My Word of the Week: Lucky

My Word of the Week: Lucky

by | Jan 20, 2015 | Blog, My Word of the Week

lucky — adjective \ˈlə-kē\ : having good luck : producing a good result by chance : resulting from good luck __________ I shouldn’t read about cancer online. I know from personal experience that doing Google searches of symptoms and prognoses and treatment options...
A little too much news?

A little too much news?

by | Sep 14, 2006 | Archived Blog Posts

I love knowing what’s going on in the world. I listen to NPR for hours each day, compare what I’ve heard with the broadcast television news, and track down stories of interest online. In a word, I’m a junkie. I’ve been aware of this problem for...
A little too much news?

Jesus in Tehran

by | Sep 7, 2006 | Archived Blog Posts

I have been working my way through Reading Lolita in Tehran for the past several days and have been intrigued by Azar Nafisi’s life in Iran during the Islamic revolution of the 70s and 80s. Yesterday, I finally got to the part where she and her academic...