This is a discussion my students and I have fairly often. Who names things? And how does everyone know what they are called? For example, who decided that a table would be called a table? Why did we listen to… Read More ›
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A heartwarming tale
It will take less than a minute to read this story, and it may affect your outlook on life. Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed… Read More ›
Woman have to work twice as hard as men to succeed – and do it in high heels!
Mrs. Esther Stace, riding sidesaddle and clearing a record 198 cm (6’6″) at the Sydney Royal Show in 1915.
Fixed it!
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Death cartoons
This humour is very dark and many people may find joking about death insensitive. I guess though, that humour is one way we cope with and work through scary and painful things. I do find clowns desperately sad though and… Read More ›
A consequence of people reading less…
…is the butchering of common idiomatic phrases. People know more or less how they sound, but not what they mean or how they look. They have probably heard them in passing on a television show or a movie but have… Read More ›
