October 6, 2026
The city of Kirkwood, Missouri is considering updating its noise ordinance.
While the current ordinance vigilantly protects citizens from the disruption caused by steam whistles and phonographs, it says nothing about businesses playing loud music at night and bothering residents. Officials are trying to change that.
I think they're making the right call.
October 7, 2026
The paper this morning mentioned Senator John Thune's objections to year-round daylight saving time. He made them last year, but I got a warm fuzzy reading them today:
The senator said that making daylight saving time permanent would "make winter a dark and dismal time for millions of Americans" and "push winter sunrises to an absurdly late hour, depriving Americans of morning sunshine that's essential for our safety and well-being."
I couldn't have said it better myself.
October 4, 2026
I’m not sure why the movie theater felt impelled to ask me to take a survey about my experience, unless it was to see if my e-mail address is real; but here’s what I told them (after assuring them by answering their pre-loaded questions that their service and cleanliness were fine).
The constant rumbling of too much sound during “important” scenes actually detracts from the experience. The rumbles distort the sound and add NOTHING to the suspense. Please take it down a notch. It sounds amateurish, like you're showing off a new toy that you haven’t quite figured out how to properly use.
I hope they listen.
October 3, 2026
In doing yet another revamp, the Post-Dispatch gave us a lot of lame comics and even lamer crossword puzzles; AND they took out the TV listings.
Two days later, they said that they had heard from readers (and I admire the speed and zeal with which the readers wrote in) and were reinstating the TV listings.
How they could not see that coming is a mystery to me. Don’t they know anything about people—people who still read newspapers?
Seriously—I was fascinated by that cluelessness.
