Tag Archive: MLB

In Search of Ballpark Courtesy

I grew up with baseball. My family had season tickets to Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, and there was a time when my mother and grandmother would go to every single home game of the season. I spent more hot, sticky summer afternoons stuck to those awful chocolate brown seats in the 200 Level than I…

The Genius of the XM Free Trial

I never understood XM. Why would someone pay for the radio when you already have AM and FM for free? Are these people just signing up to listen to Howard Stern, and if so, why? When I bought my new car in April, it came with a three-month XM trial. I wasn’t even going to…

The Future of Computing

We went to the Apple store on Saturday, and as my husband handled his exchange in the back, the 3-year-old and I wandered around looking at the cool toys, including the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and the iPad. I have a theory that I shouldn’t push the life of my laptop much further than two…