Brad Rourke

Category: lifestyle

  • Kids These Days: In Praise Of Trivia

    I had a fascinating conversation with a young person and it gave me a new insight into how different people use social media. Like a lot of young people, her Facebook stream has its fair share of adults mixed in. There’s her parents, and some of her parents’ friends, and other relatives.All jumbled up. She…

  • A Vision For 2009

    Through my friend Cynthia Cotte Griffiths, I discovered a great way to put together a vision to guide oneself. Just in time, too! Most years I spend New Year’s Day writing out my goals for the coming year. This year, for some reason, I did not do that and I have been hankering to get…

  • I'm Here. I'm Here.

    The other night, a close friend was ill. The next day, recovered, we discussed an interesting thought that kept going through their mind. Every few moments, with some change in symptoms or worsening of feeling, they felt compelled to describe it to themselves in the lingo of a status update: “X is lying in bed,”…

  • I’m Here. I’m Here.

    The other night, a close friend was ill. The next day, recovered, we discussed an interesting thought that kept going through their mind. Every few moments, with some change in symptoms or worsening of feeling, they felt compelled to describe it to themselves in the lingo of a status update: “X is lying in bed,”…

  • In The Entourage

    It turns out that it was not Queen Latifah who had her jewlelry stolen in Tobago, but a member of her entourage, according to the Trinidad and Tobago Express. Reading the item made me remember that I used to be in an entourage myself. What a strange life it was. Unless you have been in…