Archive | January, 2016

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Your Taxes Are No Match For These Dance Tunes

It’s about time to make Uncle Sam one happy fellow, but before you dig into W-2s, 1098’s, tax credits, tax deductions, and online software like H&R Block or TurboTax, let’s answer the more important questions, like what music will get you through this hours-long slog of adulthood? Step One: Katy Perry Let’s just start by […]

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How to Text With Poise and Grace in 2016

Just because texting is easy doesn’t mean it’s easy to do it well. Just like driving, the more you practice and work at it, the better you’ll perform. By contrast, if you put in as little thought as possible and assume you’re a master, guess what: you’re also probably that driver that no one can […]

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Still Not Sure What a Podcast Is? We Can Help

A podcast is a downloadable audio program. It’s like downloading a radio show that you can listen to whenever you want. Better yet, you can subscribe and it will download new shows automatically. Whenever you’re bored and have some time to kill, you can pick up your phone and choose the new episodes you’ve signed […]

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What Does It Mean to Adopt a Highway?

Almost daily we drive by Adopt-a-Highway signs and think little of them. It’s a community service thing, we think, for fraternities and nonprofits and people who like to volunteer on the weekends. That’s all well and good, we think, but shouldn’t the state be responsible for maintaining the roads? Why are some people taking custodial […]

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