First, a caveat: I’m not doing this to pick on Wavii. They are no different from myriad other web companies who like to run extra vowels and consonants together. I’m sure they are magnificent people whose dogs love them. However, they have the misfortune of having hit my email box at a moment when I [...]
Rapturous tunes for the Crapocalypse
Been fun knowing ya’. As we all know, the Holy Billboard of Religious Cults with Poor Design Aesthetic has spoken, and the jig is up on Saturday. It’s a shame, because I had so much more that I wanted to procrastinate around writing here. Anyway, I’ve responded to this calamity the way I do most [...]
Pimp my business plan
Let’s get this part out of the way: In general, pimping is a terrible business to be in, and not one I advocate in any way — particularly when human trafficking and/or children are involved. But one pimp investigated by YouthRadio has a business plan from which many execs could glean some good lessons (excerpted [...]
Near truths and hotel rooms
Somehow, hotels bring out the worst in me. Over the eleven years (and counting) of our marriage, April has slowly domesticated me, making me less of a slob. (I’m sure we’d disagree on the degree of the transformation.) Lord knows, keeping my surroundings clean and orderly doesn’t come naturally to me. I grew up in [...]