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Untitled 6 Jan 2011 | 08:01 am
Life lists I've written before about Facebook and the interesting human behaviors it engenders. Lately I've been thinking about the way people approach their 'friend' roster. Some, seeing Facebook as...
Untitled 29 Dec 2010 | 03:56 am
The perils of PC-ness In my previous life, the holiday season was always a bit of a perilous time of year. It was my responsibility to write a year-end message from company leaders to their employees...
Untitled 9 Dec 2010 | 09:54 am
We all shine on. Hard to believe it's been 30 years since John Lennon died. Somehow it seems odd that I've had more years on earth than he did. I remember being a high-school junior in the winter of...
Untitled 13 Nov 2010 | 09:10 am
The curse of the accordion Q: What's the definition of a gentleman? A: A man who knows how to play the accordion, yet doesn't. I have two accordions in my apartment. I'm not proud of this fact, yet...
Untitled 12 Nov 2010 | 02:51 am
The Big Tree Every year, the people at Rockefeller Center pick the massive evergreen that will grace the plaza for the Christmas season, and I'm reminded of the big tree that stood in the front yard ...
Untitled 23 Oct 2010 | 01:48 am
What's in that black disc, and why does it sing? My volunteering duties at Thomas Edison's labs include a demonstration of Edison's favorite invention, the phonograph. While we have a bunch of disc t...
Untitled 15 Oct 2010 | 06:43 am
As the world rejoices the rescue of the 33 trapped Chilean miners, the cynical part of me wonders how their experience will ultimately be trivialized by corporate America. Because, as you know, we ca...
Untitled 13 Jan 2010 | 08:17 am
Welcome to New Jersey I've been volunteering as a tour guide at Ellis Island for a couple of months now, and it's been a real boon to my general sense of adventure and thirst for arcane knowledge. B...
Untitled 26 Nov 2009 | 07:44 pm
Gobble gobble, indeed Thanksgiving in my family has never been a huge event -- just the parents, my sister and me, with the rare guest (I think I might have invited the college boyfriend once or twic...
Untitled 12 Nov 2009 | 07:30 am
If history exists in a vacuum, does it really exist? Capitalizing on the good weather while it lasts, I made a trip up to Paterson last week to check out the Great Falls and environs. While I've visi...
