What Did You Do On Your Last Day? A recent headline regarding the passing of Michael Jackson caught my attention. Its topic covered what he had done on what became his last day. That made me think. We have no idea, usually, that our last day is here. So the question is, if this was [...]
I have recently complained about all of the Facebook quizzes. Most I find annoying and only clutter my news feed from my “friends.” l was so annoyed at the I.Q. one. Everyone was coming back with results that complimented them how genius they were. I wondered what would the summary read like if you just [...]
Last fall, my blogging was challenged by a problem that kept me from updating and accessing it. That problem was fixed when I updated the WordPress version. And then all kinds of stuff started to compete for my time and attention. I started a Masters program, began exploring the Twitter application, moved from MySpace to [...]
Paul Harvey passed yesterday in Phoenix at 90 years of age. If you lived here in America, you probably had listened and enjoyed Paul Harvey’s news or The Rest of the Story on the radio. His appeal truly extended generations. When I was teaching 8th grade, I would read his Rest of the Stories (which [...]
Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States today. The Presidential Inauguration is historic in and of itself, yet today it was true more so. Today demonstrates how good and unique this country is. It’s a country, under God, that ensures the inalienable right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness and given [...]
The machine, the cloud, privacy. Wow. Watch this talk by Kevin Kelly. The internet is just 5000 days old. What will happen next? What do you think? addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fphilladden.com%2F2009%2F01%2F19%2Fthe-internet-in-the-next-5000-days%2F’; addthis_title = ‘The+Internet+in+the+Next+5000+Days’; addthis_pub = ”;
Martin Luther King :: His Dream was truly significant. I heard this quote from Martin Luther King on the radio. Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ — Martin Luther King There is so much being discussed today about King and his impact. It is also particularly a more [...]
