April 22, 2020 0 The Singer Who Couldn’t Really Sing The best way to start this story is with some music — let’s go with “These Boots Are Made [...]
April 20, 2020 0 Meet Her Royal Not-Quite-Highness Pictured above is Queen Elizabeth II, dressed in a blue overcoat, blue hat, and a blue brooch. AndĀ if you [...]
April 17, 2020 0 The Weekender, April 17, 2020 Hi! On Tuesday, I wrote about the little dot on the rim of some aerosol cans. It’s not all that [...]
April 16, 2020 0 Raiders of the Lost Journal In the 1920s, an Egyptologist named Abner Ravenwood began recording his research in a journal. He drew [...]
April 14, 2020 0 The Dot in Your Kitchen You’ve Probably Never Noticed If you have a minute, go into your kitchen right and look for an aerosol can — cooking spray, oven [...]
April 13, 2020 0 Kings and Queens are Royals. But What’s a Jack? Open up just about any deck of cards (sorry, pinochle!) and you’ll find the same thing — 52 [...]
April 6, 2020 0 Why Mario Has a Mustache Pictured above is, perhaps, the most iconic video game character ever created. It’s Mario, of course, [...]
April 3, 2020 0 Friends Don’t Let Friends Play Monopoly Hi! In the March 13, 2020 Weekender, I made a passing reference at the end to Monopoly — and not [...]
April 2, 2020 0 Putting a Happy Face On Trash For many cities, garbage is an unyielding problem. We make a lot of it and often, there’s nowhere for [...]
April 1, 2020 0 Badminton’s Sinister Secret Badminton is a sport that, for many, is an informal summertime outdoor activity. You string a net across a [...]