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My Glamorous Publishing Life

I’ll keep this short. The inspiration for this post comes from yet another a recent NYT article on the demise of Publishing (go ahead and read it – I’ll wait.) When I read the comments of my colleague Ellen Gerstein, I knew I had to throw my two cents in as well.
The publishing life described [...]

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NORAD Tracking Santa for their 53rd Christmas

In 1955 a Sears & Roebuck store in Colorado Springs advertised for children to call and talk to Santa. Only trouble was that the misprinted phone number connected the children to the Commander in Chief of CONAD, responsible for the tracking of possible incoming ICBMs over North American airspace. Colonel Harry Shoup happily gave children [...]

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Netflix on XBox 360 is Very Disappointing

I am a huge Xbox 360 fan.  I was one of those who stood in line on a very cold November morning to get my hands on one of the first units.  I suffered through the Red Rings of Death without complaint.  I’ve spent countless amounts on games and hardware.  So when I say something [...]

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