One of our own needs help

Imagine if your house burned down. With only a short time to gather a few belongings and throw them into your car, what would you save? Unfortunately, one of our edublogger colleagues, Barbara...

February 12 at 5:30pm

On February 12, 2009, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm Central, I’ll be at a yet-to-be-determined location here in Ames, Iowa to discuss Seth Godin’s new book, Tribes. Godin has finally tipped over from writing...

Nana turns 90

My grandma turned 90 today. She doesn’t have a computer and probably will never see this message but I’m blogging about it anyway ‘cause I think it’s cool.

Twenty-Eight Twits Who Make Life Worse for the Rest of Us

Ever wonder if anyone responds to those spam marketing e-mails? Wonder no more: The researchers used two of the most popular ploys currently used by spammers - firstly offering a fake pharmacy...

Good Writing Alert

Christopher Hitchens can be infuriating, but he certainly has a way with words. I laughed out loud while reading the first paragraph of his new column for Slate: Yes, yes, yes. I, too, took...