I am not going to claim that I know much about poetry. I vaguely recall liking Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe, and the poetry of Ogden Nash and E. E. Cummings when I was in grade school. Beyond that, I don't think I could name one living poet. So when I heard of the … Continue reading She Sounded Like My Kind of Poet
Don't worry, this isn't any sort of New Age, zen-like post about teaching. It's literally about when a teacher (me) becomes a student (me, again). This semesterĀ I am teaching four sections of Introductory Financial Accounting, the bane of many students' existence. I tell them that the course is challenging; for many of them it may … Continue reading When the Teacher Becomes the Student
My wife and I finally got around to watching Bruce Springsteenās Broadway show that was released on Netflix on December 18. We would have loved to have seen it live, but the price and logistics made it difficult. From first line to last bow, the film includes the full length of Springsteenās theatrical creation. Watching … Continue reading Music Monday: Springsteen on Broadway, via Netflix
As I was cuttingĀ up our weekly purchase of a dozen bagels so that we could freeze them, I realized how much I loved having a bagel slicer (or as Amazon calls it, a bagel guillotine). We've only had it for about a year, but now I can't remember how we were able to live without … Continue reading Things That Make Life Worth Living
The Wall Street Journal had a storyĀ today about the intensifying conflict over college debt among American families. Reporters Erica Snow and Douglas Belkin note that tuition increases have outpaced household incomes just as parents are facing multiple financial responsibilities, including supporting their own parents, saving for retirement, health-care costs, and sometimes their adult childrenās living … Continue reading Thanks, Mom and Dad
For the past several years, Mark Zuckerberg has set a personal challenge for himself. He justĀ announced his challenge for 2019 on Facebook (of course) - host a series of discussions on the future of technology "My challenge for 2019 is to host a series of public discussions about the future of technology in society -- … Continue reading Mark Zuckerberg’s Personal Challenge for 2019, and a Look Back at His Previous Ones
I had seen the commercial a couple of times, but I hadn't really paid too much attention to it. Then I read Harlan Coben's tweet about it: Is it weird that Chevyās adverising campaign relies on the fact that no one believes Chevy is reliable? ā Harlan Coben (@HarlanCoben) January 7, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js So I … Continue reading Sorry, Chevrolet, It Looks Like Two Thumbs Down for Your Latest Commercial
That's one of the memorable lines from the book, Educated, which I just finished reading. Here's a brief summary of the book from the author's (Tara Westover) website: Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of … Continue reading “I teach them not to piss on their hands.”
For more than 80 years, pollsters have been asking Americans from all walks of life to share their opinions and experiences on pretty much every imaginable topic.Ā Thousands of those surveys areĀ archived by the Roper Center for Public Opinion ResearchĀ at Cornell University. As the end of 2018, HuffPost wanted to see how things have ā and … Continue reading American Attitudes, Then and Now
Sorry to make you wait three days, but you can blame good old Dan Ariely. Dan recently received the following email: Dear Dan, I enjoy giving gifts to my best friend, and I was wondering which approach would be better for strengthening our friendship: giving her big gifts twice a year, on her birthday and … Continue reading Don’t Read This Post Now – Wait Three Days to Do So
Borden's Blather 