How many times a day do you hear someone refer to “the real world†when they are trying to get someone to see an opposing point of view? Of course, everybody’s “real world†is different, so the new-speak translation of this line is really more like “you should really think more like me.†My world is usually a pleasant place to live, but I’ve been looking for this real world according to others and sometimes… Read More »You Can’t Handle the Truth!
As seen on TV, a useful gadget to ripen bananas and keep them from bruising by contact with any other objects works by suspending the bunch in the air. If you believe the hype, setting a bunch of bananas on a flat surface or in a fruit bowl is the worst thing you could do. This sky-hook device supposedly provides a more natural position, although if you look up articles on banana growing you will… Read More »Job Search Must Include Invention, Innovation and Improvisation
The centuries-old art of tasseography, or reading of tea leaves, is at risk of extinction. The mysteries of having someone with a psychic gift discover meaning in the remnants of a cup of tea has already been eroded by our instantly accessible media. A quick online search not only reveals the tea leaf patterns for anyone to interpret, but also gives instruction on how to prepare the cup of tea for a reading. A part… Read More »Tea Leaves and Technology
A black hole is a region in space from which nothing can escape. The Theory of Relativity predicts that this phenomenon exists when an extremely compact mass deforms the spacetime continuum so that its gravitational pull absorbs all the light that hits the horizon. It is “black†because it reflects nothing and appears to be a “hole†because nothing can be seen in its vastness. The black hole in Galaxy M87, one of our nearest… Read More »The Resume Black Hole
There are different degrees of failure. Even when specifically defined rules are suggested, failure is very subjective. Considering myself a recruiter rather than a social media expert, I hesitate to even offer advice on the subject, but there are some assumed rules of the Twitter highway that need to be broken and others which are so common-sense they should be mile markers etched in marble to show the way. For example, do following and follower… Read More »How to #Fail on Twitter