Speak Your Mind
It has become so much a part of daily life that it has added to our language, changed our daily routines and – arguably – rewired our brains. It’s as if our smartphones are connected to our hands while we stare into the screen, wondering and hoping for the next text, update or email. Shoot [...]
Aug 10th, 2010
There’s something about a well-designed car. It’s sheetmetal with sex appeal, sculpture with a practical purpose. Design drives passion as much or more than performance — it’s that all-important first impression that just may end up with love at first sight. And most of the time, we get that first glimpse at an auto show [...]
Aug 5th, 2010
They called him an American Patriot. Back in the 1700s, it was a title that meant serious business. People who wanted to be counted as a patriot put their lives on the line for an idea no one knew would be any better than the established British rule. Or even if it would work. For [...]
Aug 2nd, 2010
The sun hit asphalt and made it sizzle. I can see the waves of heat coming up off the road, I can feel it seeping through my boots and baking my body up through my toes. Damn thing always seems straight up over me anyway. I must be stupid to be out here. Dumb. Why [...]
Jul 29th, 2010
Long ago I carried a case of wine from South Africa to America. No one checked it, no one stopped me. All the way from Capetown to Atlanta to LA, I carried that case on a bag strapped to porto wheels. It was good wine, too – glad I did it, though by the time [...]
Jul 26th, 2010
Talking to a million people is the loneliest thing. They sit you in a chair on an island, connected to the world by a rubber earpiece and a microphone. You sit there, for a long time, for forever, staring into a black hole and pretending that you’re good, you’re fine, that you’re ready to tell [...]