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Thursday, June 04, 2015

This doesn't seem quite fair now, does it?

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The good news for those just graduating from college is that this the best job market in a decade. Or so they have been told. The bad news ...
Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Putin World

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I was glancing through an Economist recently, and an article on theme parks in Europe caught my eye. Although I am well aware of amusemen...
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Tuesday, June 02, 2015

House Calls

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As a kid, I enjoyed watching medical shows, especially Dr. Kildare .  Later on, I liked Marcus Welby and Medical Center (although I would ...
Monday, June 01, 2015

Just another "reaction to the hyper-capitalist, sped-up 21st century"

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The Boston Globe , which is always on top of "it" (whatever "it" is), had an article the other day on how some Millenni...
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Thursday, May 28, 2015

Technology Shock

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Well, last week I got rid of my trusty old Blackberry and replaced it with a spiff new Galaxy 6S. Still getting used to the ins and outs, b...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Turtle farm in the North Korean soup…

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If someone made up North Korea’s Kim Jong Un (and his father, and grandfather before him), the character would be dismissed as over the top,...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

What next?

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Last week, a group of VCs taking part in a tech trends dinner out in Silicon Valley predicted what technology is going to bring us over the ...
Monday, May 25, 2015

Up the Republic! (And Happy Memorial Day.)

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On holidays, I usually have a post about the particular holiday, and Memorial Day has been no exception. My first post, Decoration Day , w...
Friday, May 22, 2015

One more reason I’m glad I dumped my Blackberry

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For the longest time now, I’ve lived with the burden of being one of the last people on the face of the earth still using m Blackberry. No...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Put on your high-heeled sneakers…and head on over to Cannes

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This week’s big fashion news has been the women who were turned away from a screening at the Cannes Film Festival for not wearing appropriat...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Dubuque Rebuke

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In 2009, IBM – tax-incentives happily placed in their grasping, outstretched palm – established tech centers in Dubuque, Iowa and Columbia, ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Cease and Desist. (So I did.)

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Nearly two years ago, I had a post about a couple who were suing their kid’s school over a fund-raising hoo-hah, in which the school claimed...
Monday, May 18, 2015

Fantasy Land? Daily fantasy is taking over the sports world.

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So far, I’ve been to two baseball games this season. The Red Sox lost both, but I nonetheless enjoyed myself. Baseball is the name of the ...
Friday, May 15, 2015

Fiat luxe workout duds

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I am quite content that the gym  I go to is an adjunct of what is primarily a PT location. The gym is pretty rundown. Much of the equipment ...
Thursday, May 14, 2015

Nailed! One more thing to feel guilty about.

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The New York Times has been running an exposé on the miserable conditions that New York City manicurists work under. While I don’t get my...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Chuck Barris is alive and well…

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It’s hard now to imagine that we ever lived in a time where shows like “The Newlywed Game” and “The Dating Game ” were, with their moderate...
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Nancy Drew just turned 85. (Doesn’t look a day over 16.)

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Pretty much from the moment I began reading, I loved series – getting to know the characters over time or – in the case of ageless character...