I started naming the voices in my head after hearing a professor talk about Titivillius, the Devil’s Demon who counts up the Monks typos in the monastery copy room. Counting errors. I have a special voice in my head that does that all the time. I can recount my life’s failings, missed opportunities, doors-not-walked-through… I … Continue reading
Build Better PowerPoints
Most PowerPoints are dull as door nails. Too many bullet points, huge blocks of unreadable text, tiny graphics. GET WITH IT! PowerPoint can be so cool! Here are some samples:
A New Year’s Tale by Vladimir Dudintsev
Read by Alexander Randall. This book was required reading in my 9th grade English class. It changed my life. It runs an hour and has illustrations. .”I’m excited to share the recording of last night Literary Café event at the Centre for Modern Aging Princeton. In this session, I am reading ‘A New Year’s Tale’ by … Continue reading
What’s on your deathbed playlist?
What if being dead includes hearing the last song forever? Like that song lingers in your ear… The one you can’t get rid of… Remember when you got a tune stuck in your head… Looping endlessly in your music mind, playing over and over and over again. Call it a catchy tune. Like the music … Continue reading
My New Book is Out – Dream Wizard Escapes
My New Book is Out – Dream Wizard Escapes It’s a dream story, it’s a great dog story, it’s an adventure story, it’s a bedtime story and a romp in dream land. It is Dream Wizard Escapes, a new novel by Alex Randall. It’s the perfect book to help chase away the nightmares of COVID, … Continue reading
Good news June 15 2020
Good News Monday, June 15th 2020 “Not just the good news, we have excellent news.” Did you know that the Band-Aid bandage is 100 years old. Band-Aids! Around 100 years. Johnson & Johnson employee Earle Dickson invented the Band-Aid in 1920. His wife burned herself while cooking. Dickson created, produced and marketed the Band-Aid. The … Continue reading
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