Author J.K. Rowling’s recent announcement of the title of the seventh and final book in her Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, set 30-year-olds-who-live-with-their-parents across the world tittering with either delight or indignation at the name choice. While many are speculating about the contents of the unreleased novel, we take a look […]
Creating the Next Generation of Scientists and Doctors
While most middle and high school kids are still sleeping at 9 a.m. on Saturday mornings, there are a group of about fifty students in upper Manhattan who are awake and learning about basic science, medicine, and health. These aspiring scientists and future medical professionals from the Washington Heights area are enrolled in the Lang […]
Homo Google Apple Sapiens
I use gmail for all my emailing, google calendar as my daily organizer, google web for all searches, and google photo as my photo lab. I use google maps to go anywhere other than around the corner. As for traveling abroad, I use google earth to learn about the geography of the island I plan to visit. […]
A Common Language
I don’t agree that familiarity breeds contempt. For me, familiarity leads to taking things for granted. When such familiarity has been jolted in the past, it has caused me some short-term awkwardness, but in the long term, it enabled me to grow as an individual. I certainly felt this when I moved from England to […]
Procrastination
Until I was around 30 years of age, my preferred way of procrastinating was what I can safely call now the TPOT method. TPOT stood for “There’s Plenty Of Time” and was my way of convincing myself that there was no need to hurry, as there was always another day when the necessary work could […]
Mortadella? Molto Bella!
The nun with the baking tray covered in aluminium foil came over to the stop where we waiting to catch the bus from Catania to Taormina in Sicily. A teenage girl instantly stood up and offered the nun a seat, which was gratefully accepted. In return, the nun offered the girl the tray, […]