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Making friends, not foes, with AI

I remember when the most common form of artificial intelligence was a 20-year-old philosophy major waxing wise on the meaning of life. There was nothing real about that sophomore-year acumen. Since then, a few things have changed, and there’s a new kind of know-it-all on the ...

Kids conspiring against improved health

My dogs are seriously messing up my mornings. For the past several months, I’ve been trying to wake up earlier so as to get to the gym first thing before heading into the office. Every day, my alarm goes off at 5:45 a.m. And for the most part, I’m already awake when it does. Juiced ...

Everyone needs a rock sometimes

A couple of months ago, my dad mentioned he missed seeing those colorful, decorated rocks that began popping up in random places during the pandemic. Fueled, I suppose, by more folks getting outside to avoid crowds and potential contagion, a trend started where people would leave these ...

‘Watch out for deer’ — Not good at good-byes (if this is one)

It’s crazy how the world works. Every morning, we wake up, believing we know what the next 24 hours will bring. Some mornings, we’re right. Others, we couldn’t be more wrong. Today — the day I sit and write this column — was one of the latter. And it wasn’t exactly ...

Here’s a fun craft to do while cooling off inside

When the Fourth of July is through the week like this year, we always like to spend the whole weekend celebrating the holiday. That’s when family can come to visit and we can have a nice relaxing time. We always enjoy a cookout, playing outside, letting the kids play with little Pop-Its firecrackers, and seeing fireworks our town puts on.  This year, we plan on doing all that again, but we have to make adjustments due to the weather. The temperature is supposed to be close to triple digits and that is too hot for my kiddos to be outside all day. So, I found a cute little craft ...