Perhaps you've seen the series on Amazon - Bosch - or read the books written by Michael Connelly on which the series is based. I was all caught up on my Harlan Coben reading, so I was looking for a new author to start in on, and after a bit of searching, I came across … Continue reading The Music of Detective Harry Bosch
It's been one of my most popular posts, "Why Don’t Houses Have Escalators?", with close to 2,000 views. In that post, I wrote "I find the idea of being stuck in an elevator at my house with nobody around kind of frightening", and offered the following benefits of having an escalator in your home: if … Continue reading This Is Why Houses Need Escalators
The Weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal is always my favorite. It's not all business, and with its Review and Off Duty sections, there's sure to be sure a story or two that captures the reader's interest. Since today's paper was no exception (even though there was no column from Dan Ariely), I thought … Continue reading From Sports to Politics to Aristotle to Teenagers, Highlights from Today’s Wall Street Journal
About four months ago I started using Grammarly, an artificial intelligence powered program that helps people communicate more effectively. Its algorithms flag potential issues in the text and suggest context-specific corrections for grammar, spelling, wordiness, style, punctuation, and even plagiarism. Grammarly explains the reasoning behind each correction, so you can make an informed decision about whether, … Continue reading Add One More App That Quantifies What I Do with My Life
Life insurers haven't changed their approach to underwriting for decades, relying heavily on costly medical screening, such as blood and urine tests. However, that may be about to change. Life insurers want to monitor how you behave online as a way of assessing your health and bypassing more traditional methods. According to a story in … Continue reading Be Careful How You Use Social Media; Your Life (Insurance) Could Depend on It
President Trump. J.K. Rowling. Kim Kardashian West. It's probably no surprise that Time magazine named these three individuals as being among the top 25 most influential people on the internet. But at least one name on the list may not be so easy to recognize. My guess is that you have not heard of Mr. … Continue reading Profile in Passion: The Wiki Geek
This is a job question for Superman Dan Ariely. A few times during the year, Wawa, the Philadelphia-based convenience store (and by far THE best convenience store chain in the U.S.), has a promotion that offers any size coffee for just $1. The coffee cup sizes come in small, medium, large, and extra large, and … Continue reading Why Would You Not Get the Extra Large?
I was checking my Twitter page the other day and I noticed I had a new follower (quite the rare event), and it was from a band I had never heard of. I have no idea how the band came across my Twitter page, but I decided to check them out and see if I should … Continue reading Music Monday: Discovering a Great Irish Band – We Banjo 3 – Thanks to Twitter
On January 27, 2006, the United Nations Department of Public Information held the first universal observance of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day at United Nations Headquarters. Here's some info about the day from Wikipedia: International Holocaust Remembrance Day is meant to commemorate the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World War. It commemorates the genocide that resulted in … Continue reading International Holocaust Remembrance Day
When I sat down last night to write yesterday's blog post, it was one of those days where nothing had come to me during the day as an idea to write about. That meant I had to implement my Plan B method for coming up with a topic. And once I had come up with … Continue reading An Anatomy of a Blog Post
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