Swiper, no swiping! The real Dora the Explorer–14-year-old Caitlin Sanchez of Fairview, NJ–feels cheated by Nickelodeon and its owner, the giant vampire media squid Viacom. While she provided the voice of Dora, she was forced to travel around the country promoting the show on a $40 per diem. And apparently she was pressured into signing …
Monthly Archives: October 2010
How JP Didn’t Get His Name
What with the looming arrival of the Second Coming, which my girlfriend has now instructed me must henceforth be referred to as “Ellie” (her name), I’ve been thinking about how we go about giving kids their handles. Now, Christopher’s wonderful Greek cousin notwithstanding, I actually do have a rich uncle story. My grandfather and his …
What We Actually Look Forward to When We Retire
Matt’s post yesterday laid out a nice prospect for old age, but it did get me thinking: Do you actually think you can, or will, retire? I once did, though it seemed like a stretch: I’d need a six-figure sum, and if I lived small, and compound interest did its thing, I could probably pull …
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A Nobel for IVF
The best summation I heard about this piece of good news came from my friend Jeffery L., who wrote about it on Facebook: The prize was criticized by the Vatican, consistent with their reproductive policy that the world needs more unwanted children, and fewer wanted ones. Infertility is not a mark of God’s disfavor. And the …