October 19, 2023 0 The College Tuition Hack That Apparently Doesn’t Work College tuition, at least in the United States, is something that keeps parents of college-aged kids up at [...]
October 17, 2023 0 The Halloween Costume You Can’t Buy Later this month, children across the United States and beyond will dress up in costumes and go door to door, [...]
October 16, 2023 0 An Awkward Phone Call from Mom In the United States, cable TV news shows, for better or for worse (and let’s face it, it’s more [...]
October 13, 2023 0 Friday the 13th, Part IV (I think) Hi! Today is Friday the 13th, which is to say, it’s just a regular Friday. But there are plenty of [...]
October 12, 2023 0 When Science Gets Unexpectedly Expensive Pictured above is a generic text message from an SMS service — if you want to stop getting messages [...]
October 11, 2023 0 The Movie That Made Its Own Popcorn? The business of making movies? It’s expensive. Even so-called low-budget films often run well north of [...]
October 10, 2023 0 The Least Likely Hockey All-Star If you don’t know anything at all about ice hockey, you probably still have heard the name Wayne [...]
October 6, 2023 0 My Plan to Modernize Now I Know Hi! Today, I’m going to outline some future plans I have for the newsletter — one you’ll [...]
October 4, 2023 0 When Emergency Broadcasts Go Wrong Today, at 2:20 PM Eastern Time or shortly thereafter, cell phones throughout the United States are going to [...]
October 3, 2023 0 Why Only Dead People Are On American Money Pictured above is a $1 bill. It features, pictured in the center, an image of George Washington, the first [...]