Two for the price of one. These are related lists, from most to least: #86: Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, Iowa, Alabama, Nebraska, Alaska, Delaware, South Dakota, Ohio, Vermont, Louisiana, Minnesota, Utah, Michigan, Washington, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, California,… Continue Reading
Phone makers are apparently hoping to cash in on a Samsungian niche of “phablets.” That area between phone and tablet. Samsung, of course, got the ball rolling with the Galaxy Note. I actually figured that the Note would be a… Continue Reading
Is the secret to the modern dating site specificity? Epstein divides dating sites into three categories: the “long bar,” the “long test” and the “niche.” A hugely popular and well-known site, like the aptly named PlentyOfFish.com would be a “long… Continue Reading
Vermont, Oregon, Utah, Montana, Washington, Hawaii, Alaska, California, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Arizona, New York, New Mexico, Virginia, Nebraska, DC, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Michigan, South Dakota, Rhode Island, Texas, Connecticut, Nevada, North Dakota, Delaware, Ohio, Kansas, New Jersey,… Continue Reading
As I assume most of you have heard, Hostess – the maker of Twinkies among other assorted goodies, is going out of business. Roger Ebert danced on their grave on Twitter, due to the unhealthiness of their product. More than… Continue Reading
Though much has been made of the generational gap, it’s really hard to separate that from the racial dynamics. Romney won the white 18-29 vote. I need to look further into it, but I think the larger issue could be… Continue Reading
Like most people, I was surprised to hear of General Petraeus’s sudden resignation on the account of an affair. Not so much that he’d had one (I don’t spend time thinking about such things), but I didn’t know that even… Continue Reading
The last music score in Callie, Rock Out, is now closed. The owner took a job at the university and there were no buyers. Another store in the downtown area is now vacant. Living where I do, this isn’t the… Continue Reading
Four years ago I wrote the following on Hit Coffee. My prediction going into election day was that the race would be slightly closer than the polls suggested. However, when I woke up on election day I changed my mind… Continue Reading
I believe in one sense that this election is closer than a lot of folks around here, in that those arguing that it was never close cause the state polls and projections persistently leaned in Obama’s favor were off-base. It’s… Continue Reading