Category Archives: Pop Culture

The Promise of Bruce Springsteen

                I know it’s easy to be cynical in this day and age.  In fact, unless you live in a yurt out in the middle of the woods where you hunt for your food, abstain from all media, and focus on growing a neck beard that you only occasionally …

November 20, 2012 – 10:12 am | By mike | Posted in Life Lessons, Music, Pop Culture | Comments (0)

5 Important Things I Learned At Disney World

News came down this week that after 41 years as alcohol-free facilities, Disney World and Disney Land are going to allow alcohol to be served at their new “Be Our Guest” Restaurant, but only during the dinner hours.   After offering my own cherry “Huzzah!” to this news, I was reminded of a Disney trip …

September 17, 2012 – 12:14 pm | By mike | Posted in Economics, Kids, Life Lessons, Pop Culture | Comments (0)

The Price of Convenience

  Earlier this week I stopped at one of those convenience store slash gas stations to fill up my tank and while I was standing 6 deep in line at the counter to turn over my money, I started looking around the store.   While the space itself couldn’t have been much bigger than 50 feet …

January 3, 2012 – 2:50 pm | By mike | Posted in Business, Economics, Mid-Life Crisis, Pop Culture | Comments (1)

3 Football-Isms That MUST Go Away

  Like a lot of red blooded American boys, I spent a decent amount of time watching football this weekend. I don’t want to come across as overly critical here, but am I the only one who’s noticed that most Football Announcers seem to recycle the same few catch phrases over and over again without …

November 6, 2011 – 2:49 pm | By mike | Posted in Pop Culture, Sports, Television | Comments (3)