Upbeat and Downstairs: Home of Daryl C. DuLong

J.K. Rowling, a British author best known for her wildly popular Harry Potter series, delivered this year’s Harvard University commencement address in early June. Her theme, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination”, has vaulted the transcript (and video) of her speech to Internet fame status. I must admit [...]

We’ve all been there… A conversation, presentation, or similar situation in which a sarcastic comment delivered flawlessly by you went flying like a jumbo jet over the heads of your listeners. Whenever this happens (often, yes, but let’s not dwell on that), I immediately think that my statement was off or my [...]