Shedding some light on learning The dust has settled and as registration for spring semester classes wraps up, you realize that you’ve somehow ended up with an 8:00 a.m. class.  It’s going to be a 50-minute nearly-impossible struggle against nodding off, right?  Not necessarily. It’s possible that your alertness during class may not depend on the amount of light rising over the eastern horizon, but … Continue reading Some assembly required

Writing romantically Fifteen years ago, an aspiring screenwriter sauntered into a lunch with an accomplished television producer, a meeting he was not the least bit prepared for. Not knowing what the lunch was really about, he panicked and wildly pitched an idea for a show that would eventually come to define the way millions of Americans viewed government and public service. That show was the … Continue reading Veni, vedi, weekly

Gee, my pens just aren’t feminine enough Said no one ever. So Bic. They make pens and razors and other things. I’m going to introduce a possible life-changer. Right here. In text. Bic’s Cristal For Her: The Cristal reserved for women! is now in a Target or Wal-Mart store near you. This entirely new line of pens by Bic just adds “for her” to the … Continue reading Da snark