the last letter of the alphabet, and when they recited...
A resolution for no more resolutions
This year, instead of making resolutions that I know I won’t follow through with at the start of the new year, I decided instead to make no resolutions, or maybe just one resolution to replace any others.
To make positives changes in my life when I see the potential for them.
Yes I want to start working out again, eating healthier, be more honest with people, be more productive, and all of...
Hardtogetium
Now, I saw Avatar, and let me first say, I really did enjoy it from a visual standpoint. It was a spectacle and glittering icon of visual effects to say the least.
I’ll concede that is was a weak plot, a weak script, and a little bit (or maybe alot) cliche. I could get beyond that and still enjoy the ride. What I could not get beyond, however, was that the humans were mining for a rare...
