Back in 2002, I stumbled into what, at the time, seemed like a ridiculously easy career: proofreading at an advertising agency. + more
Say what you will about the state of things here in the U.S., but, based on this headline, we’ve a + more
Writing in the New Criterion, Eric Gibson describes a visit to Room 6 of the Louvre’s Denon Wing, home of the + more
Not entirely sure what’s happening here. (I mean, I know they’re making paper. But how…?) Yet despite my limited capacity for + more
Writing in The Wilson Quarterly, Brandon Ambrosino asks an important question: “If, in the smartphone age, our only experience of + more
And all this time I thought this was perfectly normal: [R]esearchers found that the brains of individuals who occasionally feel a + more
Following up on yesterday’s post, here are a couple of of my favorite homophones: discreet and discrete. What makes these particularly fun is that they’re + more
Over at the PBS Newshour website, I came across this: “There is a lot of pressure in academia to tow + more
This is not only strangely beautiful, but also weirdly satisfying. According to the description, this is “Popping Popcorn at 30,000 Frames + more
So the mean temperature in Spokane this last Saturday was 7°F. And Sunday was even colder. But that didn’t prevent me from stepping + more
I subscribe to a lot of daily and weekly newsletters/blogs/rantings, etc. Some for fun. Some for knowledge. Some to just + more
From the Department of Redundancies Department: Local residents reject Swiss citizenship request of an “annoying” vegan with a “big mouth.” + more
From the very first time I read the Journal of Business, I’ve looked forward to seeing the handiwork of local + more
Regular reader Mike W. (not his real name) has a question: “Is it all right to use alright instead of + more
So the missus and I decided to go crazy this year with the Mother of Resolutions: We’re going to read + more