Over the last several months, we have witnessed the blossoming romance of recent Super Bowl champ Travis Kelce and pop icon Taylor Swift. In October, after attending the premiere of the theatrical release of her tour movie in L.A., Swift flew to Kansas City to watch Kelce and the Chiefs defeat the Denver Broncos on […]
A while back I wrote about how artificial intelligence was used to fabricate Johnny Cash signing ‘I’m a Barbie Girl.’ It sounded authentic, making it creepy and unsettling. Like most technology, AI can be used to create amazing things. Unfortunately, some people use it for nefarious purposes. In addition to the Man in Black, AI […]
I’ve mentioned numerous times that I have the greatest wife in the world. One (of so, so many) reasons she is so great is that she is able to look past my crooked nose, a result of breaking it four times. Another related reason is for years she has put up with my incessant snoring. […]
For the last few years, all of my buddies have insisted that I watch ‘Yellowstone,’ stating it is a phenomenal show. The series focuses on John Dutton, played by Kevin Costner. Dutton and his children run the Yellowstone ranch, which has been in his family for generations and is the largest in Montana. The Duttons […]
Ever since high school, my buddies and I have gotten together to watch Packer games. We have a goofy tradition that if someone makes the foolish mistake of jinxing a part of the game, such as by saying a Packer field goal attempt is a “gimme” and it’s miss, a wedgie is forthcoming. One of […]
Possibly my favorite candy is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. I’ve loved them since the cheesy ‘80s commercials where a person walking down the street eating a chocolate bar would clumsily bump into someone eating out of a jar of peanut butter. Shockingly, the chocolate bar would fall into the jar of peanut butter and the […]
One of the common themes in employment today is that employees are committed to finding a better work/life balance. As a result, they are on the job for fewer hours. As an employer, I’m not particularly fond of this trend, as there is always lots of work to do. When my staff complains about my […]
In 2018, pop singer Katy Perry was featured on ‘American Idol’ as a judge. For the last three years, however, she has had to appear in court in front of an actual judge, over the purchase of her dream home. In May of 2020, Carl Westcott, the founder of 1-800-Flowers, bought a mansion in Montecito […]
I used to love drinking Mountain Dew. The soda marketed strongly to young males, as their commercials featured dudes competing in extreme sports who stayed hydrated by “doing the Dew.” The campaign worked and it spawned countless imitators. The latest is arguably Liquid Death, a canned water company whose tagline is “murder your thirst.” The […]
On the way home from one of my son’s volleyball tournaments last year, our family stopped at a fast-food restaurant in Ripon. Normally, this chain is well known for being very well run. On this day, however, we had to wait over 45 minutes for our food in the drive through. We would have left, […]