43 Showers: Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, Nashville, TN

43 Showers: Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, Nashville, TN Classic design, easy to operate and clearly marked. I usually don't make editorial comments about the overall hotel stay (this is about the shower controls, and the shower controls only) but I have to add that this was an excellent hotel experience. Highly recommended, especially if you are… Continue reading 43 Showers: Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, Nashville, TN

QotD: One Lump or Two?

How do you take your tea or coffee?Submitted by Vasquez. Coffee: Black, unless I'm somewhere that serves bad coffee, in which case I have it construction worker style, cream and sugar. Tea: Depends on the type. Standard English Breakfast or a good Earl Grey I'll take with milk and sugar. Infusions I'll have undoctored, with… Continue reading QotD: One Lump or Two?

QotD: I'd Like To Thank…

Congrats – TIME Magazine voted you "Person of the Year"!  What's your acceptance speech? [this is bad] Ick. Dear sirs: keep the topical and snarky questions out of QoTD. It's not Vox's strong suit. This ain't Techmeme. Stick with introspection and the personal side of things. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Year-end Lists I'd Like To See

In the tradition of Mad Magazine and 5ives.com, here are three year-end lists that would please me — sort of a 3ves: Top breakfast cereal prizes of 2006 10 most influential non-verbal utterances by a television personality 15 most shameless references to MySpace and YouTube in a wholly unrelated PowerPoint presentation Read and post comments… Continue reading Year-end Lists I'd Like To See

Sufjan Sellin Out — In The Good Way

This:  Songs for Christmas Sufjan Stevens ..has apparently sold out 4x over at my local rock and roll shoppe. Last I checked, Amazon was out of stock. Insound.com was out of stock. Sufjan's label seems to have plenty and I ordered a copy for my folks. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Will you be the one, GTDTracks.com?

I get a nerdy fiendish rush from trying a new GTD application, especially when I've been off the wagon (off is when you're *doing* the bad thing again, right?) for some time. It's like I'm tucking my cute little next actions into their beds and turning out the light knowing they'll slumber well. Will this… Continue reading Will you be the one, GTDTracks.com?