Out of the Newsroom

There are days when just bouncing around the web, caroming off one link to another, provides just the most amazing glimpses down the small side roads that branch off the eight-lanes of concrete ribbon feel that the internet often takes on. Sure, a search engine can Google you to the exact pinpoint location of the [...]

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We’ve made an addition to the family this weekend. One of the four-legged variety. Gracie the pomeranian has taken up residence here at Casa Varner. She’s ten months old and is this amazing combination of black, white and a little bit of brown. In other words, just as cute as she can possibly be, given [...]

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A little while back, my work colleague and fellow blogger Chris pointed out to me that my blog postings were…well, on the long side. Chris’s observation isn’t the first time that it has been mentioned that I don’t blog like many folks who try to write everyday, but usually in shorter dispatches. Those of you [...]

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Just to make myself plain at the beginning of this, contrary to popular belief held by some, I am not really a social animal. Don’t get me wrong, I like the company of others well enough, but I’m much more a fan of smaller, more intimate gatherings–rather than getting all decked out for some kind [...]

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Brian Stelter, media columnist of The New York Times tweeted a link to this “Economic View” column in the Times on February 27th by Professor Richard H. Thaler of the University of Chicago. “The Buried Treasure In Your TV Dial” (click on that title to link to the column) Now, I probably don’t possess the [...]

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Over the past few days, I’ve been struck by the unfair nature of the subjective decision. When personal opinion weighs more than the apparent facts. The opposite of the objective decision. The first example was Friday night, when I happened to watch a few minutes of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. I had really made [...]

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