Professional Recreation

Have you ever talked with a person who loves their agency?  I don’t mean someone who loves their job or likes their agency.  I mean someone who truly loves their agency.  In the days following the Boston Marathon bombings, the news and sporting world feature interviews from numerous people involved with Boston.  The interviews were filled with emotion and passion about the race, city, and day.  I found myself enthralled in some interviews and watching others.  I think the difference was in where the interviewee was from or the emotional connection they had to Boston; those that were from Boston were the most passionate while those who had raced in the marathon prior were emotional and those with little to no connection to Boston were less emotional.  Continue Reading…

The newspaper industry has changed drastically in the past decade. The door-to-door delivery boy is now replaced by a person throwing papers from a car.  The online news has been replaced by the first to report Twitter user, regardless of accuracy, which has led to the inaccuracy of big media outlets (for instance, in an effort to be the first to report it, three separate news outlets erroneously reported the capture of the Boston Marathon bombers days before they were actually apprehended). Continue Reading…