ChatGPT’s College Application Essay, “Cali Girl” Style

My daughter is a senior in high school and applying to college. She asked ChatGPT to write a college application essay for a California GenZ female interested in arts and the humanities. I was amused by what ChatGPT came up…

What Are the Best Lines of Dialogue from "The Empire Strikes Back"?

What Are the Best Lines of Dialogue from “The Empire Strikes Back”?

My daughter & I rewatched the Empire Strikes Back, and I was reminded of so many great lines of dialogue. Here are my favorites. If you had to choose ONLY ONE, which is your favorite? * * * LEIA: I’d…

All of My Spotify Playlists

I maintain 14 Spotify playlists. As I’ve mentioned before, I spend a lot of time crawling through Spotify’s long-tail, looking for forgotten or hidden gems that may not be new music but are new to me. I hope you benefit…

A Pandemic Distraction: A Spotify Playlist About Emojis 🎶🎶🎶

I am sharing a Spotify playlist about emojis that I prepared last summer. To prepare Spotify thematic playlists, I do keyword searches to assemble a super-set of candidate songs (in this case, I think it was over 400), and then…

Spotify Playlist: 1960s Music

I’m not sure if people still do Spotify playlists any more. Maybe it’s passe. In any case, I maintain several. Today, I’m sharing my 1960s playlist, consisting of close to 1,000 songs with a release date between Jan. 1, 1960…

Selling Real Estate? Some Suggested Interview Questions For Prospective Brokers (LinkedIn Cross-Post)

My mom was a real estate investor, and after her death I assumed responsibility for a portfolio of 15 real estate properties to manage and sell. This is the first of a series of posts where I’ll share some lessons…

A Collection Of Protips From The Last Half-Decade

According to KnowYourMeme, a “PROTIP is a term often used in forums and comments to preface snarky, obvious, counterintuitive, or sometimes genuine advice for the novice.” I have offered numerous protips over the past half-decade, ranging from snarky to genuine….

Check Out the New Blog Design!

By Eric Goldman Over the weekend, we converted the blog from Movable Type to WordPress.  If you haven’t had a chance to check out the new page layout, I encourage you to do so.  You can see the difference by comparing www.ericgoldman.org, which…

Halloween Spinning Mix

Lisa has a spinning mix for Halloween, consisting of: Bela Lugosi’s Dead – Bauhaus (terrific song) Monster Mash – Boris Pickett (corny but essential) Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon The Devil Went Down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels Thriller…

Michael Jackson Spinning Mix

Following Michael Jackson’s death, Lisa decided that it would be nice to put together a spinning mix commemorating his music. This is what we came up with: 1. Rock With You 2. Blame It On the Boogie 3. Shake Your…