October 15, 2019 0 When Playing a Doctor on TV is Good Enough It really shouldn’t be a surprise that many television dramas are set in or around hospitals. You have [...]
October 14, 2019 0 How About Them Apples? For those who live in or near the states of New York, Michigan, or Washington, fall means one thing: apple [...]
October 11, 2019 0 The Weekender, October 11, 2019 Happy Friday! Before I get to the “future of Now I Know” thing, here’s a quick puzzle [...]
October 8, 2019 0 How a Cute Cartoon Created a Catastrophe of Raccoons Raccoons, pictured above, are native to the United States, the southern part of Canada, Mexico, and Central [...]
October 7, 2019 0 Why You Can’t Perform Hamlet at the Bar In the opening of 1993 movie Mrs. Doubtfire, Daniel Hillard — played by the incomparable Robin [...]
October 3, 2019 0 When Speeding Won’t Get You There Any Faster If you drive, you almost certainly treat the posted speed limit as more of a suggestion than as an actual [...]
October 2, 2019 0 What Canada Has In Common With Romulans Sir Wilfrid Laurier served as Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. His fifteen consecutive years [...]
September 25, 2019 0 The Kind of Amazing Thing That Happens When You Lose $13 The general rule in life is more is better, and when we’re talking about getting some money, that’s [...]
September 24, 2019 0 How Baseball Closed Its Tiny Loophole Baseball games are, fundamentally, a battle between a pitcher and a batter. The pitcher has to throw the ball [...]
September 23, 2019 0 Why We Give 21-Gun Salutes When the President of the United States hosts a dignitary from abroad, it’s customary for the visitor [...]