Archive for August, 2007

Yes, a broad education…

August 22, 2007

TweetEvery once and a while these stories come rolling around, especially when schools are about to start. I normally read them and then rightfully forget them. But remember yesterday’s “a broad education is the best preparation?” Now read this: “I actually visited the Berlin Wall with my parents when I was in fifth grade,”...
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Public relations according to the Princeton Review

August 21, 2007

TweetEvery so often I search the term “public relations” in Google to see what has changed. Maybe I didn’t notice it before, but this time I saw a page from the Princeton Review in the top 5. It is a page for students who are looking to decide on a career; it explains what...
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Headline decisions II

August 17, 2007
Headline decisions II

TweetI’m not a particularly big fan of baseball, but I do pay attention to headlines. Now, I know that the Tribune recently “struck a historic deal to take over delivery of its smaller, struggling rival, the Chicago Sun-Times” (note the snarky “struggling”). But I suspect that there might be a deal involving headlines as...
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Museum 2.0: Does Dresden read this blog?

August 14, 2007

TweetDutch Perspective on December 5, 2006: “Now I’m imagining a grand museum—a collaboration between the world’s greatest museums perhaps?—where Second Life residents can roam through virtual galleries, where paintings are replaced by high-resolution images This museum has lecture rooms, where world-famous curators or art historians can lecture before an audience of Second Life...
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Beautiful Galena, Illinois

August 6, 2007

TweetI just celebrated my second wedding anniversary in the picturesque little town of Galena, Illinois and in what must be one of the most unfortunate moments of forgetfulness, I didn’t bring my camera. We stayed at the beautiful Victorian Mansion, a cozy and historic bed and breakfast, where, apparently, U.S. Grant’s “departing speech was...
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