The 2012 Super Bowl will take place one week from tomorrow night.

Every year, millions of people watch it.

But I’m not one of those people.

I never watch the Super Bowl.

In fact, I never [more...]

Almost 26 years ago, in a research paper that I wrote about the future of education, I predicted that, in the future, people would connect computers to their brains.

One result would be quantum leaps in many fields, including education, entertainment, medicine, philosophy, arts, psychology and interpersonal communictions.

Regular readers know that, a couple of years ago, researchers finally [more...]

A few years ago, they were the unknown owners of a tiny boutique, selling snooty, overpriced fashion to snooty, overpaying customers.

Then one of them “accidentaly” released a sex tape.

And, all of a sudden, they became “a brand.”

With more [more...]

I used to keep a light-up pen on my bedside table, so that if I woke up from a dream that gave me an idea for a story or a song — or just a cool idea about life — I could immediately write it down.

I’ve had a lot of those types of dreams.

But I think I only had the presence of mind to write something down once.

Last night, I had a dream in which I was hanging out with former [more...]

How much does it cost to go to the movies these days?

I’ve been told that, around here, it’s normally about $10 (USD) per ticket, but you have to pay about $8 more if you want to see a 3D movie.

That’s $18 per person. I just can’t imagine any movie that my wife and I would be willing to pay $36 to see.

In fact, the last time we went to a movie theater, it cost [more...]

We’ve all seen it — in movies and in television programs.

The main character — who has apparently never played poker before in his life — somehow finds himself — it’s always a man — playing in a high-stakes poker game.

And promptly loses all of his money, along with his car, his home, his wife’s fur coat, and his childrens’ college fund.

In steps a good friend who enters the game with $5 and quickly [more...]

When I was a kid, that’s what all of my friends would ask after Christmas every year.

Then we’d all describe the coolest new toys we had received.

And ridicule the relatives who had cluelessly given us clothing or pajamas.

When I became an adult, important Christmas activities quickly evolved from “What’dya get?” to “What’dya give?”

That’s when I learned [more...]

Many years ago, one of my two doctoral programs was in the field of Training and Development.

Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate.

Shampoo, rinse, repeat — it’s an iterative process.

Over the years, I’ve trained one CEO, university faculty and administrators up to and including vice-presidents, corporate employees at every level, [more...]