Of Mice and Scientists: Wire You Surprised?
A popular children’s story explores what happens “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.”
Read MoreCheaper by the Dozin’?
If today’s episode causes you to fall into a restful sleep—or at least begin to visibly nod off—this column and I will have done our job.
Read MoreIs Retirement a Four-Letter Word?
My working life can be summed up in three rhyming words: headline, deadline and bread line.
Read MoreAnalytics? Metrics? Introducing Bullshetrics®
Those of you who’ve furnished your home, office, ADU or Quonset hut with a fainting couch may need it for today’s sermon, which includes a nearly profane portmanteau.
Read MoreMedical Centers are Becoming Private Homes
Hospitals in critical condition, as well as those already autopsied, are being converted into condo developments, according to various news outlets.
Read MoreFrito-Lay is Down to its Last $24.76 Billion
If today’s column were a 1950s movie about corporate shenanigans—like “Executive Suite” or even “The Asphalt Jungle”—there’d be a scene in which an about-to-be disgraced CEO walks into his office and carefully closes the door.
Read MoreIs High-Fiving an Unwanted Affirmation?
A motivational speaker named Mel Robbins says that if you high-five yourself in the mirror each morning you’ll have a good day—
Read MoreRachel Zillner Can’t Be Stopped!
By day, Rachel Zillner may look mortal—she’s a dedicated wife and mom of two daughters—but away from home she may actually be a multi-faceted Transformer…
Read MoreIs 23AndMe Hanging Up Its Genes?
I’ll always remember where I was when I heard that 23andMe was declaring bankruptcy.
Read MoreSpring Follows Pseudo Spring (and Faux Fall)
Sacramento, where I live and try to avoid work, is like a lot of places with so-called Mediterranean climates (with the exception being most of the actual Mediterranean region): It has a Pseudo Spring and Faux Fall.
Read MoreQuibbles & Bits: Instant Everything—Plus April!
GIMME A FOR-INSTANT—One of my favorite “Peanuts” comic strips, out of a list that soars into the hundreds, is from the feature’s early days.
Read More“Because You’re Mine…I’ll Stand in Line”
I’ve just learned that one of my many personal oddities—my not minding too much if I stand in long lines—may turn out to be my dream retirement job.
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