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New knowledge

For several weeks now, on my weekends, I’ve found myself watching a variety of car shows on the TV network named Velocity. More than any others, I’ve been watching the Mecum Auto Auction programs. I never was a car guy, at least not the way men of my father’s generation …

How we brand ourselves

This is a very interesting article, especially in light of a lot of what I saw while I was in Hong Kong. In the US, if someone is wearing a Polo branded shirt then the figure of the logo is apt to be an inch or so tall. In Hong …

The dreaded mushroom

As I age, and am no longer the sloppy youth that once I was, I have become more conscious of how my clothes look. Stop laughing. I’m serious. To that end I put more thought into the clothes I buy, and even more specifically, into how my clothes fit. My …

My relationship with time

I’ve long known that I’m not a person who likes to be late. I’ve long known that I can be a bit neurotic about it, leaving quite a bit earlier than I need to, or fretting about my timing when I’m not actually late. Not only is this something that …

New beginnings

It’s been a long time since I used my LiveJournal, Facebook is far from satisfactory, Twitter was too restrictive, and Google+ was a definite minus, so now I’m trying something new. WordPress. I give it a month.