Can We Just Stop Now?

By brian June 13, 2010America, Soccer, Sports

For some reason, the topic of soccer's popularity draws some people into entrenched opinions more than Sarah Palin, especially those who want to focus on the negative. Soccer fans like…

More Than A Soccer Match

By brian June 12, 2010America, Soccer

The World Cup started yesterday. Most people probably know that. If you're not into it, that's OK. Believe it or not, most soccer fans don't care about your negative opinion…

Spell It Out

By brian June 9, 2010Things I Hate, TV

The other day, an item from one of my local TV stations popped up on my Facebook page. Let's start off by getting a simple fact out of the way…

Why Do We Need These Things?

By brian June 8, 2010Columns, Things I Hate

Sometimes, I have very complex philosophical views, especially when it comes to technology and business. You could say I’m almost the opposite of Amish.

You see, I think we have been given the kind of knowledge and imagination that we possess as a species in order to stretch the limits of what we can do. I think coming up with new ideas and products helps fulfill our purpose.

But once in a while, something comes along to make me wonder why we have this capability. This happens when I see something that just makes me shake my head and wonder if we’d be better off as primates.

Sadly, I had this feeling twice within a week recently.

My Kingdom for Reruns

By brian June 4, 2010America, Columns, TV

I feel lost. Completely lost. Not lost with a capital letter at the beginning because I don’t watch that show. But that’s part of the reason I feel so lost.

TV season has ended. How will we carry on for the next few months?

For some reason, the whole thing snuck up on me. When I wrote a column a few weeks back about breaking up with Grey’s Anatomy, I didn’t realize that the end of the season was so close.

I might have hung on for a few more episodes if I knew the summer season would come so soon.

Remember when we loved this time of year because we could watch re-runs? We used that word around my daughter once, and she looked at us like we broke out in Chinese.