Once again the Saturday Q&A at EV.com has provided an interesting topic that I’m stealing. A reader wanted to know what skills their children should acquire before heading off to college. The question was answered by the two college profs and it basically came down to they should be capable of critical thinking. I’d be … Continue reading Critical Thinking
Gallimaufry
Welcome to the Netherlands!
This is sort of a followup to a post of a couple weeks ago. Once again the folks at EV.com answered a question about the Netherlands, and I thought it worth reprinting. D.W. in Arden, NC, asks: My daughters are planning to move to the Netherlands by the end of this year to finally be … Continue reading Welcome to the Netherlands!
The Dangers of Listening to Music on Public Transportation
Listen to this short piece of music before reading any further and the rest of this post will make more sense. It’s only 30 seconds long. That’s the strip music from the Overture to the Broadway show Gypsy, which I’m sure you know is the origin story of the famous strip tease artist Gypsy Rose Lee. … Continue reading The Dangers of Listening to Music on Public Transportation
A Difference in More Than Style
On a recent episode of Scriptnotes Craig Mazin noted the contrast between Steve Jobs’s announcement of the iPhone and Elon Musk’s announcement of the cybertruck. Jobs’s presentation was carefully planned down to the smallest detail, and it went off without a problem. You can watch an excerpt of it here. By contrast, Musk’s presentation was … Continue reading A Difference in More Than Style
Going Dutch
Once again I’m taking some content from electoral-vote.com. They delayed their Q&A a bit this week and had it on Monday instead. One of the questions involved things that the Dutch have but we in the U.S. might enjoy. M.S. in Highland Park, IL, asks: What Dutch cultural things do you think the U.S. would … Continue reading Going Dutch
Another Emergency!
As I was doing the breakfast dishes yesterday, a glass slipped out of my hands and fell right onto the coffee mug. More accurately, it fell directly onto the handle of the coffee mug. The result you can see in this photo. But that wasn’t the end of my troubles on this Friday the double … Continue reading Another Emergency!
Merry Christmas
Here are a few old photos. I think I probably published some of them previously. From the Christmas of 1952 when I was three and received the Lionel train set from Santa. That’s me drinking the Coke. Seated are my aunt Jane, her niece Pat holding Jane’s dog Debbie, my grandmother Tillie Zellers, and her … Continue reading Merry Christmas
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
I suspect everyone reading this has come across the story about the eight year old girl who wrote to a newspaper asking if there really was a Santa Claus and the famous editorial that resulted from that letter. During our junior year in high school when we did the morning show over the public address … Continue reading Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
The Albanian Dance
My sister Donna has been on a world tour, and her latest stop is in Albania where she is studying the culture and learning the intricate dances. She sent me a video of what she has learned so far. I’m not sure which one she is in the video, but certainly she’s one of the … Continue reading The Albanian Dance
Lucy and Jeannie
One of the famous I Love Lucy episodes involves Lucy making wine and getting into a fight with her fellow grape stomper. That’s in the fifth season episode “Lucy's Italian Movie”. A few years ago the last boss I had at the Defense Support Center Philadelphia, Jeannie Lacovara, sent me a photo of her at a … Continue reading Lucy and Jeannie