O Billionaires!
Donald Trump, Michael Bloomberg, Howard Schultz: all three of these billionaire-politicians began their careers in that semicivilized field of aggression known as sales. Schultz sold Xerox...
Is It Bad to Have Your Desktop PC on the Floor?
Phuwadach Pattanatmon/Shutterstock Despite the name, a desktop PC doesn’t have to be on a desk. That huge tower PC would fit nicely on the floor, sure....
Reading Pathways: E. Lockhart
The rising tide of complicated female characters and anti-heroines scratches a very specific itch for me. While I love a woman who is stalwart and true,...
Retiring a Library, Or, Sometimes Books Need To Be Disposed
During my four years at a small university in Mississippi, I worked in the library as an assistant. Initially, I interviewed because I liked the idea...
Children and Chicks Rule This Children’s Book Week!
To celebrate Children’s Book Week, which is from April 29th to May 5th, I read a children’s book that’s been on my TBR for awhile: Chicks...
Can You Guess Which Words Are Real and Which Are Fake?: Critical Linking, May 5, 2019Q
Sponsored by Audible. Quiz: Can you guess which words are real and which are fake? I got 6/10. Audiobooks are often synonymous with long-form narratives. Poetry,...
The Best Acoustic Guitars for Beginners
BlueSkyImage/Shutterstock.com Learning to play the guitar is incredibly rewarding, occasionally frustrating, and potentially very expensive. To counteract that last point, we’ve tracked down the best acoustic...
Canelo vs. Jacobs Recap – Canelo Unifies With UD Win
On Saturday night, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez scored a unanimous decision victory over Daniel Jacobs to become the unified WBA “super”, WBC, and IBF middleweight champion. The...
Geek Trivia: Iconic Trivia Column “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” Began Life As?
Iconic Trivia Column “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” Began Life As? A Bar Bet A College Project A Prison Newspaper Column A Sports Cartoon Think you...
FAA Revises Predictions for Commercial Drone Market, Estimates It Will Triple by 2023
After an explosive increase in commercial drone registrations in 2018, the Federal Aviation Administration has revised its predictions for the sector and now expects it to...
