i really like these, but i know that nasa did not invent velcro - george de mestral did, but velcro did not become widely used until nasa began to use it frequently.

my dear pal ellen lindsay is doing a one-woman show, titled "run fast the fire" as part of the midtown international theatre festival. it's one part of 'hello tomorrow' which is two solo shows put into one night. i actually know mary sheridan, the performer and playwright of the other piece titled "the real thig" from a nyu film school shoot done ( Read more... )

as a former public school teacher in the state of texas and someone who went through 12 years of public schooling in texas, i feel i can say from personal and professional experience that no textbook will ever be perfect or address everything that truly needs to be learned. however, some of the things that these reviewers want to change in the ( Read more... )

i love how the word "trustafarians" is actually IN THE URL for the article.

best quote of the article?

"In some cases, applicants have stormed out of the market after hearing the job requirements. “They say, ‘You want me to work eight hours?’ ”

whoa!

i got quoted in 'things we heard (or said)' and i apologize for anyone who probably told me about this and i nodded and said "yeah...great" without any understanding of what that person was telling me.

super duper!

because it's too funny and worth sharing.

i have to admit that the idea of "intentionally vacationing in a house next door to a site that is blasting rocks with dynamite all day long, every day" is pretty much the textbook definition of crazy.

the words 'totally' and 'awesome' come to mind.

- the word 'busy' is overused as an excuse for everything under the sun, regardless if its use is actually warranted or not ( Read more... )

a very different woman called madonna.

women's drug of choice, and no, i'm not talking about chocolate