Today’s the big day for about 35 entrepreneurs who have ponied up $30,000 to apply for one of the state’s 35 new medical marijuana licenses. I have a friend who owns a big building who is pretty keen on renting to one of these people, if they get the nod […]
Even the name makes me smile. A food forest. That’s what’s being created in the exciting city of Seattle where plans are afoot to turn a 7-acre public plot of land into a forest where people can pick all they want and forage to their heart and stomach’s content. It’s […]
We watched the State of the Union, and I thought about what it said and what I thought about our president. He sure knows how to choke up the crowd, the story of Corey the soldier is a tear jerker. Big applause, a proud moment for him, sitting next […]
Last night we bought our tickets on line to a sold-out show at the Kirby Theater at Amherst College for the second edition of Amherst LIVE, a magazine show about what it means to live in Amherst. The crowd was impressive–every seat was filled–and before the show, audience members mingled […]
Tonight I fulfilled a promise to my grandson Nathan that I’d take him to a UMass hockey game. I gave it as a Christmas gift, and I think we both got the gift for having shared the experience. It’s been a while since I have been in the Mullins Center […]
Electric airplanes are in the news. Yes, it’s true. There are many levels of development, and it’s all pretty exciting. This summer Boeing and Airbus jets at major US airports will be using electrically powered wheels when they move about the airport. Little guided motors will replace some of the […]
In South Korea, Between has become the most popular social app in the country. It creates a tiny social network–made up two members of a couple and becomes a place for them to store love notes, photographs and other digital ephemera that only they can see. In the Nov 25 […]
One of the thing I love asking friends is what their internet habits are. I love to know people’s go-to bookmarks, those sites that they pop over to when their email is already read and they just want to browse, or surf, for fun. Most people have three or four […]
Friday is always a challenge, and some day I guess I’ve gotta grow up and accept that I don’t have to have a grand plan or even a small idea of a plan to be happy. I start out the day thinking about what I am going to do that […]
I often watch the previews at the Amherst Cinema with rapt attention. After each one, I nod to my partner, yes we’ll check that out, or boy we MUST miss that one. But in truth, I rarely ever see the films whose trailers enthralled me—I just don’t go to the […]
People who wear headphones are doing it for two reasons. One to listen to their music. Two, to keep from having to engage with people around them so that they can listen to their music. A piece in today’s WSJ discussed the phenomenon of headphone wearing by introducing a new […]
I read a story with some spot-on recommendations for improving the audience enjoyment of the most popular American professional sports by Juliet Lapidos in the Atlantic Monthly, which really rang true. Here are some of what she describes as “The Accidental Spectator’s Guide to Improving Sports,” in this month’s issue. […]