Entries for thoughts

Becoming the Beatles
It's a wonder that bands aren't analyzed the way food is: recipe consisting of specific ingredients, a certain way of handling and working with them, and then maybe a little bit of that touch or magic that gives something an extra few percent of greatness. Seems to ...
Nov. 12, 2008

Death and Taxes
According to Alexander the Great and His Time, when a soldier died in battle, his family became exempt from taxes. Now, I'm not sure who all that applied to, or for how long, but why has that tradition not carried on? Isn't that the ultimate tax that a state ...
Nov. 11, 2008

Obama and Oprah
Obama and Oprah: A match made in heaven? Chicago... Powerful... I'm convinced that Oprah's hatching a plan to have Michelle Obama's brake lines cut. (Wonder if a President-elect gets the same protection as a Pres. or ex-Pres.?) Will Oprah at least be trying to hang out at the Whitehouse all ...
Nov. 5, 2008