The Download

This year marks the 40th anniversary of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, the classic children’s book by Laura Numeroff.  Years ago, I read it to my son more times…

When you hear the word token, what comes to mind? Cryptocurrency? A subway pass? Maybe a security key for your computer? Turns out, tokens also have a long history in…

The ayes have it—or maybe it’s the “eyes.”  And these eyes come in many forms. Sure, there are the eyes we blink and tear up with emotion. But eyes are…

Now here’s something surprising—an early edition of The Download. Like millions across the country, I’m logging off for a bit to celebrate the Fourth of July! Whether on water or land,…

What was I thinking? Clearly, I was not. I was feeding my Pembroke Corgi, Watson—who’s quite certain he’s just as royal as the ones Queen Elizabeth kept—while half-listening to a…

The stories of Roman gods often seem timeless. Take Mercury—the god of commerce, communication, and, curiously, thieves. With his winged sandals and helmet, he zipped between worlds, overseeing the movement…

I used to believe no movie was worth watching more than once—time is a scarce commodity, after all. Then I had a child. That rule didn’t just bend—it shattered. My…

Today marks the anniversary of the D-Day invasion — June 6, 1944 — when Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in one of the most daring and pivotal operations…

Believe it or not? What comes to mind? Probably Ripley’s Believe It or Not! — a collection of the weird, wild, and wonderfully unbelievable. Meet Ripley: The King of the…

When it comes to Memorial Day, there’s one all too common faux pas that even the most patriotic among us may make—and no, it has nothing to do with mismatched…