Year: 2012

Pop culture

Random: Great uses of music in TV

So, there I was, flipping through channels, and The Fray’s “How to Save a Life” was on one of the DirecTV concert channels. It’s impossible for me to hear that song and not think of that scene in Scrubs. Which of course got me thinking about other great uses of music in TV.

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Sports

Breaking News: We’re switching fabrics!

It is ridiculous the amount of juice the National Football League has. We’re not even halfway through the offseason, and the NFL has spent a good portion of it in the headlines. Andrew Luck, Robert Griffin III, Peyton Manning, Tim… somebody, Brandon Marshall, Sean Payton. But how do you know when an entertainment entity has a […]

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General

Happy Birthday, Mies van der Rohe

I didn’t have the 126th birthday of the late Modernist architectural pioneer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe marked on my calendar, but when Google saw it fit to remind me, I surely took notice. You see, one of Mies’ most famous creations, the Farnsworth House  stands near a river bank a mile or so south of […]

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General

Want to instantly become productive…

…in nearly every facet of your life? Start a personal site. You will be amazed how quickly and thoroughly other projects will pop up and occupy what little free time you possess.

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