I wish I lived in a time and place where men still wore suits everywhere and men were still gentlemen, women ladies, and children innocent.A man walks into the room. He is wearing an extremely well-madesuit that cuts a dashing figure. The entire suit impresses upon everyone an acute sense of precision. His crisp silhouette…

Your Baby Is Smarter Than You Think - NYTimes [PDF] I was never really that good at playing with little babies. I just don't do the whole motherese thing, and I often don't know what to do with themother than hold them and bounce them around. Not that I don't like babies: I love them,…

[flv:eccerobot.flv 480 360] I always have these great ideas, and very often five to ten years after the conception of that bright idea, I see it come to fruition. One such example is the ECCEROBOT.I always thought that it was silly to use anything but an emulation of natural body mechanics of the human when…

Last Saturday morning I was summoned to the front door. My doorbell was rudely heckling me. Groggy from my lack of sleep and sudden awakening, I was very surprised to see a small blonde Latina womanmoving to some music (indiscernible to my muddy consciousness) playing through her cellphone. She's my mail carrier. Without looking up…

Ever since I decided to get more serious about writing a novel (as opposed to a screenplay), I began to look for materials on how to improve my quality of writing and to expand my scope of style and voice.The thing is, my writing skills so far have been a product of my own talent.…