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Tag Archives: New York

The real winner of the US election

A young man with a mathematics and statistics background who honed his craft in baseball stats was hired by the New York Times to handicap the presidential race. He did that by reviewing existing polls, noting their statistical biases (for example, tread more »

Boston won’t celebrate free vibrator use

Trojan is attempting to stage a marketing event in Boston that promotes vibrator use, but the powers-that-be in the city just aren’t into the concept of free love.read more »

Celebrate grey hair color with the Silver Sisters

Grey hair color has become a banner of pride for the mature, vibrant women bold enough to wear it.read more »

Ten Fun Things to do When You Are Laid Up in Bed Most Liked

"Yes, I broke my ankle, but boredom is the real tragedy here. Ten solutions for when you're laid up in bed, as I am."read more »

ONE TICKED OFF LADY…

Thought you might like to read this letter to the editor of a British national newspaper. Ever notice how some people just seem to know how to write a letter? read more »

Embrace the Role of Mentor, Coach, Guide: Become an Expert by Teaching It

It takes defeat plus determination, it takes humiliation as well as humility, it takes resolve and resilience, to deal with and accept the fact that some of our worst experiences are also those that teach us so much we become experts. And, who is morread more »

Rachel Carson’s Relevancy Fifty Years Later

Since 1941 Carson, a writer and conservationist, with a graduate degree in marine biology, wrote four books about the natural world that brought her recognition as a naturalist and science writer. But when Silent Spring was published on September 27read more »

Boy, Could He Sing

From my grandfather I learned to hear music, not just listen to it – and I also learned to be physically unnerved by songs sung out of tune, flat, sharp, or just plain badly.read more »

Menopause, hormonal night sweats and hot flashes get comical

Two well-known funny ladies are talking frankly about menopause, hormonal night sweats, hot flashes and all those other symptoms…on a comedy stage.read more »

Will Your Empty Nest Be Boomeranged?

When my last child left for college, I had been a mother for more than thirty years. I thought I was prepared, but nothing prepared me for the day my last child left home.read more »