Archive for September, 2009
Jim Carroll, Alas
Sunday, September 20th, 2009I interviewed the late Jim Carroll three years ago, for an article in AARP the Magazine. It was a phoner that had been scheduled far in advance, which gave me time to read ‘The Basketball Diaries’ and some of his poetry.
He was more than a little amused (it must be said) about being interviewed [...]
That Netbook From Verizon? “Just Like A Laptop?” Ha. Haha.
Monday, September 7th, 2009Like 99.999 percent of the population, I toss my junk mail without ever really looking at it; but something about the promotional card that came from Verizon on Saturday caught my eye. Specifically, the text on the back, hollering in 20-point red type: “Win a netbook! Just like a laptop, only smaller and cheaper!”
Um, no.
For [...]