The ‘F’-Word: Once Heard, Cannot Be Unheard
I feel I speak on behalf of every single person that has dealt with these issues that it shouldn’t GET better, it should BE better from day one. _______ My name is Michael Winn, and I am gay. There’s...
View ArticleNine Ways that Ghosting can Improve Your Relationships
I am a personal Ghoster and here is my story. ___ I love my family, I enjoy my relationships and I receive a great deal of satisfaction from my life. But sometimes, I just need to disappear. Juggling...
View ArticleMusic May Be The Best Medicine For Your Mental Health
Music can change your mind, your mood and it may just save your life… “Music kept me from committing suicide as a kid.” ___ What is the name of that song in your playlist… you know, the one that moves...
View ArticleAbout a Boy and a (Temporarily) Secret Chord
You might not be able to teach your son to love music, Jason Fry writes, but you can still put him on the right paths. A couple of weeks before Christmas, my nine-year-old son said he wanted an MP3...
View ArticleThe Fakir
Jackie Summers offers inspiring Valentine’s Day advice for would-be Cupids. She stared quizzically at the gigantic red box sitting on her desk. Her weight rested on one hip, her head tilted to one...
View ArticleI’d Suck at Being a Teen Today
My teenage son regularly asks me if my high school experience was as stressful as his. The short answer to that question is, “Not even close.” But there’s a bigger answer out there. It’s an answer I’ve...
View ArticleOpen Discussion Thread: What’s Your Favorite Gadget?
The gadget. The symbol of modern progress, our gadgets reflect who we are, and how the world sees us. Sites devoted exclusively to gadgets, like Engadget and Gizmodo, are explosively popular right...
View ArticleWould You Sell Your Kidney For An iPad?
This is disturbing: According to The Washington Post: Authorities have indicted five people in central China for involvement in illegal organ trading after a teenager sold one of his kidneys to buy an...
View ArticleGadgets: A Perfect Storm of Wrong
Thaddeus Howze thinks gadgets are failing us, despite their touted awesomeness to humanity. I write about technology and have done so for many years. There are two camps of technology writers,...
View ArticleApple to Pair With Foxconn to Help Prevent Worker Abuses
Mark Radcliffe takes note of Apple, Inc’s promise to help Foxconn create a safer and more ethical workplace for the workers who manufacture their products. Regardless of where you stand on the issue...
View Article“You can’t ask a kid to juxtapose Duke Ellington with Lil’ Wayne; he did that...
This is a comment by Jesse Stoner on the post “Who I Am: Poems by Kids“. I asked Juan’s Badgerdog instructor, Brian Nicolet, about how Juan wrote the poem. (And I goofed! Juan goes to Dailey Middle...
View ArticleKomplicated Solutions: The Modern Man’s Utility Belt [@hannibaltabu]
The modern man is beset on all sides by challenges logistical and psychological. One who travels in groups, especially groups where he may be the only person with feasible pockets, may seek to have...
View ArticleHow to Ride a Bus
Josh Bowman is spending the next couple of weeks offering tips on how to do basic activities (you’re welcome). Today: riding a bus. Clipping your nails is fine in private. Insanely gross on a bus....
View ArticleJuggling Real and Online Life For Our Kids
In a world where we become more and more dependent on technology, Doug Zeigler tries find an equilibrium between the real and online worlds for his children. —- Many of my childhood memories were...
View ArticleStivers Cartoons: Better Than A Loose Screw
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View ArticleThe Reason I Go Home
“Where we love is home; home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes — Throughout my life I have had a variety of selfish reasons to come home, and they were mainly...
View ArticleUnplugged
All of Pat Brothwell’s technology decided to malfunction last weekend, what he learned about himself was eye opening. — I’ve never considered myself one of those people who is completely reliant on...
View ArticleThe ‘F’-Word: Once Heard, Cannot Be Unheard
I feel I speak on behalf of every single person that has dealt with these issues that it shouldn’t GET better, it should BE better from day one. _______ My name is Michael Winn, and I am gay. There’s...
View ArticleNine Ways that Ghosting can Improve Your Relationships
I am a personal Ghoster and here is my story. ___ I love my family, I enjoy my relationships and I receive a great deal of satisfaction from my life. But sometimes, I just need to disappear. Juggling...
View ArticleMusic May Be The Best Medicine For Your Mental Health
Music can change your mind, your mood and it may just save your life… “Music kept me from committing suicide as a kid.” ___ What is the name of that song in your playlist… you know, the one that moves...
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