RYE (Respect Your Elders) Rally will take place September 2 from 5pm to 10pm to support the people of Silver Oaks Retirement Community in Kent, Ohio. 250 seniors are being forced to leave their homes by the Capstone Development of Birmingham, Alabama, an out of state student housing and high-rise development firm that is in process of purchasing the 18-acre Silver Oaks Retirement complex. The RYE Rally will aid the tenants as they pursue legal recourse with the help of Cleveland attorney Avery Friedman and the Community Action Council of Portage County. The RYE Rally stands for dignity, com...
“Dude, where’s my jetpack?” I loved this T-shirt when it made its debut (threadless?) a few years ago. It appears to be based on an article in Discovery magazine from 2007, where the authors had the revelation, that, in fact, the future was here and it sucked. Flying cars? Nope. Jetpack? Nope. Aliens? Nope (well, microbes, maybe, whatevs). Warp speed? Nope. Lightsabers? Nope. Nada. All we get is some news analyst tool rubbing his smartboard on CNN, or the lurking dread of someone trying to instant chat you on Facebook. My first reaction to the realization that technology is actually...
