Volunteers gone wild! How volunteers morph from gung-ho helpers into wrathful, teary socialites who confess: “I want to kill my co-chair”.

Artificial Intelligence that would converse with kids, mimicking military moms and dads who are off fighting. The Defense Department is fielding proposals from software developers for a virtual parent able to respond tenderly when a child says, “I love you.”

For Galleries West Magazine’s “Cultural Clash” article. Illustrating the mess and huge controversial debate over contemporary art when President CEO Jeffrey Spalding abruptly departed from Glenbows’s museum. Otherwise referred to as The Glenbow’s perfect storm. ** Included in this illustration … →

A story about the new trend of inconspicuous spending, a move away from “it bags” and expensive shoes and a move toward spending money on things like yoga retreats and other forms of enlightenment

For the diary by ‘Shortbus’ director John Cameron Mitchell. In the article, he writes of his experiences at the first ever Russian Gay and Lesbian Film festival at St. Petersburg, Russia; which was ultimately met with protest and police presence.