I struggled with this title. I don't want to make light of a stressful time, and yet I do want to make light of just about everything. Af...

I debated with myself over the title of this blog entry. On the one hand, I don't want to make light of a very stressful time, and on the...

Last week, I joined a Zoom webinar, sharing a laptop with my wife. We had logged in an hour after the session had started, and I wanted ...

Last week, I joined an online community for a Zoom meeting/webinar, and I was sharing a laptop log-in with my wife. We used the "change ...

"What we've got here is a failure to communicate." Cool Hand Luke Everyone's an actor. Popular Youtubers teach how look better on vide...

"What we've got here is a failure to communicate." Cool Hand Luke Once upon a time, companies like Disney were outliers, calling their t...

"Live is Life." -- Opus (Austrian band), 1985 How I miss the "Live House." On stage or in the audience, nothing compares to packed room...

"Live is Life." -- Opus (Austrian band), 1985 How I miss the "Live House" experience! Whether it's up on stage or in the audience, noth...

Bill is a financial analyst for an investment bank. He's busier than ever, working from home in Brooklyn, New York. When his firm publi...

My friend Bill is a financial analyst for an investment bank. He says he's busier than ever thee days, working from home, "sheltered in ...

One favorite line in the "Wayne's World" Saturday Night Live sketches and their movies is, "Unnecessary Zoom!" Today, that phrase takes ...

One favorite line in the original "Wayne's World" Saturday Night Live sketches and their movies is, "Unnecessary Zoom!" Today, that phra...

"I want you to want me." Rick Nielson, performed by Cheap Trick According to medium.com, a 15th century Venitian monk named Angelo Barov...

"I want you to want me." Rick Nielson, performed by Cheap Trick According to medium.com, a 15th century Venitian monk named Angelo Barov...

"I knew she would meet her connection." –Jagger and Richards, "Can't Always Get What You Want" performed by the Rolling Stones If ever th...

"I knew she would meet meet her connection." –Jagger and Richards, "Can't Always Get What You Want" performed by the Rolling Stones I wok...

Vocabulary.com defines distraction as "something that takes your attention away from what you're supposed to be doing. ... Distraction co...

Vocabulary.com defines distraction as "something that takes your attention away from what you're supposed to be doing. ... Distraction co...

Remote: 1) far away, removed, as a remote island; 2) a TV control device that sometimes hides itself. With so many working from home, how...

Once again, a beautiful double-meaning word, "remote" can mean, among other definitions, "far away, removed," as in the photo above of a ...