A fresh start

One thing that has been a reoccurring topic in my mind has been the overzealous sense of entitlement that has overtaken our society. Just today, I experienced quite a few symptoms of this epidemic. The first involves an email I received over the weekend. I work at a newspaper, and a reader wrote to complain [...]

Last night, I was having a conversation with Mike Foley, during which he mentioned that he doesn’t have much of a need for a cloud version of iTunes, or anything that would do the same function, because he doesn’t “do a lot with music.” I can’t think of a statement that sounds less like what [...]

The issue of paywalls seems to be a hot topic within the media industry, and I have made it no secret that while I can’t speak on behalf of the business ramifications of the move, I fully support it in concept. Most of my feelings are due to my increasing frustration with society’s growing entitlement [...]

Ten days ago, my good friend Mike and his wife welcomed their new son into the world during a surprise early delivery.  Last week, I had the privilege of meeting little Griffin Hatton, and I have to admit he’s a cute little guy. After catching up on the specifics behind his early arrival, I was [...]

It’s official now, Rock Band 3 will be released in the U.S. on October 26.  I must confess – I love this game series.  It presents everything I love about karaoke, mixed with actual instrument use.   As a guitar player in real life, I love the chance to play with friends or coworkers who don’t [...]

On August 3rd, two weeks from now, the new Arcade Fire album The Suburbs will fill digital and physical music stores.  Boasting 16 new tracks, and featuring 8 different, but similar album covers, the band has managed to keep one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year under wraps, other than four songs [...]

Fifteen years ago, I moved into my first dorm room.  My roommate was to be a stranger, I didn’t even know his name when I arrived at Olin Hall at the now renamed Northeast Louisiana University campus.  Needless to say, the night before I left home was a sleepless one.  Would I like him?  Would [...]

Growing up in the 1980s, we had a Commodore 64 at home. I didn’t know at the time that a home computer was a luxury item. When I moved on to high school, we had Apple IIe’s in our computer literacy classes. This was pre-internet, early 90s, so using a basic word processor and playing [...]

I’ve lived in the Palm Springs area for nearly eight years now. Many things have changed since I’ve arrived, but one has stayed the same.

Nearly eight months each year, we experience some of the best weather in the country – highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s – every single day. Rarely is there a cloud in the sky. We average somewhere around 19 days with rain each year. Of course, even on those days where we see those dark clouds, the rain lasts around 3 minutes. A slight drizzle that inevitably ends with massing flooding, since the ground is so used to being dry as a bone.