Month: August 2016
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A Different Kind of Data
It was a weekend afternoon, bright daylight and we are walking in the park together. It isn’t after midnight. I’m not by myself. There are groups of teenage guys hanging out, because it’s a weekend afternoon and that’s what teenage guys do, they hang out and toss a football around. I have my headphones on…
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in memory of {poem}
i cannot remember what …the thought trails off. she is spooning oatmeal into my mouth now. the cold metal of the spoon against my lips warm soupy distasteful i cannot remember what… when i was younger yes there was a time. believe it and i looked out the window and waited for something to arrive.…
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Wikileaks & the Crisis of Government Communication
“Fewer than three-in-ten Americans have expressed trust in the federal government in every major national poll conducted since July 2007 – the longest period of low trust in government in more than 50 years.” – Pew Research Center, November 23, 2015 In the United States, federal government communicators have no shared professional standards of conduct,…
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Moving Your Life Forward While Seemingly Still
This week I had coffee with a friend I’ve known for many years. She looked incredibly happy. “I just came from a really good interview,” she said. We talked about that one, and the others she’d been on. It was clear to me that some of these jobs would not be good. But she was…
2016 Diary - Dannielle Blumenthal 