Two decades ago, while a young reporter for the Pasadena Star-News, I convincingly debunked the official claim that a million people show up in person to see the Rose Parade. It took about five minutes of simple arithmetic to show that it was impossible*, and my colleagues and I then attempted to estimate the real …
Today’s Inkstain Search of the Day: who is Eli Rabbett (sic) I’m happy to note that I’m in good company in misspelling the good Dr.’s “name”. But I’m hoping that with this post I’ll claim the number one Google ranking.
A couple of notable signposts I recently passed on the social media highway. The first, a twitter post from a new tweetFriend yesterday: Question for everyone: How do you go about “catching up” on Twitter when you’ve been away for a couple of hours? The second, a link from another tweetFriend to twitTangle: We allow …
Many people have made triptychs. Dave is one of them: A long time ago I took photos of my Spinal Tap Action Figures. I feel no explanation is needed as to why I would take photos of my Spinal Tap Action Figures… they are Spinal Tap Action Figures. Nonetheless, I uploaded a triptych of the …
The new bike path makes getting in and out of my neighborhood much safer, but I no longer find myself behind the neighborhood Wal-Mart MegaStore, which means I’ve lost touch with the Inkstain Cheap Shit From China (CSFC) Index. It’s based on the number of shipping containers out back to hold the overflow inventory they …
One of the pluses of working in a newsroom is when smart people walk by your desk and tell you interesting things. One of the pluses of subscribing to a newspaper is the followup part, where the smart people write it all down, and then people stay up all night to print it up and …
Would the total volume of trash being produced be an economic indicator? In what ways?