- Sep 1, 2018
- 3 min
TOO POUR
Over the last two decades I've acquired many kettles and tea pots. I've had stove-top kettles and electric kettle, whistling and...
- Feb 1, 2018
- 3 min
TOILETS
Here's a question: Who are toilets for? No, seriously. Toilets are something I very rarely hear anyone talking (or, more appropriately,...
- Nov 7, 2017
- 4 min
BARBARIANS AND BRUTALISTS
[For DJL] Who designed the dial on the paper towel dispenser? You know, that round dial with the two tear drop depressions, in a kind of...
- May 12, 2017
- 8 min
NOT I
iTunes – that place billions of people acquire and consume their music, movies, podcasts, and such – is essentially unusable, as far as I...
- Sep 26, 2016
- 3 min
HOW TO BREAK A THING
The following is just the sort of thing I see that stops me in my tracks almost every day. Today I was walking past a large corporate...
- May 29, 2015
- 7 min
MOPS AND COFFEE or CAPITALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS
I thought the deal was that “privately owned productive enterprises, in a highly competitive marketplace, will produce ever-better...
- Jan 6, 2015
- 3 min
THE PATH MOST TRAVELLED
One of the things I love about winter is the snow; but not for the skiing or snowmobiling, for the aesthetic or even the quiet it brings,...
- Dec 4, 2014
- 6 min
LITTLE CHANGE
Yesterday I was having a discussion with someone about cars and driving. (I’ve always said that I have no plan to buy a car until I can...