“The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! I spent the year after I graduated college blissfully working at a small independent bookstore outside of Milwaukee called Books & Company. I enjoyed almost […]
I was sitting on the couch this weekend, watching the news when I first heard it: nomophobia. That’s right NOMOPHOBIA, aka “The fear of being out of mobile phone contact…an abbreviation for ‘no-mobile-phone phobia.’” Well, according to KVUE-TV News and Wikipedia anyway. So you’re probably having the same reaction as I first did, which is, […]
I’ll be the first to admit it, I was a boring kid. I mean really boring. Boring as in: I liked vanilla ice cream, my favorite color was pink, and my go-to bed time book was Goodnight Moon. What can I say? With three older siblings willing to inflict pain and laugh in my face […]
Every April, Time magazine puts out its list of “The 100 Most Influential People in the World” (check out this year’s list here). And every April, it’s chocked-full of all the people you would expect: heads of state, superstars, moguls, athletes and celebrities. The magazine’s tagline for the list is: “they are the people […]