I really do enjoy good optical illusions. I've previously linked to this site, Mighty Optical Illusions, where you can find hundreds of well-crafted illusions. It's really worth a visit. Because it's Halloween, though, I decided to link to an illusion that involves something more--something terrifying (it startled me when I…
A boss neglects to notice your achievements. A potential love interest snubs you. A stranger acts as though you do not exist. An acquaintance does not respect your opinion. Sometime, somewhere, someone has failed to treat you how you believe you deserve to be treated. But what, in that ego-crushing…
I'd like to do a bit here on language. Primarily on how we have seen it distorted over the last few decades. According to George Lakoff and Geoff Nunberg, the Right has seized the rhetorical high-ground and driven Liberals into defensive postures by altering or subverting the meanings of certain…
Listen to this slide-show-story by Joe Klein and ask yourself whether Obama's approach reminds you of anything you've seen in American politics for the past few decades.
I'm still attending a consumer law conference in Portland Oregon. After today's sessions, I took a walk in the dark. As I often do, I brought my small consumer grade camera with me(SD1100IS). Here are some of the things I noticed while walking through downtown Portland tonight. Who would have…