This past summer I wrote about my purchase of an electric lawnmower, and I said in that post that I would offer a follow-up post focused on my experience with the mower. Well today is the day you have been waiting for. Let me start by saying that overall, the mower has been great. It does … Continue reading It’s All about the Battery
Jeff Selingo, author of There Is Life After College, recently wrote an article in The New York Times that explored six myths surrounding the choice of what to major in college, suggesting that much of the conventional thinking about majors is wrong. Here are the six myths, with some details that I found interesting: For the … Continue reading Six Myths about Choosing a College Major
DirecTV has had some great commercials over the years (remember Rob Lowe?), and I've really enjoyed a couple of its most recent ones. The commercials feature the tagline "but some people still like cable", and highlight individuals enjoying painful situations. The commercials aren't enough to make me switch from Verizon's FIOS, which I've been very … Continue reading Spoiled Milk and Broken Turnstiles
The first part of the headline above is a line from the classic John Mellencamp song, "Jack and Diane". The next lines are: Changes come around real soon Make us women and men The song came on the car radio the other day, and as I pondered the words, I thought to myself that 16 … Continue reading Hold On to 16 as Long as You Can? No Thank You!
Once again, I'm left wondering how one family gets all this talent. Cimorelli is a singing group from El Dorado Hills, California that first gained popularity on YouTube singing cover music. They were subsequently signed to Universal Music's Island label. Now composing and writing their own songs, Cimorelli is made up of six sisters: Christina, Katherine, Lisa, Amy, Lauren, and Dani. Their music is … Continue reading Another Sensational Singing Family
Thomas Friedman (New York Times columnist and author of The World Is Flat), in what I consider one of the best 45 minute speeches I have ever watched, stated his belief that the ability to mash things together is a key skill today, and is at the heart of innovation and creativity. If that is the … Continue reading The Beauty of Mashups
My youngest son sent me the image above, part of a running joke about my obsession with my blog. Most of the jokes relate to me having no time to do anything else because I'm always working on my blog. So to prove him wrong, I'll keep this one short. And by the way, just … Continue reading Dreams, Blogging, and Regrets
I recently heard a story about a Pakistani man who was fired from his teaching job because his mustache gave “liberal ideas” to students. The teacher, Haseeb Ali Chishti, elaborated on the story with IndianExpress.com “So I was hired right before the school term started. I taught for a week before finding out from another … Continue reading This Is Why I Never Grew a Mustache as a Young Teacher
The Wall Street Journal had a story in today's paper about an 83-year old woman who has spent much of the past two decades finding out as much as she could about the families who risked their lives to save her Jewish family during the Nazi occupation of Greece. She wanted to chronicle their good … Continue reading The Benefits of Giving Gratitude
This is my third annual post about Villanova's Annual Fall Festival - the largest student run Special Olympics festival in the world. It is my favorite weekend at Villanova, and each year I leave impressed both with the athletes as well as with the Villanova students. Held during the first or second weekend in November, … Continue reading Another Special Weekend at Villanova
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