Kathleen Charters and Lawrence Charters
Explorations large and small
2012 is the Year of the Dragon, according to the Chinese calendar. The Chinese zodiac has twelve animals, each assigned a year, unlike the European zodiac which is divided up by month. Each year is also assigned an elemental sign, Continue reading Year of the Dragon and a forever stamp
This highly detailed map of Maryland was reconstructed from a mass of fiendishly encrypted cardboard tokens. It was assembled after an intense multi-discipline effort by a health care informatician, a systems analyst, a nurse, a psychologist, a theologian, a historian, Continue reading Highly encrypted map of Maryland
On a cold winter’s night, a band of 2,500 crazed individuals lined up at the Kennedy Center for free tickets to the annual Messiah sing-along. Between the wind whipping in from the Potomac and the poor light, it was an Continue reading Sing-along Messiah at the Kennedy Center
Twitter and Facebook are rank amateurs at recruiting followers.
What is this sign trying to tell me? And do I really want to know?
Yes, this photo was taken while driving, and driving in the rain, no less. On the other hand, it was a heavy rain, and the traffic was very slow. Plus: the car was stopped by a red light, which you Continue reading Patriotic van
When shopping for others, it is always wise to be sensitive to their needs. But in our sensitive, touchy-feely world, sensitive selling is also important. Sensitive selling is very big in the world of ideas (you can take classes on Continue reading Sensitive selling
We’ve all witnessed the inappropriate use of technology. But no matter how often we may see it, such misapplication happens over and over and over again. Such as this electronic kiosk, found just a few feet from the Apple Store in Continue reading Smart screen