This Train is Bound for Paoli: A Multiple Choice Essay
See how you do in today’s multiple choice essay quiz! Train 664 leaves Thirtieth Street Station bound for New York City at 10:55. Concurrently, Train 663 leaves the … Read more
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New Uses of Use-By and Warning Labels (Use this article by 12/31/2013; Refrigerate After Opening)
How about some warning labels we can really use? Contact in football may result in Concussion/Brain Injury… Symptoms include loss of consciousness or memory, dizziness, headache, nausea or … Read more
Lost Journal: Sweating the Details Can Be Good for Your Health
Journal entry: September 23, 2008 (age 39) Once in a great while, a marketing campaign can actually make you stop using a product that you’ve used for years. … Read more
Lost Journal: Blood is not Thicker than the Water on the Back Nine
Journal entry: September 18, 1999 (age 30) – Back Nine The family that golfs together…shops for knickers together? I don’t really know how to finish that sentence, because … Read more
Corporate Greed Is Making Us Sick
Corporate greed is also preempting democracy The failure of our corporate and political leaders to make sure every worker gets good health care is causing some unpleasant consequences … Read more
Lost Journal: Chances of Advances in a Number of Slumber Techniques Peak
Journal entry: September 2, 2008 (age 39) – Slumber Techniques It’s 3:12 a.m., and I can’t sleep. So instead, I’m going to wax insomniac on ways to improve the … Read more
Forget Student Loans — Make Higher Ed Free
An enlightened society wouldn’t burden graduates with student loans Well, finally! Hard-right congressional leaders and the Obama White House have agreed that interest rates on student loans should … Read more
Lost Journal: Smart Alecks Outsmarted on Crank Call
Journal entry: April 13, 1982 (age 12) — Crank Calls James Bond shops at Radio Shack. That’s where I found the coolest gadget ever created. It’s a small … Read more
Totes Cray Cray: California!
California — mellow to the max, you best believe Due to recent massive chirpage from a group of wicked haters, now is the time for all good brahs and … Read more
Lessons Learned from Traveling in Italy (by a Recent Vacationer)
Traveling lessons: Italy Traveling is supposed to broaden one’s mind (while narrowing one’s wallet). So I never travel outside the country without returning with some important new experiences … Read more
