To worry is to be. To be is to worry.
Every once in a while my mind turns to wondering about how humans first decided to try certain things. If we were rational, there’s a lot of stuff we would never attempt. But you don’t have to look very far to find proof that humans are far from universally rational, so irrational things get done. [...]
Can you turn away? Can you refuse to help when confronted with proof of shocking cruelty? Of course not! The poignant truth is that, every day, millions of defenseless dust bunnies are brutally murdered by cruel or careless people wielding vacuum cleaners. The statistics are heartrending. According to a recent study by the Institute for [...]
Call me stupid if you must, all of my teachers did, but I have an important social question that I need to ask. Not having any children and not yet destitute, this doesn’t apply to me. I’m merely curious. Here’s my question: Can homeless families homeschool their children or is that logistically and semantically impossible? [...]
In most of Canada and the United States we switched to Daylight Saving Time today. Or, rather than doing it today, you might have moved your clocks ahead last night before going to bed if you’re an eager beaver. (As an aside, when people use the expression “eager beaver,” they’re referring to the animal, right? [...]
People often utter a lot of ludicrous nonsense. Then again, if it weren’t ludicrous, it wouldn’t be nonsense. Strike whichever part of that redundancy you choose. If you decide to delete “nonsense” you’ll have to correct the grammar by replacing the adjective “ludicrous” with a noun such as “ludicrousness” or, say, “nonsense.” Come to think [...]
Today’s edition of the newspaper I subscribe to, The Globe and Mail, included an article carrying the headline, “This is your brain on religion.” The sub-headline read, “Believers record lower levels of anxiety, which can boost performance but also hinder the ability to fix mistakes, study finds.” I don’t know if it’s true that religious [...]
In four previous posts (#1, #2, #3 and #4) I began debunking some of the myths and stereotypes that people from other countries believe about Canadians and Canada. I continue the debunking here. Myth: All Canadians love the outdoors. Fact: Oh, come on! They’re obviously not talking about winter, except maybe on the west coast. [...]
A little while back, I posted plans that the U.S. government could use to plug its giant deficit and debt holes. (#1, #2 and #3) Despite promising many more recommendations, I haven’t provided any for a couple of weeks. The reason for my negligence is that I have become despondent in the interim. I regularly [...]
