November 20, 2008 – 1:01 am
In the United States when you ask a young boy what he wants to be when he grows up, the answer is the expected: “I want to be an Astronaut, Cowboy, Fireman or the President of the United States.” Maybe you’ll get the odd outlier who says he wants to drive a truck or something [...]
November 4, 2008 – 12:01 am
WOW. Has it been two years already? On this election day, you might think today’s AWT would be loaded down with political tidbits just waiting to piss you off again. Not so, mes amis. I have been reading bucket loads recently and this week’s AWT is an amalgam of odd bits and pieces from technology, [...]
By Mike
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Also posted in Aye Wonder Tuesday, Barack Obama, Books, Election, Golf, Golf In Scotland, John McCain, My Wife, Politics, Presidential Candidates, Quote, Random Thoughts, Reading, Technology, Voting
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October 31, 2008 – 2:01 am
Michael Franti used to be an angry young man. His hip-hop was in your face and antagonizing. No longer. Franti, the leader of Spearhead, is now a socially conscious singer with a brand new attitude. He’s been singing about problems, hope and solutions for over a decade and now his new album, All Rebel Rockers, [...]
October 28, 2008 – 2:01 am
I’m back to the sleepless nights again. It’s brutal. Ultimately, I decided to get out of bed at 3:00 AM and went back for a snooze around 5:30 AM. Even then, I feel like I am bouncing around the bed like a kid in a trampoline tent but having a lot less fun. Instead of [...]
By Mike
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Also posted in Aye Wonder Tuesday, Barack Obama, Election, John McCain, Politics, Presidential Candidates, Quote, Song of the Week, Stock Market, Technology, Video, Wall St.
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October 21, 2008 – 8:11 am
One of the things I liked about my collaborative blog with my brother Phil, was the way you could look at it and know what you were going to read about. I want to give that a test run here. Random Thoughts Tuesday is now Aye Wonder Tuesday (AWT) and if you see the icon [...]
October 17, 2008 – 10:31 am
Marvin Gaye was a tortured soul and one of the most gifted RnB singers ever. His albums, What’s Going On and Let’s Get It On, are two masterstrokes of genius. Unfortunately, they were also his last two great albums as cocaine and other addictions consumed Gaye’s creactivity and energy. In 1984, eleven years after the [...]