Wednesday, December 14, 2022
There are three words you never want to hear after giving someone a present: “You shouldn’t have!” Translation: “That is the ugliest and most useless [fill in the blank] I’ve ever seen.” Based on a recent study, the average adult receives about $60 worth of unwanted gifts per year.
Thursday, December 8, 2022
If you’re not a big social-media person, you may not recognize this guy: His name is Brian Johnson… But most folks know him as “The Liver King.” And for the past two years, he’s taken the social-media world…
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
There’s nothing like being stuffed into a tin can for eight hours to make you think about the future. The tin can I’m referring to is a United flight I took from LA to NYC.
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
The history of tequila goes back two thousand years. That’s when the Aztec Indians figured out how to ferment juice from the blue agave plant.
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Peter Lynch was a rock-star investor. During his thirteen years at the helm of Fidelity’s Magellan Fund, he racked up 29% annual returns.
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
“Maybe it’s your bony elbows,” said my wife. She was busy throwing out a bunch of my sweaters, just like she does every fall.
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Avatar, James Cameron’s epic science-fiction movie, was released in 2009. It was meant to be in theaters ten years earlier.
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s “Science and Technology Directorate” (S&T) Group recently developed something new: A robotic arm that could defuse a bomb.
Thursday, October 27, 2022
My wife’s family is from a small town on the coast of Maine called Brunswick.
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Bruce Springsteen, Charlie’s Angels, and the Boston Celtics. Those were the posters that covered the walls of my room when I was a teenager.