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Class of 2000: The Final Boarding Call Before the Chaos
"Timing is everything!"
Decades ago, as I was stumbling into young adulthood, I used to roll my eyes at the above phrase. It was usually dispensed -- unsolicited -- by older women reflecting on their marriages, real estate, child-rearing, or careers. Regardless of circumstance, "timing" was unfailingly a major deciding factor in their lives' outcomes.
"Whatever", I'd mutter to myself. "I'll create my own timing."
And while I did, at least to some extent, … Read the rest →
What the SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Success Means to America
Yesterday morning, SpaceX successfully launched their Falcon 9 rocket and accompanying Dragon capsule into orbit, and safely brought Dragon back home. This was COTS Demonstration I, which means they are proving to NASA that they are capable of launching and maneuvering cargo (and eventually astronauts) into orbit and to the International Space Station.
This mission is paramount because the Space Shuttle program is being decommissioned and we're going to have to rely on Russian Soyuz … Read the rest →
On Strike With the Writer's Guild of America
Early this morning, I participated in an event I never would have imagined myself taking part in: I went on strike with a labor union.
Specifically, I was a guest picketer for the Writers Guild of America (WGA), joining my dear friend Sarah Watson, writer on NBC's forthcoming primetime show, Lipstick Jungle.
For those of you unaware, the WGA is a union which represents TV, film, and radio writers. The WGA is … Read the rest →
Why You do NOT Deserve to be the TIME Magazine Person of the Year
Warning: This op-ed is extremely American-centric, since it’s where I live and what I know. I know that the Person of the Year can be from anywhere (or even a non-human), but I am focusing on America. Feel free to add comments or write your own if you can do better.
In what could be the greatest literary cop-out of this young century, TIME Magazine has surprised the world and selected YOU to be their … Read the rest →