My brother invited me to watch the U.S. v. Ghana this morning.
I went for his sake, knowing he is a soccer nut. (I'm a nothing nut, and can't pass for a regular dude even momentarily).
I noticed that the soccer fields where striped along the width (mowed differently in about 10 yard increments)…when I asked […]

Writing the last post (on audio help) dislodged an old memory of a TV on PBS, one where a calm man with frizzy hair painted and murmured about his process at the same time. At the end of each show, one painting was complete.
Now it strikes me that audio help might be bettered murmured than […]

This spring I went to Rome for my honeymoon (first time to Rome, first time getting married).
There I met an old acquaintance, the Ugly American…and this time, it was me!
Perhaps you’ve met him: he doesn’t bother adapting himself to the locale, he expects everyone to speak English, and when they decline, he thinks increasing his […]

I was watching the season finale of 24 and it noticed the titles use linear motion…words come in a steady velocity, hit their mark, and with a resounding thump, stop dead in their tracks. It's exactly what homo-sapien physics would predict: an object comes to a sudden stop, and its energy is released as sound.