Trey Barrineau

Editor and Writer at Freelance

Editor with @AARP's Members Edition. @USATODAY alum. Retweets aren't endorsements, but they do tend to class up the joint. Views here are 100% my own.

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Test Your 'Star Wars' Knowledge With This Quiz | Members Only

1 month ago | aarp.org | Jayme Deerwester |Trey Barrineau

Mark Sennet/Getty Images Facebook Twitter LinkedIn It all began “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” … and with this May marking the 45th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, plus the recent debut of the second season of Disney+’s Andor — a prequel of sorts to the original 1977 Star Wars blockbuster that got this whole thing started — we figured it was a good time to test your knowledge of the iconic Star Wars franchise. Let the Force flow through you and see how well you remember...
The Hills Are Alive With Our ‘Sound of Music’ Quiz | Members Only

2 months ago | aarp.org | Trey Barrineau

20th Century Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection Facebook Twitter LinkedIn In April 1965, The Sound of Music flickered to vivid life on hundreds of movie screens across the country.
Save All Your Love For Our Whitney Houston Quiz | Members Only

Feb 19, 2025 | aarp.org | Trey Barrineau

Frederic Reglain/Getty Images Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Forty years ago this month, Whitney Houston — a.k.a. “The Voice” — had her pop-music coming-out party at the tender age of 21.
Our ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Quiz is Worth a Spin | Members Only

Jan 31, 2025 | aarp.org | Eric Spitznagel |Trey Barrineau

CBS Facebook Twitter LinkedIn TV quiz shows come and go, but only a handful become part of the cultural zeitgeist.
Our Classic Commercial Quiz Takes a Licking and Keeps on Ticking | Members Only

Jan 14, 2025 | aarp.org | Eric Spitznagel |Trey Barrineau

Getty Images Facebook Twitter LinkedIn The best commercials are sometimes more memorable (and just as entertaining) as the TV shows they interrupt.
What Do Warehouse Employees Want?

Aug 8, 2024 | naiop.org | Trey Barrineau |Jennifer LeFurgy |Robert Ferrin

A combination of record-low unemployment and higher consumer spending has warehouse operators scrambling to find qualified workers. To attract and retain the best talent, employers need to offer higher wages, earlier shifts and more flexible human resource policies, according to staffing service EmployBridge’s 11th annual Warehouse Employee Opinion Survey, released in the fall of 2018.
New & Noteworthy Projects

Aug 1, 2024 | naiop.org | Trey Barrineau |Jennifer LeFurgy |Robert Ferrin

838,000 sq. ft. Swift Real Estate Partners recently wrapped up redevelopment of the Rancho Vista Corporate Center in San Diego. The corporate campus includes Class A office space plus research and development buildings totaling 838,300 square feet on 67.5 acres.
New & Noteworthy Projects

Aug 1, 2024 | naiop.org | Trey Barrineau |Jennifer LeFurgy |Robert Ferrin

3.1 million sq. ft.
State and Local Governments Make Progress Against Ransomware | StateTech Magazine

May 23, 2024 | statetechmagazine.com | Trey Barrineau

A new Sophos report reveals fewer attacks, but governments shouldn’t take it easy.
‘We Cannot Allow the Best to Overwhelm the Good’: A Conversation with Joel Kotkin

Nov 14, 2023 | naiop.org | Gerard C.S. Mildner |Trey Barrineau |Jennifer LeFurgy

The author sees suburbs as the best location for nurturing the aspirations of the middle class. Author and demographer Joel Kotkin is a big fan of the suburbs, a stance that often puts him at odds with urban planners and environmentalists. “The urban fringe is where the American dream is now being rediscovered,” Kotkin wrote in the Spring 2022 issue of “American Affairs.” “But these fringes remain widely disdained in academia, media and the planning community.