Last week, I started receiving my regular onslaught of invitations to review some of the products I’ve recently purchased. Fortunately, with the help of Artificial Intelligence—specifically ChatGPT and Sora—it’s no longer a chore. In fact, it’s become one of my favorite pastimes. When AI leans toward the positive, it doesn’t just describe a can of sliced fruit, it practically pens…
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Man Throws Foot-long Meatball Sandwich at Officer All the fixin’s versus the State of the Union
By any metric, a meatball sandwich should not be the flashpoint for a national conversation on law, order, and the trajectory of American democracy. Yet here we are, parsing the political and cultural significance of a fully loaded, unwrapped, foot-long Subway sandwich hurtling through the humid August air in Washington, D.C., before colliding with the chest of a federal officer.…
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Skating on Thin Ice with Your Nose to the Grindstone One professor’s take on the idioms that define adult life
Ladies and gentlemen, it is indeed an honor to welcome today’s speaker, whose lifework embodies the very principles we try to pass on to each graduate crossing the stage here at Wexley-Hargrave University. As a distinguished Professor of Sociolinguistics, she specializes in idioms of North African-Balkan pidgin and cross-border political linguistics. Please join me in welcoming our 2025 commencement speaker,…
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Trump Administration Announces Bureau of Energy Housing and Livestock Stability “A Bold Creation”
The Toadspit Gazette February 7, 2025 By Percival H. Greeblethorpe Published by The Toadspit Gazette Toadspit, Nebraska In an unprecedented move designed to either streamline government operations or confuse everyone involved, the Trump administration has announced the formation of the Bureau of Energy, Housing, and Livestock Stability—a fusion of the Department of Energy and the Department of Housing and Urban…
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Why Your Résumé Needs a Personality Disorder The Case for Tailoring, Tweaking, and Transforming Using ChatGPT
Back in the day, job hunting was a numbers game. You cranked out a halfway decent resume, sent it to as many companies as possible, and waited for the inevitable cycle: rejection, rejection, rejection, then accidental hire. Persistence was key. Originality was not. But today it’s a whole different ballgame. Technology has turned the job market into a digital gladiator…
