RIP Metaverse, we hardly knew ye
I am curious enough about cockatoos that I might click a link to read an article about people who own…
Star Trek TOS Main Theme but it never gets to the Main Theme
Arrgh! This is sooo stressful! (Some great visual gags as the intro drags on.) No, it is not worth it…
Today’s unexpected but welcome moments of grace
She waived a fee. He accepted a slightly expired coupon. Someone bent a rule in my favor. (I may or…
They grew up in a mostly analog/paper world and squirmed with joy the first time they clicked a hyperlink that they created
Today's students have many strengths. They are great at collaboration, introspection, and remixing. While my students are very familiar with…
Requiem for the Newsroom
When I worked at a radio news station in the late 80s, when I was about 20, I would often…
National Mall site approved for memorial to fallen journalists
Federal officials have approved a site on the National Mall for the capital’s first memorial dedicated to journalists who have…
The Struggle to Save Ballet From Itself
A former dancer reckons with the rigors and ordeals of life in ballet. If ballet was all self-effacing torture, there…
Family Business (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 3, Episode 23) Quark feuds with his mother (Andrea Martin); Jake introduces his father to a freighter captain
Rewatching ST:DS9 The opening acts remind me why I cringe at all the Fergengi-focused episodes, and the great writing, the…