I found this response from Dan Ariely to a question he received from a reader quite interesting. Here was that question: Dear Dan, I’m a journalist at a small newspaper serving a community that is largely non-white and low income. I proposed doing a story about the environment, but the editorial board is concerned that … Continue reading Who Cares Most About Environmental Issues? The Answer May Surprise You.
I’ve written more than a few posts about some of my embarrassing moments (I have so many to choose from): Lobster Man Strikes Again Another One of Life’s Embarrassing Moments Embarrassing Stories – A Wonderful Way to Get to Know One Another? Another Benefit of Sharing Embarrassing Moments Add One More to Life’s Embarrassing Moments Well, That Was Embarrassing… Thankfully, … Continue reading Time to Embarrass Myself, Again
I remember when our oldest son was around 10 years old how much he enjoyed the Choose Your Own adventures series of books. Here’s a description from Wikipedia: Choose Your Own Adventure, or Secret Path Books is a series of children’s gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the … Continue reading Choose Your Own Adventure: Volume 2
That was the result I received after taking a six-question quiz to determine if I am burned out at work, and if so, what is causing my burnout. The quiz, which took less than a minute, was in today's Wall Street Journal. Hopefully, this link will work if you're interested: Take the Quiz The different … Continue reading “Congratulations! You’re OK for Now.”
When I think of celebrities who are also known for being musicians, the first names that come to mind are Stephen King and Kevin Bacon. So I was curious who some others might be, and fortunately, Newsweek published such a piece back in 2021, featuring 25 celebrities. Here is the full list, in alphabetical order: … Continue reading Music Monday: Celebrity Musicians
It was time for me to pick up a pack of new razors today, and so while browsing through the selections at Target, I narrowed it down to two choices. I have no built-in brand preference for razors, it seems like I choose randomly whatever pack of razors catches my fancy at the moment. A … Continue reading I Decided to Splurge Today
Nothing like seeing a live demo of what the FBI and IRS are up against. Yesterday, our Intro to Accounting classes were treated to a presentation about forensic accounting by one of our fellow teachers. Professor Steve Liedtka, who I featured in a previous blog post (see the second video below), gave a wonderful presentation … Continue reading An Accounting Professor with a Flair for the Dramatic
I was scrolling through my phone this morning and I came across this short story about Twitter and its stock performance yesterday (Thursday): Shares of Twitter Inc. slid 5.56% to $34.48 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 2.44% to 4,477.44 … Continue reading I Want This Technology for My Blog
It's an American tradition. Piling into the car and setting off an adventure. When I graduated college, two friends and I took a road trip from Pennsylvania to Vail to visit another one of our friends. It was a great trip. The day we arrived, our friend in Vail quit his job so he could … Continue reading Road Trip!
If you are a fan of Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar series, you will recognize the name Windsor Horne Lockwood III, affectionately known as Win. Here is how Win is described in the series, courtesy of Wikipedia: Win's hair is described as blond, perfect length, parted on the right side. His features are classical patrician, almost … Continue reading Windsor Horne Lockwood III: If His Name Is Not Pretentious Enough, Perhaps His Vocabulary Is
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