Drones are big news these days. The military spies with them, environmental agencies track floods with them, and a microbrewery got in trouble for delivering beer with them. And now there’s a personal drone in the works that you can control with your smart phone. But I’m not sure that the idea of personal drones… Read more »
After an absence of about thirty years, we found ourselves heading back to the “happiest place on earth” during a recent vacation in southern California. As with many things, the impetus for a trip to Disneyland was a four-year-old grandson. It was déjà vu all over again. Our only previous trip was when Greg was… Read more »
Dear Barb: I am a twenty-five year old guy who is sharing an apartment with two other guys. We are all in different stages of our university education. I am in my last year of my undergraduate degree. My roommates are both first year students and this is the first time either of them has… Read more »
Book: Letter from Brooklyn Author: Jacob Scheier Genre: Poetry Publisher: ECW Press Yes, there is joy, fulfillment and companionship?but the loneliness of the soul in its appalling self-consciousness is horrible and overpowering. – Sylvia Plath I don’t normally like postmodern confessional free verse, but this tome caught my attention because of the sheer density of… Read more »
Dear Barb: I am a 35 year old man with a wife and two young kids. I’ve been out of school since high school, working at dead end jobs. My wife works part time and is quite busy with the kids. I have mentioned to my wife that I would like to return to school… Read more »
Album: A Playlist Without Borders Artist: Yo-Yo Ma with the Silk Road Ensemble The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village. -Marshall McLuhan Does the state of the world today sometimes get you down? Does the quest for world peace look more and more like a dark tunnel sparked… Read more »
Got a grammar or usage question? A quick Google search will yield helpful results. Or rather, they would be helpful?if you could understand them. And That’s the problem. It’s difficult to improve your writing when You’re unclear on the basics the Internet grammar gurus are presuming. You can hardly be expected to get excited about… Read more »
Have you ever imagined yourself stumbling across a rare scientific find? Maybe the fossilized missing link in human evolution, or proof that alien spaceships have visited Earth. Well, you might not discover something that exciting, but science has plenty of ways for you to contribute to ongoing studies. The only question is, should researchers really… Read more »
Film: Mark Maron: Thinky Pain Director: Lance Bangs The weird thing about being an American Jew is that underneath all of it . . . is this drumbeat that says: ?You will go to Israel. You will love Israel. Israel was built for us. You will go there and love it and send it money… Read more »
?The medium is the message,? Marshall McLuhan famously said, and there’s nowhere this is more true than in the job search market. In fact, job seekers experience the effects of the saying every time their resumes create a good impression?or are tossed on the rejection pile. When You’re putting together a resume, having good content… Read more »