Music Has The Right To Be Sorted

I'm cleaning up my iPod, and find myself ponder several issues regarding personal music classification. The music industry has saddled me with their obscure terms leaving me mystified as to how to group bands by genre. Really, can someone explain to me the difference between "R&B/Soul" and "R&B" and then

Factiva — Still worth the money?

I'm having an argument right now with my company's library staff about the merits of using Factiva versus RSS feeds. I contend that we shouldn't be relying on Factiva for news feeds when Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and over a 150 other domestic newspapers have

Information Obligation

RSS feeds are wonderful -- I don't know how I managed to digest this much information before they existed. And RSS feeds are horrible -- why am I reading a 149 sites a day? Good golly, miss molly. I can't get away from the sites. I feel the need to

Merry CTA!

Me: "Excuse me, but can big kids get their picture taken with Santa, too?" CTA Employee: "As long as you don't get scared when it's your turn." Me: "Okay!" Me: "Hi Santa! Having a good day?" Santa: "Every day is good when you're Santa." Me: "I bet that's right." I

Why does Dominick’s want my birthdate?

Today I went to Dominick's, a Chicago grocery chain, to buy some last minute items for the party I'm throwing. I needed bourbon to make cherry bourbon balls for next week's cookie exchange, so I picked up a bottle while I was there. All was fine and dandy until I

Office Zen

(into the elevator) He: "Hey. Having a busy day?" Me: "Yes, I'm in meetings all day." He: "That's too bad." Me: "Poor me. I'm meeting-rich." He: "Rich who?" Me: "No, I'm meeting-rich." He: "Yeah, Rich who?" Me: "Rich isn't a person. I'm just wealthy with meetings." He: "Fine. Don't tell