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No More Racing Home to Let Out Your Dog

On February 2, 2012 By

Sam looked up at his Mom, a blank expression on his face.

For the third time, she said, “How was your day?”

At last she penetrated the consciousness of her young son.

“I invented a business that’s going to make us all rich.”

“You did,” she smiled sweetly. “How nice that will be.”

“Seriously, [...]

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How to Get a Girlfriend, circa 2013

On February 1, 2012 By

Cindy was so lost in thought walking home, she barely noticed the Penderson’s cute Lab puppy as it raced across their lawn to greet her. She patted the dog’s head absentmindedly and kept walking.

The high school junior was tired of living in a pre-professional town, where all anyone cared about was getting into college… [...]

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ALS Entrepreneur

On November 8, 2011 By

“I will never leave a fallen comrade.”

They tell me that’s the most important line in the soldier’s creed. I live by it.

I am one of the lucky ones. I have ALS, and have been “locked-in” for three years. For nine months, I had no way to communicate with the world. Couldn’t talk. [...]

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Crazy headlines I’d love to see

On October 28, 2011 By

It’s a cold Friday in Connecticut, and since I refuse to turn on the heat before November, my fingers can hardly feel the keyboard. Snow is in the forecast. This is crazy, and the constant shivering has me thinking about crazy headlines I’d like to see:

Rangers and Cardinals Tied After 20 Innings in “Decisive” [...]

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U2 meets Siri

On October 24, 2011 By

It’s been a long day. Please excuse me for wondering aloud what might happen if I put my Siri-equipped iPhone to my ear while U2′s Vertigo started to play a bit too loudly in the background…

Uno, dos, tres, Catorce!

SIRI: would you prefer to speak Spanish?

Turn it up loud, captain

SIRI: You got [...]

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Occupy Wall Street targets Netflix instead

On October 11, 2011 By

Occupy Wall Street – the leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions – is having trouble deciding which videos to watch. Insiders say this is causing rifts within the group and has led some to grow more incensed at Netflix than at banks.

“Netflix has no first run movies, unless [...]

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The last MIT graduating class ever

On June 15, 2010 By

In 2014, Jamal and Kathy were part of the last class to ever graduate from MIT. A few months later, the University decided that the notion of “graduation” was outdated, that entrance to MIT should be synonymous with a commitment to the lifelong learning necessary to keep one competitive in a rapidly changing world.

Eight [...]

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