Number 6

When you discuss social, policy, and economic issue can you speak coherently to the issue at hand, do you balance what you know with what you don't and are learning, or is your immediate reaction to speak to which political party is at fault? If the latter, you may very well be:

My Eyeballs Hurt

So I'm working on this opinion piece. Research included going through the last two years of Esquire's and GQ's printed magazines. Being the all too curious and absorbed guy I am, I ended up trying to browse through every issue of Esquire since 1975 (they have them at the library). I only have 2009 and 2010 left.

Of course this means I have to do the same for GQ for balance. But I'm learning a lot. I think, in the very least, this piece will turn out to be interesting and grounded in some sense of what is, rather than wishful thinking. At least that's the hope.

That Guy

Some people work so hard to be overheard. The dude whose cell phone conversation you can hear from the other side of the room. Same with two people having a conversation a few steps away way louder than they have to. Everyone knows you want attention. It's the easiest way to prove you probably aren't worth listening to in the first place. Just start with hello. They're far more likely to listen.

Miles 2

Oh man, this is like adultery for the ears.

Miles

I stand corrected. Everyone who insisted on Miles Davis and John Coltrane knew what they were talking about.

I am not a jazz fan. But I like their music for more reasons I can feel - no, experience - than explain. And whenever I get that kind of feeling, I know I am listening to something special.