Quentin Tarantino has spent his entire career trying to recreate those dime a dozen soul and kung fu movies that dominated his childhood. He has such a strong love for these movies that he’s tried time and time again to capture the raw spirit of these movies, and has failed miserably. In fact, I would [...]
Well, I’ve finally done it. After two years of iPod ownership I’ve finally cut the cord on my analog music solutions. That is to say that I’ve ripped and subsequently tossed nearly all of my compact discs. Yes I did. I haven’t owned an operational stereo for more than five years. All of my home [...]
One thing that you can count on is that all the gyms around the city will be packed this evening. Mondays are the busiest days for gyms because over the weekend their members have been boozing and smoking and not exercising, and on Monday mornings realize that all the progress towards good health made during [...]
In a few hours I’m leaving the office, heading down to Penn Station and will commence staring at the giant departures board, nervously waiting for the track number of my train to Pennsylvania to be announced. Over the years I’ve discovered that I really dislike travel. It’s not the going places that I don’t like, [...]
OMFG, I am like totally shocked. All this deception and the misleading of the country by the Prince of Oil Tides was not really about Homeland security? It really wasn’t? You mean backroom politics that have resulted in no-bid Halliburton contracts, smear politics, election fraud and lying to the public has a pricetag? Boy howdy, [...]
Someone over at SBC forgot to mention to their designers that a company’s mark isn’t just the logo. It also includes the typography that goes with the logo. And a logo needs to be scaleable. And looking young is not the same as looking hip. A few weeks ago I posted about the legacy of [...]
President Bush attempted to flea from uncomfortable questioning at a press conference in Beijing yesterday. The questioning was about his performance at an earlier speech (which he blamed on jetlag). True to form, tongue-tied Prince George strode out when the answers got tough, only the doors he was attempting to use were locked. Bush then [...]
Penn Jillette is one of my favorite celebrities. In addition to being a good showman and entertainer, Jillette is also very intelligent and well spoken. Despite the inherent cheese factor to his Penn & Teller routines, Jillette always impresses me when discussing his political views in a smart and no-nonsens fashion. Today he was featured [...]
Jonathan Gayman is a St. Louis photographer who specializes in corporate, commercial and food photography. Exhibit5a was Jonathan's first blogging adventure but is largely dormant at this stage. For more recent postings check out Jonathan's new St. Louis food blog called Shoot To Cook