In This Corner We Have Biddy
In this corner we have Biddy, weighing in at 18 pounds and holding his ground on the left. On the right we have Walter, all 9 pounds of him (he’s mostly hair). Watch what happens.
In this corner we have Biddy, weighing in at 18 pounds and holding his ground on the left. On the right we have Walter, all 9 pounds of him (he’s mostly hair). Watch what happens.
6 years ago, I read that having two computer monitors at work increased productivity by 150%. The reason is that you spend a ton of time minimizing and maximizing windows and switching between programs, time you could save if all of that information was in front of you at all times. I vowed that I … Read more
I have a wonderful 60-something coworker named Cathy. She has a fantastic sense of humor, hence her willingness to contribute to today’s blog entry. Recently, Cathy attended her granddaughter’s birthday party at some sort of child gymnasium. One of the play areas was a giant pit filled with soft foam cubes. You swing on a … Read more
Last week on a blog entry about an online ethics and morals class at Harvard, I mentioned a scenario with a trolley car that I’d like to expand upon today with a poll. I will write about this from the perspective of an American, but you can insert your country wherever I talk about America. … Read more
I dread public speaking. I’m not terrible at it. But I don’t enjoy it. I’m not comfortable being in the spotlight. I get flummoxed and dry-mouthed, and the days and hours leading up to it are absolutely nervewracking. I particularly don’t like public speaking with a microphone. I can’t gauge what my voice sounds like … Read more
I was going to do a “pet please” entry about this, but this is well beyond a pet please. This is like if pet please #1 (the Amazon.com smiling box) and pet please #2 (back-to-back parking spaces) had a baby together. I’m not sure what that baby would look like…maybe an Amazon box the size … Read more
Yesterday a friend told me about an online video series I had never heard of, and it has become an instant classic in my household. It’s called “Justice by Michael Sandel.” It’s a high-quality recording of an ethics class at Harvard. Professor Sandel is extremely articulate and engaging, and there’s a fair amount of class … Read more
Let me tell you a story. If you’ve read this blog for a while, you already know parts of this story, but not all of it. It does not include cats (the photo posted here that I took this morning would indicate otherwise). Over 6 years ago, I started writing a daily blog. My intention … Read more
When I was a kid, my siblings and I rarely got dessert. At least that’s how I remember it. At most we got a cookie after dinner, but hardly ever more than one, and I’m pretty sure there were many nights when we didn’t get dessert. The trouble was, I loved sweets. Sweets were my … Read more
I have cats, not kids. But someday I might want to have kids, and those kids will need to wear diapers. Fortunately, diaper technology is rapidly improving–these aren’t your grandmother’s diapers we’re talking about here (actually, they might be your grandmother’s diapers. That is a real thing). Normally diaper technology would not be on my … Read more