Fanfare
This may or may not be a creeping trumpet flower. Help?
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Lyft, Uber: the shame of lesser work (and get ready for the automation of white collar jobs)
Automation is getting worse for workers, and the emotional strain is already evident. I’ve noticed something. When I take a Lyft (I never take Uber, although I imagine the same is true for them), I’m rarely in the car more than a minute before the driver subtly makes it known that he/she has a real job (ie, white collar –
Read moreIs Greta Van Fleet ripping off Led Zeppelin? Both sides, just stop it.
Some love the neo-Zep sound and others hate it, but both sides are missing the point. Greta Van Fleet, a young Michigan-based rock band featuring three brothers with a friend on drums, have been ripping the lid off the joint lately. As of this moment the video for “Highway Tune” has well over 20 million views. They’re playing all the
Read moreMadonna of Gilead
Vintage miniature…
Read moreDear Papa John’s: you need to rebrand. Like, next week.
The brand now stinks worse than the actual pizza, and it’s going to stay that way. The F6 shitnado that is Massa Papa John Schnatter continues unabated. The most reecent episode found him dropping N-bombs during a company conference call, and as a result he’s now out as Chairman of the business he founded. Also, people are rushing to scrub
Read moreWhy should I follow the law?
Why should I, or you, or anyone else in the United States follow the law? Serious question. One answer, obviously, is “because I don’t want to go to jail.” Aside from “I choose to,” I believe it’s the only answer.
Read moreU2: Songs of Relevance and Irrelevance
U2 is my favorite band of all time. But they haven’t been relevant since the early-to-mid ’90s. I think I have a clue as to why. Good is the enemy of great. Around 1984 The Police, my previous favorite band of all time, was calling it quits, and U2 released The Unforgettable Fire, hot on the heels of 1983’s War and the live EP Under
Read moreFireworks
Happy 4th from S&R.
Read moreBig Rock Candy Mountain
From Let Them Eat Cake, it’s Neo-Feudal Society!
Read moreTrump’s GOP: the Family Feud party
Welcome to the GOP Family Feud, where there’s no answer so bad it won’t elicit enthusiastic, unanimous support. Ever watch Family Feud? It seems like this moment happens in every show. The question is something like “name a popular item of men’s clothing.” Turtle, the patriarch of the Gopfluffer family, hits the button and guesses “shirt.” [BING] That’s the #1
Read moreHere comes the sun: Summer Solstice 2018
Happy Solstice from the staff of Scholars & Rogues…
Read moreThe green man
Vintage doll…
Read moreESPN: All Tiger, all the time
Oh, look. It’s US Open week. Let the fluffing begin. And away we go. Today the top story is that Tiger won the tournament a long time ago. If Tiger wins this week, that will be the top story. If he finishes 30th, the story will be that he’s the reason the winner won. If we nuke Canada, the story
Read moreRosaceae: ghost blue
Abstract rose…
Read moreFun with headlines: the case of the dancing, backflipping, accidentally discharging FBI agent
Wanted: copy desk editor. No experience required. By now you’ve probably seen the story. An off-duty FBI agent was dancing – and I use that term in its loosest possible sense – at a club up in RiNo (that’s the River North district in Denver for you non-5280ers). He tried a backflip. He failed. His gun fell out. He tried
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