Meandering Thoughts #11

Though I grew up on 70s rock-n-roll, I hadn't though about the Foreigner song Hot Blooded in a while. Well, I'm hot blooded Check it and see I got a…

Meandering Thoughts #10

Earlier this year I watched Trauma Zone which takes BBC stock footage and interviews to document the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the reemergence of (essentially) Imperial Russia, from…

Meandering Thoughts #9

Another song to reconsider: how does the Jimi Hendrix cover of Hey Joe get any airplay when social movements like Me Too are raising awareness of violence against women? [I'll…

Meandering Thoughts #8

Does any arm-chair marriage counselor actually believe the couple in Escape (The Piña Colada Song) will salvage their relationship simply by switching drink preference and what time they have sex?

Meandering Thoughts #7

In the movie Big, is Susan (played by Elizabeth Perkins) technically raping a child when she (assumedly) makes love with the adult-looking-but-really-thirteen-years-old Josh (played by Tom Hanks)? Officer, really, he…

Meandering Thoughts #6

The best - and most unexpected - outcome of major league baseball's new pitch clock is the reduced time the organist has between pitches and at-bats. I've opined for years…

Meandering Thoughts #5

...though truthfully this is less meandering than an every-week frustration when doing work timesheets... My company uses WorkDay for time-tracking. I'll save my rants on time-tracking for another time. WorkDay…

Meandering Thoughts #4

I recently heard this announcement at the airport: Ms. Whomever, please return to security to pick up your left-behind item. Might it have been a right-behind item?

Meandering Thoughts #3

If The Truman Show was remade in 2023, Christof would need a North Korean-styled version or deny modern technology altogether. A TrumanOS to ensure real-world references are removed? The Great…

Meandering Thoughts #2

Yes, I understand, it's the Beatles...but how does Run For Your Life get any airplay when social movements like Me Too are raising awareness of violence against women? … Well, I'd…