by Andrea James | Nov 6, 2011 | Curiosity, Inspiration, Photos, Seattle, That's Life
My old alarm clock went off this morning before my mobile phone did. That’s odd, I thought as I scrambled over to shut the thing up. The dumb alarm clock — as in, not smart like my phone — is the backup alarm, the one that will faithfully and...
by Andrea James | Oct 31, 2011 | Curiosity, Politics, That's Life
In case you haven’t heard, the United Nations is saying that the world population will reach 7 billion today. Happy Halloween? Of course, the number and date are symbolic rough estimates, since there’s no way to count everyone on the planet down to the...
by Andrea James | Oct 6, 2011 | Life & technology tips, That's Life
Business travel is both exhausting and exciting. I love arriving at a new destination and switching “on.” But getting there? Oy. Like most things, you get better with practice. Here is my system for getting through airport security as quickly and as...
by Andrea James | Sep 22, 2011 | Inspiration, Photos, That's Life, Wall Street logic
It’s not easy being out in front. I first learned this when I did investigative reporting. Even though I knew my information was sound and that my story was true, I got a nervous feeling in my stomach the night before the newspaper published a scoop. Because I...
by Andrea James | Sep 19, 2011 | Inspiration, Politics, That's Life
This post is an ode to the health care workers — doctors, nurses, lab researchers and scientists. I salute you. Because biology has got to be the most infuriating of the basic sciences. And I don’t know how you work each day with the maddening messiness of...
by Andrea James | Sep 11, 2011 | Lamentation, Photos, That's Life
I grew up in New Jersey on Monmouth Bay, near the Keyport docks, across from which the Twin Towers stood. When the attacks happened, I was in Washington, D.C., attending college. I’m mourning today. But, I’ll be flying. I’ve had this web site in some...
