Maps are a staple in fantasy, but some authors just don’t want them.
I had expected to attend the reading, hear some poems, and, frankly, drink some beer outside. I did not expect to see a crowd of hundreds of people at a poetry reading on a Wednesday, nor was I prepared for Kooser, a quiet Nebraskan in a baseball cap, to leave me feeling emotionally pummeled after reading an hour’s worth of poetry.
I don’t make a lot of money, but I also don’t believe in baby showers. So when my husband and I learned we were expecting two years ago, we decided not to have one, but were nervous about the expenses that our little one would incur.
By making heterosexual older-male-to-younger-female-relationships the norm, Hollywood is actually making it more difficult for me to see couples that resemble my husband and myself.
Gamification has been in the spotlight for a few years now, more than long enough for the public’s love affair with the gaming elements of points, badges and leaderboards to curdle. But while gamification is falling in mainstream popularity, it is picking up steam in the workplace.