People get way too bent out of shape over things. (Unlike me, who is always levelheaded, and never goes off the rails over inconsequential things.)
But the recent overreactions about the 3DS, the new Facebook layout, and the whole Netflix/Qwikster thing seem to have gone too far.
Let’s start with Nintendo.  Now granted, the 3DS has [...]

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For me, the end of summer has nothing to do with the autumnal equinox or Labor Day.  It doesn’t necessarily correlate with falling leaves or the first day of school.  The summer is over for me the second I put on pants.
Don’t get me wrong – there is a lot to love about the summer, [...]

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From dictionary.com:
Unsolicited – un·so·lic·it·ed [uhn-suh-lis-i-tid] adjective
given or supplied without being requested or asked for
Unsolicited advice. When you didn’t ask for someone’s opinion, but they decide to give it to you anyway. Everyone hates getting it, yet everyone also ironically loves to give it.
I suppose there are various times in your life when you [...]

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LIRR train conductors and ticket takers who are so in love with the sound of their own voices that they just can’t stop announcing which cars won’t make the platform at Cold Spring Harbor.
People who change direction while walking down the street without any thought of how their sudden drastic movements will affect other pedestrians.
Guys [...]

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My favorite, default, go-to radio station is Q104.3 – New York’s Classic Rock station. I mean, honestly, who has the time or the patience for NEW music, right?
Well, usually Eli and I listen to the Q while we drive to day care in the morning, and there’s something that has been standing out to [...]

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And now, for an alannoah.com analysis of Brian McKnight’s song ‘Back at One.’ If you need a refresher in this song, watch the video:

Let’s review the chorus, which includes the five “steps” outlined in the song:
One, you’re like a dream come true
Two, just wanna be with you
Three, girl it’s plain to see
That you’re the [...]

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Remember when I wrote about how a Buffy movie might happen without Joss Whedon?  Well, it’s offically happening.
Sigh.
So what does Joss himself think about it?  You can and should read his thoughts here, but his point is essentially that it seems strange to remake something when the original is still so fresh in people’s minds.
And [...]

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This post is for Steve, but given the sheer fact I am writing it in blog form means that anyone else is welcome to read it as well.
If you’re not Steve, you may not know that Steve and his wife Heather are expecting their first child early next year.  Of course, I am super excited [...]

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Yesterday, as you no doubt have heard, there was a fire at a LIRR control tower that totally effed up the commutes of hundreds of thousands of people who travel to and from Long Island.  Today, the trains are still all kinds of messed up.  Sure, accidents can happen, so it’s hard to be angry [...]

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It isn’t a rhetorical question. Why doesn’t the Long Island Rail Road have a quiet car? A “quiet car,” if it isn’t immediately obvious, is a car of the train where cell phone calls, loud conversations, and other assorted forms of noisiness are prohibited. It exists for the commuters that want to read, sleep, [...]

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