Black Friday’s days are numbered. It had a nice run before having to share the spotlight with Cyber Monday. But surely we all saw this coming. For years, the “official kickoff of Christmas shopping,” “the busiest retail day of the…
Author: Eric F. Frazier
Eric F. Frazier is an independent writer, editor, book reviewer and co-author of GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones.
Pregnant Pause
“If you have got nine women that doesn’t mean you can have a baby in a month.” — Frederick P. Brooks, a computer science professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, explaining to a New York Times reporter…
(snark-o-lep-sy)
n: sudden, uncontrollable sarcasm triggered by television cameras; most acute in politicians but highly contagious with no known natural immunity among the general population Find this content useful? Share it with your friends!
Legally, a zombie
“I don’t know where that leaves you, but you’re still deceased as far as the law is concerned.”–Hancock County (Ohio) Probate Court Judge Allan Davis to a man seeking reversal of a 1994 death declaration his wife obtained after he…
“Gravity” Highlights Space Debris Issue
More than twenty-four hours after watching the new movie “Gravity” in IMAX 3-D, images from the film continue hurtling periodically through my mental machinery, and like the orbital debris that drives the plot, they keep puncturing and shredding whatever task…
(gov-journ-ment)
n: a timeout imposed on voters for electing poor leaders (Note: There is nothing “poor” about their salaries, which they receive whether working or not.) Find this content useful? Share it with your friends!
Steppin’ on Toes?
In a new TV ad, N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory proclaims, “We’re steppin’ on the toes of the left and the right to make tough, necessary changes.” Funny, I haven’t heard anyone on the right squealing about his heavy foot, but…
Patients vs. Impatience
One word reveals a lot about the underlying problem with our health care industry—the one its suppliers use to describe their retail customers: patients. I recently opened my mailbox to find a marketing piece from a nearby primary care facility…
(thought-lets)
n: the product of faster thinking and less reflection in the age of Twitter Find this content useful? Share it with your friends!
Publishing: a crapshoot
“There’s no formula. A publisher can only do so much. A book’s fate is ultimately in the hands of the book gods.” –Morgan Entrekin, president and publisher of Grove Atlantic, on why good books by new authors often go unnoticed.…