Paying Attention: Embed from Getty Images Great post from the MSN site regarding Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee’s comments on Rory McIlroy’s swing. In typical golf analyst fashion, Chamblee–who loves to dissect tour players–got after Rory’s swing and found it lacking by his (Chamblee’s) standards. McIlroy pays attention to such things and shut ole Chamblee down …
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The Ultimate Guide To The Best (and Worst) of 2016
Paying Attention: Embed from Getty Images Our annual guide to the highs and lows of the year, in all kinds of interesting categories. And, by the way, why do all the news organizations start doing the best/worst/most impactful stories of the year in late December, before the year is even over. As we know …
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Sorting The Mail
Paying Attention: Embed from Getty Images Every Christmas I do a rather large mailing to my close friends. The objects I send are designed to fit in an envelope. They are designed and produced professionally at a not-inconsiderable expense. It’s important that they reach my pals on time because they serve as Christmas Cards …
The SNL Christmas Classics: Christmas Time For The Jews
Paying Attention: Another Holiday Classic from SNL…this one, “Christmas Time For The Jews” has a great sound track featuring Darlene Love and a sharp social/cultural message. You don’t have to be Jewish to love this very, very sharp short. The Fine Print: Embed via SNL and YouTube (thanks guys). All rights belong to their respective …
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The Nightshift: 25 December 2016
Press Clippings: Merry Christmas and Good Morning. It’s Sunday, 25 December 2016. Christmas Day. Hopefully you’re waking to a wonderful Christmas Day with Family and Friends. Enjoy all of it. Snow’s good if you’ve got it. Sunshine is good if you’ve got it. It’s all good–it’s that kind of day. If you wish, you can …
The Santa Tracker
The classic Santa Tracker from NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) is back for the holiday season. Just click here to track Santa on his Christmas Journey. The Fine Print: The NORAD Santa Tracker home page. All rights reserved by respective participants government entities and corporations in the NORAD Santa Tracker Program.
Do Smart Products Make Dumb Gifts?
Paying Attention: Christmas is the time to give, give, give, with many opting to hand out high-tech gifts and gadgets during the season. And why not? Tech (high or low) is a major part of modern life and often the new tech from year’s past evolves into an everyday necessity that you didn’t know you …
The Warm Up
Paying Attention: Embed from Getty Images For decades, there have been two schools of thought about serious winter wear (the type of winter wear you need in places like Chicago, New York City, Boston, Stockholm, Moscow). One side goes traditional winter fashion: long coats (camel hair or cashmere double breasted top coasts), maybe some …
How to Build a Car
Paying Attention Embed from Getty Images At one time in the evolution of the automobile, most cars were hand built. After Henry Ford invented the production line, hand built cars became a status symbol and were for the most part, the very best cars, the most expensive, the fastest, the most exclusive. As a result of …
A Vampire Reading List
Paying Attention: It’s October 31st and it’s Halloween. Tonight, the nation’s attention will turn from the real-life bloodsuckers of politics to the fantasy world of vampires. Maybe you are familiar with Anne Rice’s series of novels on the secret life of Vampires, but there’s a whole underworld out there that is worth of closer inspection. …