Little Things

One of the things I do really poorly is write short posts. So here goes.

Tarring and feathering was a creative punishment that has sadly gone out of vogue. If it still existed, I'd like to see it applied to the scammers who make all the radio commercials that say some version of "the American public may now..." or "due to changes in the government, members of the public may..." Those commercials, which I hear all the time on the three AM stations I listen to - CBS, the FAN and ESPN radio - used to create the misimpression that something genuinely new had happened to change credit card payments and the like; now they just announce that they're trawling for suckers.

David Brooks' column in today's New York Times is definite food for thought. The prevailing thought about old media (books and other non-digital things) is that it is in an existential battle with new media. I haven't understood why we have to put books out to pasture because we have Nooks and Kindles, but there's plenty of room for everyone to get the information or entertainment they want, isn't there? Anyway, Brooks finds that place where both things can exist and fulfill different purposes to develop different aspects of our selves.

If I'm going to keep it short, then I better go now. Ciao.