by Mark O'Brien | Oct 7, 2015
I got an email this morning that made my hair stand on end. The subject line was “Regrow Natural Hair”. I don’t know why, but that simply never occurred to me. Every time I’ve regrown hair, it’s been synthetic. And I’ve fallen into...
by Mark O'Brien | Oct 6, 2015
As you’re well aware by now, I’m usually late to the proverbial dance when it comes to trends. So, it’s with typical tardiness that I come to this winner: earthing. In case you, too, are not yet up to speed, earthing promotes the idea that walking...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 25, 2015
I’ve been looking for some constructive recreational activities with which to fill my idle time, ideally one that also would land me in the news. I can’t believe this one got by me. A dude from Copemish earned his 15 minutes of fame the other day by...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 22, 2015
I received an email the other day, the headline of which — “No More Glasses” — reminded me why I love technology. As a card-carrying Irishman, I’ve always admired, and (at times) have been, a two-fisted drinker. This email brings the promise that,...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 16, 2015
As Victor Frankenstein discovered, sometimes you don’t know you’re creating a monster until it’s been on its feet for a while. And, as young Vic also found out, once it’s up and around, getting rid of it might pose something of a...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 3, 2015
Given the accelerating pace of change, especially technological change, we should have expected this. Even if we’d noticed nothing but the changes in contact-lens technology, we’d have had to recognize that anything was possible; that the limitations...