When dealing with other people, who do you find easier to handle:

Overly chatty, hyperactive types that seem to bounce from one thing to another
Daria-like zombie types that aren’t interesting in anything

I usually find myself smiling at the Chatty Kathy folks… and frowning at the walking dead. A few years ago I probably would have […]

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Given everything that could - and has - gone wrong with our endeavors into space, would you consider staying in Galactic Suite?  Pretend for a moment that you’ve got the $4 million for a three-day stay.
Me?  Not a chance!  If ice and foam and tiny cracks can bring a space shuttle down, there’s no way […]

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comScore, a company that measures people’s online behavior, recently released an interesting report on the popularity of social networks.  In that report, the company talked about the massive numbers of people from all over the world flocking to networks like MySpace, Facebook, Hi5, Friendster, Orkut, Bebo, and Tagged.  According to comScore’s numbers, literally hundreds of […]

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