When it comes to multitasking, it’s hard to beat the woman who can rob a bank and never interrupt her cell phone conversation. Today’s Washington Post reported on a woman who robbed banks while on the phone. “In an act of either incredible cool or something much more sinister, a […]
I spent yesterday in New York City. I love the smell that wafts around you when you first hit the street. We parked in a Times Square lot and emerged to the heart of it all, Broadway. That scent hits you and you know you’re in the thick of it–where […]
Time Magazine published this piece on North Korea. “But any liberalization could lead to a loss of the absolute political control enjoyed by Kim. The dilemma is evident during a visit to the Kumsung Educational Institute. Boys recruited from around the country are learning English and computer skills beneath portraits […]
Google’s already outsize ambitions appeared to balloon even bigger on Oct. 25 with the news that it’s apparently testing something called Google Base. The test site, spotted by sharp-eyed Web surfers in Europe, indicate that Google aims to solicit people to post all manner of content on its site. But […]
Below are two of the top ten reasons that people quit their jobs, according to AOL today. #3 Insufficient Recognition or AppreciationPercent Responding: 34.2% “There is no recognition of my creative talent, training, or skills.”The three major portions of an employee’s total rewards package are compensation, benefits, and the work […]
In what would have been a beautifully choreographed segment, Ms. Kosinski was reporting live about flooding in Wayne, N.J., in a canoe that was floating down a submerged suburban thoroughfare. The NY Observer and Poynter had the story. “Eight days of rain, and some neighborhoods don’t even look like neighborhoods […]
Ahhh to be back in the U.S. where newspapers are printed in English! Picked up today’s NY Times in the airport and took a lot of time during my Miami layover to read. In Libya, five nurses and a doctor are being held in jail and a death sentence looms. […]
Reading a book on the plane by notorious grump Paul Theroux called ¨The Pillars of Hercules,¨where he travels from one end of Gibraltar to the other, the long way. After leaving the rock, he travels to Spain and has this to say. ¨The utterly blighted landscape of the Spanish coast–Europe´s […]
AMD says said it will partner with RadioShack to bring low-priced computers to the developing world. The device, called the Personal Internet Communicator, was originally developed for markets underserved by the computer industry and is widely available in Mexico, India, Brazil, and the Caribbean. BusinessWeek. The idea was to make […]
New York Magazine recently ran a piece on which types of dogs attract the most women.Here are some of their scientific results.“Roo, the Australian cattle-dog puppy: In the lobby of Animal Care and Control, Roo immediately pressed his front paws onto me and licked my face. On East 86th Street, […]
On the list of new Webster words this year: amuse-bouche (noun) 1984 : a small complimentary appetizer offered at some restaurants. battle dress uniform (noun) 1982 : a military uniform for field service. bikini wax (noun) 1985 : a procedure for removing pubic hair from the skin near the edge […]
Hillary August writes in the Yale Daily News about CNN’s Anderson Cooper and his passion for crew. “Instead of devoting extracurricular hours to honing his journalistic skills with one of the campus publications, Cooper devoted himself to the Yale crew team. After failing to keep up with his teammates and […]