The power of Oprah.

Time to Settle Accounts

May 18, 2011: The power of Oprah.

When Blink, Tall Jeremy, and someone I’ve never met left headquarters, I set up my computer and asked G about Oprah. His sister works for the show, and yesterday he was in attendance at the Untied Center for the taping of her third- and second-to-last episodes.

On the John: Hooked by horns

On the John

Hooked by horns

Originally completed June 23, 2010

Yep. That sums it up.

The vuvuzela is on everybody’s lips. Either you’re blowing it, or you’re discussing it. Certainly some non-blowers enjoy the vuvuzela’s enveloping soundscape. But the bulk of conversation centers on distaste for the instrument.