If you think no one cares whether you’re dead or alive, try missing a few credit card payments. I also have bills sent directly to my...

“Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated.” Erma Bombeck I’m not a...

The Future Just Isn’t What It Used To Be Many of us were into science fiction all the way back to the 1950’s and 1960’s when all we had...

“…that which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet.”       Wm. Shakespeare As if the modern world wasn’t confusing...

“Communism is like one big phone company.” Lenny Bruce I want land lines back. And I want a phone from Bell Telephone. I want the kind of...

“LESS IS MORE” IS STILL LESS I like fresh Florida orange juice. The kind that comes from Mexico where the oranges are grown, then get...

EMO USQUE AD MORTEM Right after the holidays the usual thing to do is visit the mall to return or exchange things. Around here however,...

Get it here first! Our intern Diane gets a big scoop on holiday releases that Hollywood hasn’t even publicized yet! For a long time it...

Since this is a holiday week our entire staff decided to take time off so publishing was left to our night watchman Fred (see, Survivor...

So here is a very quick update on phone technology for the less savvy or the technophobes among us. The world is about being connected...

Will Tunes Downloads Join LP’s as Ancient Relics? Poor pirates. They get blamed for everything these days – stolen music, stolen movies,...

What about those left behind who were not laid off, or “riffed?” (RIF = reduction in force). What of these “survivors?” How are they...

Miranda:  I had to walk all the way from the subway in these heels. My feet are killing me.     Steve:  Why didn’t you just carry them...

noun. Anger and rage, especially among people over the age of 50, caused by frustration from plastic product packaging that is difficult...

…I’m up to here in lies, guess I’m down to size… from Talk Talk, Sean Bonniwell, 1966 There are dozens and dozens of books and studies...

The world seems to be bubbling over with turmoil these days. While we try to avoid political topics or taking sides on political issues,...

Part 3 of a 3-Part Series on Baby Boomers, New Technology and the Job Market …one thing alone is clear. We are waiting for Godot to come....

Part 2 of a 3-Part Series on Baby Boomers, New Technology and the Job Market Since My Job is Now in India, Can I Go There and Continue...

Part 1 of a 3-Part Series on Baby Boomers, New Technology and the Job Market Since I Have to Do It Myself, Can I Get an Employee...

There is a secret war going on as you are reading this. Very little information about it gets into the news media, yet it involves some...