Dear Neil, Truth be told, I’ve had a little thing for you for a long time now. I never missed an episode of Doogie Howser, M.D. when I was a young teen. While pictures of Rob Lowe and Duran Duran hung on the walls in my bedroom, Doogie’s adventures captured ... more >
A fun exercise in speculation: Would I buy Apple’s rumored products? – As anticipation builds about next Tuesday’s Apple announcement(s), so does speculation about what product(s) will be introduced and what priorities consumers will exercise. Apple is holding a media event September 9th, so I’m going to engage in a ... more >
Dear Readers, When Sunita was on daily deals duty during Jane’s vacation, she came up with this interesting looking book. After miraculously surviving a serious illness, Katherine Rich found herself at an impasse in her career as a magazine editor. She spontaneously accepted a freelance writing assignment to go to ... more >
Dear Readers, I first heard of Christabel Bielenberg’s story via a 1980s made-for-TV movie staring Elizabeth Hurley and Stephen Dillane in the title roles of Bielenberg and her German husband, Peter, as they melodramatically attempted to survive Hitler’s wartime Germany. For some reason I didn’t see the whole thing, thought ... more >