In August 2014, I set off on an epic journey in the Masters in Public Administration program at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Setting off, I knew the road would be hard, full of late nights and rigorous work. However, like the Fellowships setting off toward Mordor, I joined my cohort and ventured into…
Our Facebook experience is what we make it. Yes, there are algorithms the Social Media Gods use to filter our news feeds and to promote items we may have interest in. However, those algorithms are based on what we choose to post, like, and comment on. We, in the end, are the masters of our…
Given the general lack of gravity while participating in interstellar travel, many have become concerned about how they can celebrate moments of spectacle and awe in a zero G environment with a high-five. The high-five was initially designed as both a greeting and celebratory ritual within the range of Earth’s gravitational force. Without gravity, the…
The L. Palmer Chronicles 