I’ll concede that the conditions have to be just right. It’d probably help if you’re a parent. If you’ve got a daughter, that’s likely a plus. And having a sense of humor someone might describe as at least ‘slightly askew’ will serve you very well here. If you self-identify with […]
You might think Furby Boom is the worst toy ever, but you are wrong. Furby is the loony uncle at Thanksgiving, the babbling baby on a weekend morning, and just about the most ridiculous toy on the market today.
In this landmark study, Jeff Bogle examines the impact social media has had on society as a whole through the narrow lens of himself alone. If you read one social media impact study today, let it be this one.
It’s been beeping every night. Around 2 am, religiously. It was as if the alarm system was programmed for maximum pain and suffering, as much as a shrill beep can inflict. Why not 2 pm? Why. The. Hell. Not. It took exactly 11 additional beeps to get the beeping to […]
In a Hollywood game of one-upwomanship, celebs are increasingly bequeathing to their newborn children the most outlandish names. Indie rock bands, on the other hand, carry forward a long tradition of obscure monikers mixing states of being with colors, and the odd animal species tossed in for good measure. In […]
Heard any good word banning stories lately? Ahem. In case you somehow missed it, earlier this week the new LeanIn.org and Sheryl Sandberg initiative, #BanBossy, was announced. It has caught the attention, and drawn the ire, of many. Should we be in the business of banning words? Any words at […]
*Big thanks to The Huffington Post for also running with this humorous back to school / parent-teacher conference post! Twice a year they meet with us, many of us, in 20-minute increments, stacked like six-packs of 4×4 In-n-Out Burgers (Protein Style, natch.) In hallways we wait, we sit and we […]
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