Plenty of great stories in the news lately. Let’s see if you’ve been paying attention.1) Last week, President Trump established his long-promised Space Force. What will its first mission entail?a) Discovering what type of mustard goes best with Moon Cheeseb) Locating mysterious “Third ...
Let’s talk about the international cabal that’s hiding the real derivation of “Spam.” No, not the hundreds of unsolicited email messages we receive every day. These take their name from a “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” sketch in which Hormel Spam – the canned meat popularized ...
Eye half to wander if wee right butt don’t proofread.If you think there’s something wrong with the sentence above – and I hope to Calliope, the ancient Greek muse of epic poetry, that you do – we’re on the same page.That first sentence is an example of something a spell-checker or ...
I think of my body as a house built in 1949: things creak; the foundation sags a bit. The plumbing leaks occasionally. Like any homeowner, I try to practice preventive maintenance. But you fix one problem, another crops up. Diabetic? Take a pill to lower your blood sugar levels. High blood ...
It’s a rare day indeed when Hollywood, U.S. history and the NFL collide to make an absurd situation even more so. Yet two such days occurred within the last two weeks.On May 23, the NFL instituted a policy that requires players to stand if they are on the field during the playing of the ...
It’s interesting that with the plethora of problems plaguing our modern world, a trio of Indian neurosurgeons thought it important to investigate exactly why Michael Jackson didn’t fall over.The doctors, who are based at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in ...
