December 6, 2024 0 The Weekender, December 6, 2024 Hi! It’s been a busy week for me and I don’t have a lot to share. One mea culpa though — Wednesday’s [...]
December 5, 2024 0 Another Brick in the Nose If you have little kids or have ever been around a little kid, you’ve probably seen this in action: the kid [...]
December 3, 2024 0 The Famous Symbol with the Hidden N and D You’re probably familiar with the symbol pictured above. It’s the peace symbol, a widely-used shorthand [...]
December 2, 2024 0 The Temperature You Can Hear? Imagine you have in front of you a mug of water. You look at it, and you can’t tell if it’s hot or cold. [...]
November 26, 2024 0 And Let Slip the Dogs of … Reforestation? In 2017, a series of more than 5,000 wildfires tore through the forests of Chile, claiming 11 lives, [...]
November 25, 2024 0 The Man Who Raised His Hand… Forever If you’re a student and you want to get a teacher’s attention, it’s easy: just raise your hand and keep [...]
November 22, 2024 0 Grace and Typos Hi! Today’s Weekender is about typos, but nothing I wrote about this week prompted me to write this essay. [...]
November 21, 2024 0 The Farmer Strikes Back Pictured above, via the South China Morning Post, is a picture of farmland. But it doesn’t look like most [...]
November 19, 2024 0 The Great Geraint Woolford Coincidence There are many Dan Lewises in this world. There is, of course, me — the one who wrote the words you are [...]
November 18, 2024 0 The Mystery of the Third Shaker Walk into most restaurants in the United States, and you’ll find that the tables are set roughly the same [...]