Thank you devoted readers of The New Forty for five years of loyalty. I want you to know that postings on The New Forty will be intermittent for the remainder of 2014. This has nothing to do with my health or well-being (well, as long you don't count stress as a detractor of my health and [...]
On the way to work today (yes, I am still alive, but the green gills remain), I heard some interesting statistics on the radio that I feel compelled to share. According to Facebook data, one in four Facebook users (ages 18-34) have been embarrassed by a parent's status post or photo that a parent has [...]
I love, love, love the new Facebook group called Humans of Fargo! It features the varying faces of Fargo. They span age, gender, ideology, jobs, hobbies - yet they are all collectively - us. Humans of Fargo was created by Kaytlin Dargen and Nicole Mendoza. It was inspired by Humans of New York a page [...]
Tonight I would like to share a handful of snippets that are not necessarily related, except to the extent that they are floating around in my head. I cannot pick one single thing to write about, so I will mention them all briefly. First of all, another tragic event occurred today in Pennsylvania at the [...]
I have been having a problem lately in my classes. Almost every time I intend to say Blackboard (which is an educational resource tool used at NDSU), I say Facebook. I have said things like: "Check your grades on Facebook. The reading is posted on Facebook. I will put that up on Facebook later today." [...]
Yesterday I made a poor judgment call. It all started when I commented on my friend Natalie's Facebook status that read - "There's a raccoon in my bedroom!!!!" That comment triggered a Facebook message from Natalie that read (in part): "It's a game my friend. Lol. You should have never commented/ or liked it!! TAG [...]
There are times when I am so proud of our students at NDSU. Last evening was one of those times. It started when I happened upon a Facebook post on a student-run unofficial NDSU Facebook page called Overheard at NDSU. Overheard is primarily used as a capture point for odd, funny, or annoying things that [...]
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