This is a rare entry of the more personal variety.

I began teaching myself how to play guitar again today.

As I understand it -- and I may be confused on elements of it -- back when sadeyedartist was in high school, her father gave or let borrow a 12-string guitar to a friend of hers. This friend and her made contact maybe a year ago through Facebook, and he ( Read more... )

It is no secret that I hate fads. [1] In fact, I generally will avoid doing or buying something I might thing is good if it is currently a fad. I'll wait until the fad has passed, because I do not want to be associated with the fad in any way ( Read more... )

It is rather fascinating to me how technology is such that we can make the same things smaller and smaller than we could in the past. I find this a grand achievement of engineering and science. For the most part, there are huge benefits to this: computers of the same size being faster and smarter; hearing aids being less cumbersome; radios and ( Read more... )

Oftentimes, in advertising one runs across the phrase that titles this entry.

TV Guide might claim to highlight "Today's hottest shows!";
Entertainment Weekly, "Today's hottest stars! (And all the stuff you have no business to know about their lives ( Read more... )

I've never been a fan of writing on clothing. People are meant to be looked at but not read. If you wish to tell everyone something witty, please open your mouth and utter comprehensive syllables or slip me a piece of paper with writing on it. If you want to tell everyone something crude or subversive, I probably don't care to know. I avoid ( Read more... )

...or the Immaturity of Coolness.

I was once again thinking of this phenomenon of "coolness"[1] and how adults and parents are generally considered uncool. Is there a reason that the mature are usually more uncool and the immature think themselves cool? Is it even possible to be mature and cool. Or is the very acknowledgement of "coolness" a sign ( Read more... )