Survival

My husband and I never considered divorce… murder sometimes, but never divorce. — Dr. Joyce Brothers Some years ago, I would routinely take walks with a fellow resident outside the apartment…

There are more rumors about Facebook than there are about Oprah’s sexual preference. You’ve heard a few of them. Facebook will charge a membership fee. Facebook will charge to look…

Would you let a complete stranger stay in your home, if it meant you could put a few extra dollars in your pocket? What about that same stranger driving your…

The Internet is a great communications tool. But like a hammer, it can be used to build a house, or it can break a window. The intent of the person…

Some of the most popular movies and TV shows involve the concept of taking shelter from a threat. Whether it’s nuclear war (The Day After), zombies (The Walking Dead), biological…

The revelations about the NSA spying on American citizens came as a surprise to most people, but the data that corporations and big business collect on each and every one…

It’s interesting to track trends in technology by analyzing the latest in industry buzz-phrases. After the World Wide Web was firmly established as a business tool, industry consultants started spinning…

Here’s one for you: an Irishman walks into a pub and orders his Guinness with an olive on the side. After finishing each drink, he places the olive in a…

Here are two possible portraits of memoirists. He’s around 65, or older.  He sports a beard, smokes a pipe, and has a PhD in English Literature. He’s very opinionated, and…

My wife and I were watching a movie not long ago, and Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry was being chased by bad guys through the streets of San Francisco. “Why…