Sex and the City 2: Abu Dhabi Doo-Doo

Spoilers, should such a thing be possible with this kind of movie, follow Background Bearing in mind that I know nothing about the characters that I didn’t learn from the horrid first movie (review here), let me catch you up to date: The protagonist, Carrie, is...

Sex and the City: The Movie

Warning: Spoilers, to the extent a movie of this nature can be spoiled, follow Opening voice-over: “Year after year 20-something women come to New York City in search of the two Ls: Labels and love.” If this is true, it’s a horrible indictment of a...

What Apple needs to do

In terms of market capitalization, Apple Inc. will likely be the largest company in the world by the end of the year. They have $97 billion in cash and no debt. Their share price is up over $100 in the last 5 months. They’re selling record numbers of iPhones,...

Thoreau

Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder. —Thoreau

An Agnostic Appreciation of The Book of Genesis

In particular, I found Section 3 of Mark O’Connell’s essay to be brilliant. The message seems to be this: we could have been more than merely human, but we blew it, and it’s sex that’s to blame for our blowing it; it’s sex that’s to blame for our...