Tag archive for ‘Cultural Curmudgeon’
Za Tour of the New Alton High School: Where are the books, babe?
As part of our 40th reunion we toured new new Alton High School, open just a year now and built at a cost of several millions. Among it’s charms, it boasts a three-court gymnasium. There’s also a beautiful auditorium and stage…a pit for the pit orchestra (I ducked down there for old times sake)…and a [...]
Lemonade Haircut in the Central West End, my new neighborhood
As part of my welcome move-in packet for West End Terrace, I recieved a 20 per cent off coupon for a haircut and styling at Lemon, a salon just a few blocks from me up on Euclid. Even with the discount, the price is 1/3 more than I’m used to paying in Lake County in [...]
Charm and Technology–how a stream of technicians arrived at my door to fix a problem only one could
The top frustration for my move to St. Louis was getting my phone and internet service up and running. For the first two weeks I was here, I was steady-dating a steady stream of technicans from Charter that kept me in a steady state of on-the-verge-ness. If it wasn’t my phone, it was the [...]
“The Secret”: Packaged in America
Last night I watched The Secret with a group of friends that meet for spiritual discussion. Since The Secret carries so much buzz, I was happy to see it and find out how well this film presents the Law of Attraction, ancient wisdom for modern times.
I loved its humor and laughed out loud several [...]
Can I Be Honest With You?
“Can I be honest with you?” These words jumped off the computer screen at me in a recent email and I thought, “Ooooooo, no. Nope. I can live my life without anyone ever being honest with me, by announcing they are about to by honest, ever again.”
Because that usually means license to kill the spirit…the 007s [...]
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