Homeostasis (noun): the ability or tendency of a living organism, cell, or group to keep the conditions inside it the same despite any changes in the conditions around it, or this state of internal balance. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, air travel in that country tanked. The September to December 2001…
There’s a familiar arc to the story of many young YouTube stars. It begins with the discovery of a video camera sometime in early teens. It proceeds to an upload to YouTube of a primitive production, something guileless and genuine cast adrift like a message in a bottle tossed into the sea with no real…
I’m waiting, a bit impatiently, for the opening of the American League Divisional Series October 8 at Rogers Centre in Toronto. Yes, I’m waiting for the game, but I’m also waiting to see how the stadium will be decorated, and I’m preparing to be disappointed. For years now, and likely since the demise of the…
