Search Engine Gems (Fool’s Gold) March 12, 2008

I accidentally searched only on Google just now, instead of Zuula––”first self-help book”––because I forgot the title, and the fifth entry down says this: “Build Your Hypnosis Business and Publish Your First Book in 2008″ I rest my case.

Obsessed with Psych March 12, 2008

We’re a bit nuts over psychology here. When Rachel and I heard that Shannon, a new guide writer who will also be “floating” in the other sections, was writing about Sunday Night Depression (also known as the “school bus blues”), our ears perked up. Who can say why? Well, we probably identified with Sunday night [...]

Ah, Celebrity March 12, 2008

I’m compiling birthdays for a new findingDulcinea feature called “Happy Birthday.” I already have dibs on the “Happy Birthday Henry James” entry on April 15th. But I just don’t know how I’m going to stick to the 500-word limit. Anyway, in my findings, I discovered this. Across the Web, poor Eric Roberts, brother of Julia, [...]

I Love Football February 13, 2008

How strange: I spent most of my life in a world of drizzle, a perpetual blanket of slate-colored cloud, where pints of cider reign and football meant David Beckham and Michael Owen, slogging down a massive field in the mud. There is no cheer like the cheer of 30,000 British men; it is monophonic, cool, [...]

I admit it; I love Martha Stewart January 25, 2008

I just love anyone who is obsessed with color in an organized form. Takes photographs of pretty foods and tells you to eat them. Really likes labels and gives you some to print out and stick on your leftover receptacles. Makes her own cards, gift boxes, socks. Cares about confused, relatively impoverished 20-somethings as much [...]

O, ye treasures of the Internet! January 22, 2008

Today I’m researching yellow journalism for a feature on the press that’s publishing next week. I was supposed to be done with the yellow journalism portion, but I find myself back in its midst today, finding even more goodies. After reading a book review in the Times on The Yellow Kids, a book now sadly [...]

Dear Martin,… January 22, 2008

Thank you for honoring us with your mission. We spent hours on the Internet last week learning about your life, your legacy, your influences, and all the terrific and terrifying events that occurred in this country before you even were born. Here’s the result, a five-part homage to Martin Luther King, African-American history, and the [...]

“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” January 17, 2008

That’s the wisdom of the author of In Defense of Food, which, according to the Well blog, is the #1 bestseller this week. I agree with this statement, though I have to say, I tried organic chicken from Whole Foods on the recommendation of my pal Dr. Joshi (that all meat and select produce should [...]

Talking Point of the Day January 14, 2008

“One voting machine in Ohio was found to have cast 4,258 votes for Bush when there were only 638 voters in the entire district.”  – The NAACP, talking about the 2004 election and the effectiveness of electronic voting machines.

The Cutting Room Floor January 10, 2008

RIP these two paragraphs from my feature! Good riddance. A Career is Worth a Thousand Pictures The birth of the word “celebrity” is essentially “to honor.” Not much has changed from the days of Latin’s preeminence, after all. Awards shows like the Oscars and the Grammys “honor” the talented, sending the “value” of a movie [...]