Damek.

It’s the arbitrary “end” of yet another solar revolution. Last year, I wanted to do a “best music of 2004″ list, and I kept wanting to do one through most of 2005. 2004 was a good music year for me, as there were many releases I thoroughly enjoyed. And that ended up [...]

As people get all retrospective around this time, you start seeing all the lists of things people loved or hated about the previous year. One of the things that comes up on my radar is “new words” — usually including or consisting of words people wish would go away.
Take “blog” for example. I’ve [...]

I noticed this week that the Haagen-Dazs ice cream shop on 3rd Ave in the area where I live has closed. Earlier this year I found that the Ben & Jerry’s shop that had been a block or so away on 86th St had closed.
This is a shame. Those were the two places [...]

There’s just something wrong with the title of this toy at Amazon:

I hope their packaging doesn’t say that…

December 21 is 2005’s winter solstice. The days just get longer from here. Huzzah!
To honor the true reason for the season, here’s my official War On Christmas Greeting to one and all:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my wish for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, politically correct, non-addictive, low stress, gender-neutral [...]