I’ve been a Godzilla fan for as long as I can remember. Like most kids my age, I spent many a Saturday in front of the TV, watching all the monster movie reruns channel 2 threw at me. I remember having at least one discussion with my mom about why …
Magic: The Gathering (MTG) is a game that is 25 years old, and it shows no signs of stopping. It’s still a prime feature at any game or hobby store you enter, and you’ll find that the stores are also crowded with people playing the game. Young people–teens and tweens–alongside …
My wife has always been the breadwinner in my family. When we moved to Lawrence, KS so I could work on my PhD, she didn’t have a job, but, being the bright, talented woman that she is, she found one that paid pretty well, while I was working for slavation …
In mythology, Naxos is the island where Theseus left Ariadne, whose string had guided him through the labyrinth so he could kill the dreaded minotaur. It seems Theseus, now saved from imminent death and just about to head home safely, had become enamored of a new girl, Aegle, and so …
Some personal injury lawyers buying billboards in my home town have their message boiled down to one basic strategy: a picture of the lawyer, a sky-blue backdrop, and the phrase, “HOW MUCH IS YOUR CASE WORTH?” The name of the firm and the phone number are smaller, down at the …
Rampant Imperial IPA is a recent addition by New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins. The beer itself is tasty, but the beer branding is poor, which I think will probably result in poorer-than-expected sales. Rampant’s Role Rampant Imperial IPA is part of an ongoing shift on the part of New …
In Web Content, Truth Is not Just an Ideal, It’s an Ally In writing, there are many temptations to be untruthful. The client wants you to say something that you know just isn’t true, or it will make a stronger point if you misrepresent the facts. You might even think …
In five years of writing for plastic surgeons I learned a lot. Some of it I wish I could forget (you don’t really want to know what it looks like when boob jobs go bad), and some of it I’ll probably never use again (like looking at the 510(k) antecedents …
Online Content Confessions of an Ex-Parrot One of the (many) things I was not prepared for when I started teaching at KU was my students’ tendency to mimicry. When they turned in the first assignment of the year, I typically had a dozen or more that were quoting back to …
In SEO, there’s no such thing as TMI for the same reason that cries of TMI in life are actually false, and I’ll show you why if you’ll permit me a graphic example. Imagine you’re talking to a man, a virtual stranger that you’ve known for less than ten minutes. …
