Category: Mixed Bag
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The Perfect Place to Hide Until the End of Summer Olympics 2012
Last Friday I wrote a scathing piece about the need to boycott the olympics this year. It generated a lot of dialog with 30 comments so far. In addition to the comments, there was a lot of discussion with readers on Twitter and Facebook. As for the blog comments, I was even called anti American…
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A Series of Contemplation and Growth
With the one-year anniversary of my divorce passing last week, I have thought about how good life has been these first 12 months of singledom. I could choose to bask in the sun shining right now, but I have decided it is time to work through a few things that I have struggled with in…
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A Pain-Free Anti-Aging Solution
Aging isn’t an all-consuming concern of mine, but I can’t say that looking younger isn’t important to me. It would be hypocritical to do so while admitting I color my hair to hide gray or that I have quite an elaborate anti-aging cream regimen as well.The idea of doing anything painful to myself to look…
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Google + Doodle = Distraction (and awesomeness)
I have always thought the coolest job in the world is a position as a Google doodler. What’s that? You don’t know what a doodler is? I will explain. A team of artists who create Google doodles for the homepage have the official title of doodlers. These doodlers get to work for a great company…
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Best Performance of “Call Me Maybe”
The internet is where I spend most of my work day. Without fail I stumble upon something daily that makes me laugh. It could be an image, funny tweet, or, in this case, a video. This is my favorite this week. It’s hilarious. Enjoy “Call Me Maybe” performed by the Harvard baseball team. httpv://youtu.be/eEWVwgDnuzE