I picked up an iPhone 6 one week ago. I planned on upgrading at some point, but had to do it a bit early because my iPhone 5 died. For the couple of days between the death of my iPhone 5 and picking up my iPhone 6, I set up a flip phone. After nearly two years with a smartphone, it was hard to go back to a flip phone. It is amazing how quickly mobile technology has become integrated into our lives.

Since I was not really ready to upgrade, I started off life with my iPhone 6 in less than a positive frame of mind. Here are a few things I do not like about the 6 and a few that I do. Continue reading →

The best ones creep up on you. You buy an album and listen to it through a few times. Slowly a tune seeps into you subconscious and then makes its way to your conscious mind. Maybe it’s the melody that starts to register. Maybe it’s a line in the chorus. Something starts to connect. Then one day it grabs you by the throat and says listen to me damn it; really listen to me. When it does, you feel it down to your sole. That song speaks to you. It moves you. Maybe it even changes you. Continue reading →