My daughter approached me with a book called Truth, geared to teens, that asked truth-or-dare-like questions. A sampling:
If you’re stranded on a desert island, what one person would you want with you?
Monica. My first thought was my wife because I want to share life experiences with her and would want the companionship, but that would [...]
It’s 1980 and the X-Men have recently lost two of their team members, Jean Grey — also known as Marvel Girl and later Dark Phoenix — and Scott “Cyclops” Summers. What bubble gum is being pitched within the comic books to kids of that era? It’s tremendous fun to look at some of the ads [...]
Ever since a certain news story was broadcast on NPR, I’ve been meaning to make my own comments on it, but hadn’t had the time — an author was interviewed on a local show and he made the basic argument in his book that we modern humans were essentially cyborgs.
While the original meaning of the [...]
It is an unfortunate sign of the dismal state of education in the United States when you see rampant misspellings and grammatical errors every day in commerce, advertising, and the mainstream media.
Drive along any downtown street or business district and you will see errors left and right. In my own recent wanderings I noticed a [...]
