March 8, 2008

  • Familiarity breeds ennui

    Emerson said, If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare. There are corollaries. When the miraculous becomes mundane, people complain about it. Think about air travel. And, When the awful becomes common, people tend to ignore it. The latter is the risk for Santa Barbara in… Continue reading

  • No, they’re not.

    Are “welcome screens” actually welcome? By anybody? Continue reading