Writing from the Heart with Brian
Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
When I read through the list of the 2023 Oscar nominations on Tuesday and saw that Barbie, the highest grossing movie of the year, was nominated for several awards — including Best Supporting Actor nomination for Ryan Gosling — but Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig were snubbed for the Best Actress and Best Director awards,... Continue Reading →
My son got a record player last year and it’s been fun talking with him about music across the decades and albums he should collect. There’s been talk of classic must-have albums like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd and new ones like The Weekend. (Over his break, he didn’t really care for my wife’s suggestion... Continue Reading →
Let’s talk about Daylight Savings Time. Daylight Saving Time is the changing of the clocks that typically begins in spring in early-to-mid March and ends in fall, near the beginning of November, in what is often referred to as "spring forward" and "fall back. DST is observed in most of Europe, North America and parts... Continue Reading →
I have a curious brain, which can be good, especially when it comes to useless trivia, but also sometimes gets me in trouble. In the age of the Internet, I find that I'm curious about life. Here's what I mean: Do Pen Pals still exist? Back in the day, pen pals were people who regularly... Continue Reading →
When I was a kid, I loved magazines like National Geographic, Popular Mechanics, Boys Life, and a few others. I loved the images from around the world and stories about how to build your own go-kart or start a fire with nothing but sticks and some string. Now the devil was in the details. Have... Continue Reading →
I'm really confused. If you were able to see me right now, you would see me scratching my head and a look of puzzlement across my face. I look at the numbers and nothing makes sense. I've been looking at my WordPress views and visitor totals for the year and two specific trends make no... Continue Reading →
The Microsoft Teams messages and emails started coming in early in the morning. First one and then another. I wasn't even sitting down yet at my desk and my in-box was overflowing. Everyone had questions and, unfortunately, there weren't a lot of answers. When we finally got the news, it wasn't good. My employer, a... Continue Reading →
Car advertisements are everywhere. You see them in commercials, on social media, everywhere. It wasn’t always that way. The Winton Motor Carriage Company placed what is believed to be the earliest known automobile advertisement 125 years ago on July 30, 1898. The magazine advertisement in the Scientific American, the same magazine that documented the work... Continue Reading →
Oh, I start out with the best of intentions. I’ll come up with a blog idea and I’ll start writing. At the start, I’ll pay close attention to length. I'll lecture myself on keeping my blog short. I’ll remind myself to choose my words carefully, to be concise, and to use active verbs. I'll play... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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