Irresistible. Everything I have to say about it is superfluous, so just watch. (Though, as a couple of people have pointed out to me, it’s a lousy idea to operate a video camera while driving.)
Author Archives: Christopher
Sure, My Work Is Flexible. It Wraps Around My Entire Life.
Comes today a report from the White House about workplace flexibility, and good luck to everyone involved. I’m all for it. Workplaces ought to be like secretarial pools: fluid, able to shift work around evenly, allowing anyone the chance to run out to a school play or a daycare emergency at a moment’s notice. I’m …
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God Bless the Donut Pub
Spend ten minutes around me, and you will learn that I am not a man who wants any part of rural life. I grew up in suburban New Jersey, and I’ve pretty much had my fill of car culture and hanging out at the mall on weekends. I conform to, have even cultivated, the worst …
One Thing I’m Not Running Away to Join
So the circus is in town. Clowns spilling out of tiny cars! Death-defying acts! Stilt-walkers! Lions and elephants! Yay! We’ll be bringing our little guy the moment he’s old enough! An icon of Americana! Or, no. Call me a grouch, call me a killjoy, but I hate it. I hated it even as a little …