by Ty Davison | Jan 20, 2014 | Essays
Never having been to that oasis of sin and decadence called Las Vegas, I determined to go with the help of a Groupon that gave me a “luxury tower” room at the train-themed Palace Station Hotel & Casino for an average nightly price of $36. This could...
by Ty Davison | Jun 6, 2012 | Essays
Spoilers, should such a thing be possible with this kind of movie, follow Background Bearing in mind that I know nothing about the characters that I didn’t learn from the horrid first movie (review here), let me catch you up to date: The protagonist, Carrie, is...
by Ty Davison | May 2, 2012 | Essays
Warning: Spoilers, to the extent a movie of this nature can be spoiled, follow Opening voice-over: “Year after year 20-something women come to New York City in search of the two Ls: Labels and love.” If this is true, it’s a horrible indictment of a...
by Ty Davison | Sep 4, 2011 | Essays
History After a variety of health woes, my parents downsized from two vehicles to their one Honda Accord in 2006. They generously offered us their high mileage 1991 Honda Civic and, as I recall, we somewhat hesitantly accepted. Erin and I figured we’d drive it...
by Ty Davison | Mar 21, 2011 | Essays
Consider me opposed to the United States’ latest military endeavors in Libya. As I’m already on record against our invasion of Iraq and have long thought our lingering stay in Afghanistan pointless at best, this should surprise no one. The establishment...
by Ty Davison | Jul 30, 2010 | Essays
In 1995 I traveled across America via Amtrak, whose dismal on time track record and other failings led critics to call for their shutdown and to brand them (thanks to their logo) “the pointless arrow.” Not one of my trips on Amtrak was less than two hours...
