When people ask about my “writing process,” I long to give them the kind of answers I've heard from other writers. Things like, “I rise before dawn, eat a slice of whole-wheat bread with organic fig jam, and write for two hours. Then I take up my duties as a state...
“The Federal Aviation Administration has been flooded with applications from police departments, universities, private corporations and even the celebrity gossip site TMZ, all seeking to use drones that range from devices the size of a hummingbird to full-size...
“Swiss cows send texts to announce they’re in heat” reveals the New York Times, and adds that these phone-savvy cows are often named “Fiona” and “Bella.” Picture, then, a pasture on the slope of a particularly picturesque Alp (did I just invent a new tongue-twister?)....
I can't say I'm happy about the way I'm portrayed in this guest post. Still, once you've been acquired by a cat, you learn to expect ingratitude along with vomited fur-balls and the occasional dead mouse. But I hadn't learned to expect that my cat might be attacked...
Every two years at the Olympic Games, beautiful fit young people gather to do amazing things with their bodies that are not achievable by us older, non-athletic types. Yes, of course I'm talking about sex, but I'm also talking about the events. It makes you think,...
A new network, XBC, has just been granted exclusive rights to broadcast the 2016 Olympics in the United States. In a conference room in XBC headquarters, the planning committee, chaired by Cassidy, takes its first meeting. Cassidy: Okay, Team XBC! Let the games begin!...