She Quits Huffington Post, and Gets Mocked for It
Sometimes the comments on a blog are far more entertaining than the blog itself. I followed a link on Poynter.org that was a story by Mayhill Fowler on why she just ‘quit’ blogging for Huffington Post, after her request to be paid $2500 per month was politely rebuffed. Fowler was […]
A Bad Idea Involving Cobras Got Worse
The lead was a classic…what was he thinking? “Local businessman Cai Yong thought it would be a good idea to buy 3000 cobra eggs and then hatch the snakes at an abandoned school building.” Really? Today in the Gazette a McClatchy News Service story told a slithery creepy tale of […]
How Much Is that Peach in the Market?
I love it when my newspaper is full of intriguing articles that stretch the mind. I am also fond of that moment when someone close to me reads it and is inspired. That happened the other day when I showed a column by Virginia Postrel to Devorah and she ended […]
Keith Brown Jumps from 29,000 Feet…and Is Loving the Feeling!
Keith Brown was always an adventurer. In 1993 he climbed Mt. Everest. And just the other day, he skydived out of a plane at an astounding 29,000 feet up! I met him at NMH in 1976. Since then we haven’t been in touch, until recently when Facebook brought me his […]
A Human-Powered Monorail Gets $1M from Google
Look down when you do a Google search today, and click on the link that says 10>100. The internet monolith has selected five companies from more than 150,000 submitted ideas to fund. The project began soliciting ideas in 2008, today, one of the winners was Shweeb. Shweeb, a derivative German […]
Go Ahead, Get That Massage. It’s Good for Your Health
In our Pioneer Valley, there are lots and lots of massage therapists. There are three schools churning out graduates every semester, it’s a wonder there are enough people who need back rubbing to keep them all busy. I read in last night’s NY Times about the medical benefits of massage–based […]
Dog Poop Fueled Lights in a Cambridge Park
Parks are wonderful, but there’s always the issue of that annoying dog poop to mess up your shoes and wreck your day. In Cambridge, MA ,an artist has come up with a use for dog poop. It’s a system of tanks and hoses that uses methane released by the poop […]
The Pension Tsunami Is Coming
Tom Devine is the Valley’s openly gay, openly right-wing blogger, and he finds lots of articles with controversial points of view that I often find myself agreeing with. , Last night’s selection of an article on Reason.com made me pause and think. It’s called “Public Employees Vs the Public Will,” […]