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I saw a post on the website Cheezburger.com, which somehow floated to my SmartNews feed. First of all, writing a paragraph and then posting screenprints of comments from social media does not count as anything close to a news story. Nevertheless, since I have personal experience with the topic, I...
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Tips for how to write a screenplay
I found this article with tips from Brian Koppelman on how to write a screenplay. For those who are unfamiliar with Koppelman's work, he wrote the screenplay for the movie Rounders starring Matt Damon, he wrote, produced, and directed the movie Knockaround Guys, he wrote the movie Ocean's Thirteen, co-directed...
A sleep-deprived inauguration
I am sure that there are many people who went sleep-deprived as a result of all the preparations needed for the US Presidential Inauguration. Perhaps the most high-profile person to be mocked for this is former President Bill Clinton, who appeared to be nodding off during Biden's speech. This video made...
Notes from Dr. Andrew Weil's Self Healing Newsletter
Don't fall for these three health myths
This is the first in the new collection based on Dr. Andrew Weil's monthly newsletter Self Healing. I will present Dr. Weil's opinions along with my takes.
Myth #1: Vaping is safer than smoking.Electronic cigarettes claim to offer the psychological and physical pleasures of smoking without the actual smoke, smell, carbon...
Myth #1: Vaping is safer than smoking.Electronic cigarettes claim to offer the psychological and physical pleasures of smoking without the actual smoke, smell, carbon...
A virtual meeting
A: "Did you have a good day off yesterday?"
B: "Yep! Always great to have a Monday off. What about you?"
A: "Well, I took some time yesterday to catch up on emails. I'm not Inbox Zero, but I'm virtually caught up on all my emails."
B: "That sucks you had to do...
B: "Yep! Always great to have a Monday off. What about you?"
A: "Well, I took some time yesterday to catch up on emails. I'm not Inbox Zero, but I'm virtually caught up on all my emails."
B: "That sucks you had to do...
Audience brainstorming
Audience brainstorming
I have been working on refining the definition of the audience for my newsletter Be Wellthy, and so I thought I would try to brainstorm some different audiences just for practice.
BW's list of potential audiences to serve (purely as a brainstorming exercise):Men who continue to dribble after urinating and who...
BW's list of potential audiences to serve (purely as a brainstorming exercise):Men who continue to dribble after urinating and who...
What's for dinner?
A friend of mine once suggested that the hardest question to answer on any given day is what's for dinner.
I am writing this while standing in the kitchen after answering the question. I have a bad habit of asking what's for dinner when I'm already hungry and don't have anything...
I am writing this while standing in the kitchen after answering the question. I have a bad habit of asking what's for dinner when I'm already hungry and don't have anything...
Why do we care how much newborn babies weigh?
I don't have kids, but I have certainly been exposed to the stages of life through family members. Every baby announcement I have seen has a minimum of two components: gender and weight.
I can understand gender. If a mother has had nine girls and the tenth baby is a boy,...
I can understand gender. If a mother has had nine girls and the tenth baby is a boy,...
Life Hacks
Life Hacks: Cures and Solutions
Chapter 4: Cures and SolutionsMosquito bite? Apply a hot spoon onto the spot. The heat will destroy the reaction and the itching will stop almost instantly.Candles will burn longer and drip less if they are placed in the freezer for a few hours before using.Got a headache that just won't...
I am not the audience for pineapple
I cannot stand pineapple. I never have liked it, and when I was a kid I was forced to eat it and I vomited and that was the end of that. I can't even stand the smell of it. There are people who love pineapple and cannot understand why I...
A new internet
No, not the one promised by the Pied Piper team on HBO's Silicon Valley.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist credited as the inventor of the internet and the World Wide Web as we know it (much to Al Gore's chagrin). He has recently announced that he is unveiling...
Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a British computer scientist credited as the inventor of the internet and the World Wide Web as we know it (much to Al Gore's chagrin). He has recently announced that he is unveiling...