NCI v CWA Op-Ed Series This is the third of a six-part series of articles (click for direct link to Part 1) which will be published one a day for this next week. It's the story of my yearlong experience as an employee of the National Captioning Institute (NCI), a live television caption provider. During... Continue Reading →

NCI v CWA Op-Ed Series This is the second of a six-part series of articles (click for direct link to Part 1) which will be published one a day for this next week. It's the story of my yearlong experience as an employee of the National Captioning Institute (NCI), a live television caption provider. During that... Continue Reading →

NCI v CWA Op-Ed Series This is the first of a six-part series of articles, one every day for the next week. It's the story of my yearlong experience as an employee of the National Captioning Institute (NCI), a live television caption provider. During that challenging year (which started in October of 2015), I participated... Continue Reading →

Introduction This is a six-part series of articles, one every day for the next week. It's the story of my yearlong experience as an employee of the National Captioning Institute (NCI), a live television caption provider. During that challenging year (which started in October of 2015), I participated in the attempts of some of my... Continue Reading →

I’m reading a book about the art of watching American football called Take Your Eye Off the Ball. The author, Pat Kirwan, says that if you’re watching football by following the ball around, you’re missing the whole game. (Whoops, totally guilty of that.) It’s the opposite of what young athletes are taught, Kirwan admits, but... Continue Reading →

Amy is absolutely horrible at taking criticism. Amy  Bouzaglo was the co-owner (with her fire-tempered, enabling husband Samy) and head chef of (the now closed) Amy’s Baking Company in Scottsdale, AZ. She became internet famous in 2013 for her outrageous behavior on her now infamous episode of Chef Gordon Ramsey’s show Hell’s Kitchen. Click to... Continue Reading →

  An eight-year-old daughter and her father accidentally talked about death the other day. She and he were walking their dog Vincent around the neighborhood together. At one point, they started playing a game called Would you rather? During her turn, the daughter asked, “Would you rather be a snowman or a gingerbread man?” Before the... Continue Reading →