In case you missed it, or I should say, in case I missed it, I just got five notifications on my iPhone that White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly will leave his position by the end of the year. They came from CNN, then The Washington Post, then Yahoo News, then USA Today. I guess none of the major news outlets can be outdone when it comes to instant notifications of breaking news.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Chipotle Runs out of Beer - Why?
The other day, I went to my local Chipotle on my way home from work, as I am wont to do, to get a burrito and a Modelo Negro (that's dark beer, to you...I got sold on it one day when they ran out of Corona).
Turns out they had run out of beer...all beer. I was worried this day would come, because some day earlier I had heard the checkout lady say they only got deliveries of beer every so often. Could it have been once a month? No, it couldn't be that infrequently, I would think...but I don't know.
Chipotle, what's the deal? Why would you want to get such infrequent deliveries of beer?
Well, I took my burrito to go, so I could drink it with a beer at home. They just lost a beer sale. How many other beer sales are they missing out on when this happens? I'm just sayin'.
Turns out they had run out of beer...all beer. I was worried this day would come, because some day earlier I had heard the checkout lady say they only got deliveries of beer every so often. Could it have been once a month? No, it couldn't be that infrequently, I would think...but I don't know.
Chipotle, what's the deal? Why would you want to get such infrequent deliveries of beer?
Well, I took my burrito to go, so I could drink it with a beer at home. They just lost a beer sale. How many other beer sales are they missing out on when this happens? I'm just sayin'.
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Alek Wek in a Chanel Blouse, VOGUE September 2018 Issue
I love this classic Chanel blouse, with its whimsical "tie," as worn by model Alek Wek.
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Sunday, September 30, 2018
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Monday, January 11, 2016
Remembering David Bowie in an Early Online Interview
Like many people, I was devastated to learn that artist and rock star David Bowie passed away after an 18-month battle with cancer. However a clue was served up when I was noodling around on Youtube and came across a new song he had recently released that was very melancholy, in the imagery as well as the tune and words.
His music was a soundtrack to many of my favorite years; in high school, it was "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust" and "ChangesOneBowie," the latter which my brother used to play frequently.
Then I remembered today the connection I had to Bowie, as brief and obscure as it may have been at the time, besides being a big fan.
Bowie was one of the earliest "famous people" online conferences I moderated for AOL (America Online). What I recall of the chat was that in the end, he praised the online medium and typed (I'm paraphrasing by memory), "I shall conduct all my interviews in the future in this medium."
I slipped in one sneaky personal question about his life with wife, the model Iman, but he didn't answer it. Even as someone who led a public life, in one sense, seemed to regard his privacy highly.
This was confirmed by his keeping his cancer secret for what I've heard reported was at least 18 months.
Some of my favorite Bowie songs are the ones that didn't get too much play, like "Five Years." Another was "Life on Mars," which I thought was just totally amazing -- and someone else must have liked it, because it showed up being sung on "American Horror Story" by Jessica Lange.
David Bowie, you will be hugely missed.
What songs of Bowie's did you like best? Post a comment here!
His music was a soundtrack to many of my favorite years; in high school, it was "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust" and "ChangesOneBowie," the latter which my brother used to play frequently.
Then I remembered today the connection I had to Bowie, as brief and obscure as it may have been at the time, besides being a big fan.
Bowie was one of the earliest "famous people" online conferences I moderated for AOL (America Online). What I recall of the chat was that in the end, he praised the online medium and typed (I'm paraphrasing by memory), "I shall conduct all my interviews in the future in this medium."
I slipped in one sneaky personal question about his life with wife, the model Iman, but he didn't answer it. Even as someone who led a public life, in one sense, seemed to regard his privacy highly.
This was confirmed by his keeping his cancer secret for what I've heard reported was at least 18 months.
Some of my favorite Bowie songs are the ones that didn't get too much play, like "Five Years." Another was "Life on Mars," which I thought was just totally amazing -- and someone else must have liked it, because it showed up being sung on "American Horror Story" by Jessica Lange.
David Bowie, you will be hugely missed.
What songs of Bowie's did you like best? Post a comment here!
Sunday, December 27, 2015
When They Stop Making the Products You Love
Have you ever had a product you love go obsolete? This seems to be a recurrent problem with me, dating back to such staples of the 1970s as "Big Buddy gum and the inimitable "Fortified Oat Flakes."
Above, a screen shot from Googling "Big Buddy Gum"; the main image above is from The Interrobang - theinterrobang.com: "The 5: Missing Chews."
Above: there's actually a Facebook group asking the Post Co. to bring back "Fortified Oat Flakes."
Most recently, one of my favorite coffee flavors, Godiva's "Chocolate Creme," was replaced by the (imho) inferior "Chocolate Truffle." Oh it sounds good and chocolatey enough, but to my coffee palate it has an over-sweet, chalky, inorganic taste to it.
Another cereal brand I used to love (as did a rommate of mine at college -- they used to serve it in the "O-Hill" dining hall at U. Va.), Corn Bran, went bye-bye- quite a while ago.
What about candy bars? I used to love "Choco-Lite," with its crunchy but also light and airy texture. (I think that one's gone, but I'll have to double-check.
I also miss the old Dannon Yogirt "fruit on the bottom" lowfat (as in 2% or 4%) cups. Now it seems to be all about "nonfat" yogurt, which is so thin and tasteless as to not be worth the trade in fat. (Which, anyway, can be a good fat and not a bad one when it comes to yogurt).
And don't even get me started on the light brown M&M.
What about you? Are there any products - be it food or other - you miss, and wish they'd make again?
Above, a screen shot from Googling "Big Buddy Gum"; the main image above is from The Interrobang - theinterrobang.com: "The 5: Missing Chews."
Above: there's actually a Facebook group asking the Post Co. to bring back "Fortified Oat Flakes."
Most recently, one of my favorite coffee flavors, Godiva's "Chocolate Creme," was replaced by the (imho) inferior "Chocolate Truffle." Oh it sounds good and chocolatey enough, but to my coffee palate it has an over-sweet, chalky, inorganic taste to it.
Another cereal brand I used to love (as did a rommate of mine at college -- they used to serve it in the "O-Hill" dining hall at U. Va.), Corn Bran, went bye-bye- quite a while ago.
What about candy bars? I used to love "Choco-Lite," with its crunchy but also light and airy texture. (I think that one's gone, but I'll have to double-check.
I also miss the old Dannon Yogirt "fruit on the bottom" lowfat (as in 2% or 4%) cups. Now it seems to be all about "nonfat" yogurt, which is so thin and tasteless as to not be worth the trade in fat. (Which, anyway, can be a good fat and not a bad one when it comes to yogurt).
And don't even get me started on the light brown M&M.
What about you? Are there any products - be it food or other - you miss, and wish they'd make again?
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