For lunch I’ll have Taqueria Nacional The taco world’s Rafa Nadal They have special sauces That please like the crosses Of Xavi at the Copa Mundial If you work anywhere near Capitol Hill, go there for lunch someday. And call me if you do, because I work in the building.
Did you know that the “QWERTY” keyboard standard was designed to: use the left hand way more than the right, favoring left-handers slow down typing by assigning important letters to pinkies and ring fingers, because typewriters jammed so much in the 19th century allow the word “typewriter” to be spelled by using only the top [...]
Not that I have or want any indie/hipster cred, but I’m pretty sure that now that I’ve paid to see both the American Idols Live tour and U2 in a two month span, I’m permanently barred from that club. Fine by me. Honestly, I went to see the opener, Muse (or as Bono called them: [...]
The Washington Redskins, the team I’ve loyally backed since early childhood, now have the embarrassing distinction of being the team that lost against the worst team ever. The Detroit Lions played 16 games last year and lost all of them. They hadn’t won a regular season game since December 2007 (19 straight losses). That streak [...]
Here it is, boys and girls: the return of Pearl Jam. OK, I have no idea what they’ve been doing for the past decade or so. If I’m to believe the reviews claiming the new album, “Backspacer,” is their best work in years, they were making sad old man music and complaining. Well, this song, [...]
