That’s a tricky question. I don’t follow mainstream news at all. It only takes about 15 seconds of reading a newspaper or watching broadcast news to put me in a bad mood. I don’t have time for it. This is what I do have time for.
I recently took a friend to Niagara Falls to celebrate his graduating high school near Erie PA. Neither of us had been there before, and my gut said it would be a blast. Who am I to argue with what my gut says – Lynn’s Rule #9 clearly applied, so I erred on the side of ‘fun… Read More »
While researching quotes I found a book worth scanning on Google Books: 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said, edited by Steven D. Price. If you’re not aware of Google Books, you should be. Take a look. It’s free to view and you can download many as eBooks, for a small fee. A personal favorite quote from… Read More »
Anyone who has ever spent a moment on Whispering Randomness can’t have possibly avoided noting “A little intriguing wordsmithery” in the right column of each and every page. Those aren’t randoms from a popular ‘quote of the day’ email or keyword search site like BrainyQuote, GoodReads, Eduro, The Quotations Page or The Quote Factory. Every single one… Read More »
I’m not sure why I’m fixated on finding delicious burgers this weekend. My quest led me to Smashburger in St. Davids last night where I had a couple pretty good half pounders. One was a Philly on a pretzel bun wit Cheez Whiz, of course. They were pretty tasty. Their fries are skinny like Potato Stix… Read More »
We’ve all heard of the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would want done to you. Who’d have thought it was only half right. Try this one on for size. If you’re wondering, yes, it’s already in my wordsmithery list. I’ve been putting myself into the shoes of the person on the other side… Read More »
I’ve attended a few classes on how to be a better speaker/presenter/trainer in my day, but not once have I seen a decent class on being a better listener. (Hint: there’s a decent video at the bottom.) In my humble opinion, I believe classes on active listening should be mandatory – in middle and high… Read More »
BlueStacks App Player lets you run apps from your phone fast and fullscreen on Windows and Mac. It’s also free. BlueStack simulates an Android device. The ‘virtual device’ it’s pretending to be shows up in my Google Play account as a GT-N7000 which is more commonly known as a Samsung Note. If you weren’t aware,… Read More »
Since I moved back to Philly, it’s become habit to drive down to the Italian Market to get some fresh pasta for dinner. Talluto’s is the destination after a walk around food galore. There is always have a bowl of cheese cubes on the counter at Talluto’s. For months I’ve thought it was a strong… Read More »
Many moons ago, I was based in a call center that was essentially a big cube farm. That’s where I became aware of white noise generators that are available from companies like White Noise Direct and Logison. That hissing sound you often hear in an office may not be the air conditioning. It may be white, or… Read More »