… are the “Fontainbleu” ads on the San Francisco Chronicle’s site.  It’s just a purple background banner with “Fontainbleu” stretched across the ad with something about Thanksgiving and holidays special deals.  Then, when it is clicked on, it just goes to a blank white “reservation” page.  There is no way to tell if this hotel [...]

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I used to like Yelp for restaurant and business reviews, until I realized that more and more reviews were becoming profanity laced. Even positive business reviews were including all kinds of expletives to describe whatever the reviewer decided to rant about. Often reviews would contain irrelevant information about the reviewer’s bad day, crappy [...]

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Adding music to their blog that automatically starts playing:  It is incredibly irritating to hear Mariah Carey start singing “… if there’s a camera up in here …” on a food-related blog first thing in the morning.  Heck, it’s incredibly irritating to hear Mariah Carey’s latest song at any time considering the bad grammar and [...]

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I had a chance to see Steven Hawking speak in person once in Atlanta several years ago.  Unfortunately, I had a whiny friend with me who was complaining because he hadn’t had any dinner.  Being a good friend, I said “Let’s just go and get you some dinner.”  I should have said, “Go get yourself [...]

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Aside from being one of the tackiest retailers on the planet, Wal-Mart is also one of the most heartless organizations in existence.  Take a look at this story in the Wall Street Journal about a woman who worked for Wal-Mart.  She was hit by an 18-wheeler and now has severe brain damage.  Her insurance policy with Wal-Mart paid for her [...]

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A new mile-high icon
Luis Jimenez’s monumental “Mustang” graces Denver International Airport with a bold, sophisticated statement
By Kyle MacMillan 
Denver Post Fine Arts Critic
It took 16 years of legal squabbles, skepticism and extraordinary sacrifice, but the tortured creative journey of Luis Jimenez’s “Mustang” finally came to a close in February with its installation at Denver International Airport. The [...]

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Move ‘The Mustang’ at DIA so we can see it
By Mary Voelz Chandler
Saturday, March 8, 2008
I dragged my heels about going out to see Mustang, the recent addition of a very old commission to Denver International Airport’s stable of public art. Even though I kept telling myself I needed to see it – after all, I’ve [...]

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Why is the story of Jamie Lynn Spears being pregnant at 16 news?  All of the major networks have reported this story as hard news.  It’s not news.  It’s the most common tale in the world:  another accidental teen pregnancy.  I suppose she’ll be producing a reality tv show about it, from the actual conception act [...]

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Lee wanted an Ab Lounger Ultra from Sears.  He suggested I order it online at sears.com for in-store pickup, so I could just go right down to Cherry Creek and pick it up with no hassles.  WRONG!  I placed the order online for in-store pickup.  After waiting a couple of hours for the missing confirmation email [...]

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Here’s another article in the New York Times about Atlanta’s ongoing water crisis.  I have just a few things to say about this situation:

Unbridled urban sprawl (McMansion, McMansions, McMansions in Alpharetta) for years, which was originally caused by the “white flight“
Absolutely zero planning and foresight by Atlanta (and southeastern region) politicians — all they care [...]

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