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Remembering Joan Rivers (three)

The person and the persona

Joan Rivers had to continually perfect her face because that face had become the mask of comedy itself.

Thom Nickels

Sep 07, 2014 Essays 4 minute read

Joan Rivers in 2009. (Photo by Underbelly Limited via Creative Commons/Flickr)

Remembering Joan Rivers (two)

Fashioning a persona

The fact that Joan Rivers never reduced herself to buffoon persona is what I admire most. She gave female comedians permission to be lovely and funny.

Susan Beth Lehman

Sep 07, 2014 Essays 3 minute read

In-your-face humor. (Photo of Joan Rivers in 2009 by dhnaquin67 via Creative Commons/Flickr.)

Remembering Joan Rivers (one)

What we love to hate about Joan Rivers

There is a certain poetic justice to her death at the hands of a surgeon, under anesthesia, knowing no pain or the true indignities of old age. And how can we not love her for that?

Stacia Friedman

Sep 05, 2014 Essays 4 minute read

Alaina's grandfather and great-aunt loved staying in touch with their sister on Skype.

Seniors and technology: a second look

Why Gramps should use an iPad

Tom Purdom says to stop bothering him about smartphones and social media: He doesn't need them. But how well can we anticipate what we really want?

Alaina Johns

Sep 02, 2014 Essays 5 minute read

Look, (grand)ma, no keyboard! (Sigismund von Dobschütz via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Seniors and technology

Why Gramps isn't using an iPad

Technological age gaps reflect differences in circumstances, not temperament.

Tom Purdom

Aug 31, 2014 Essays 4 minute read

The right kind of nonsense (Photo by slgckgc via Creative Commons/Flickr)

Another response to the ALS ice bucket challenge

Some people will give and remember it as an experience for a lifetime; some will wait for the next celebrity cause to enjoy. But if they open their hearts with their wallets, even for one evening, a good deed is done.

Susan Beth Lehman

Aug 23, 2014 Essays 2 minute read

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The president (right) and athletic director (left) of the University of Central Arkansas take part in the ALS ice bucket challenge. (Photo via Creative Commons/Flickr)

Throwing cold water on the ice bucket challenge

Why does it take stupid stunts to get Americans to care about certain issues?

Tara Lynn Johnson

Aug 21, 2014 Essays 3 minute read

“L’Étranger” by Falange (via Creative Commons/Deviant Art)

Facing the void, with insurance

What if Albert Camus wrote commercials for Colonial Penn Life Insurance?

Perry Block

Aug 16, 2014 Essays 3 minute read

Remembering Robin Williams (nine)

A verbal Picasso

Like some stand-up comedian character created by James Joyce, Robin Williams let fly his imagination, and one could only stare in wonder at the sheer inventive joy of it.