Archive for February, 2008
Making News Coughing
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008They say to write what you know. Well, for me right now that’ll have to be the flu. Last week I joined the thousands in the U.S. who have made this year’s flu season one of historic proportions.
Lying on my couch at home watching the evening national news, I felt like a feverish heap of […]
The Heart of the Holiday
Monday, February 18th, 2008Valentine’s Day 2008 has come and gone, but the chocolate hearts and candies with messages of love will linger on the clearance aisle for a little while still.
Though I’m married now, it wasn’t that long ago that I was a single adult in college. Valentine’s Day wasn’t my favorite holiday nor that of my fellow […]
The Future is Now!
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008In my last post I made mention of predictions that cars would be able to drive themselves by the time I was 16. Well, though it didn’t happen by then, it’s happening now! Check out this video of a Chevy Tahoe that drives itself! Named “Boss,” the self-driven vehicle safely navigated 60 miles in urban […]
Past Predictions, Present Actions
Friday, February 1st, 2008Sometime before my tenth birthday, my best friend and I had a discussion about what the world would be like when we were old – specifically when we turned 16. Somewhere she had heard that by the time we were 16, cars would be able to run on autopilot – navigating to and from with […]
