Remember when you were a kid (or, if you are a kid, cast your mind back to maybe last week), when your mom told you “silence is a virtue”? Yeah, I remember that, too. I heard it a lot. I was … → More …
It’s the old adage. Don’t judge a book by its cover. Don’t make decisions based on appearances alone. Look beyond the surface. Et cetera. All tantamount to another old chestnut: It’s what’s inside that counts. Recently, however, a couple things … → More …
This morning I woke up to a podcast of Thinking Allowed with Laurie Taylor. As usual, the episode was split into two halves, each dealing with recent news in the world of sociology. At the top of the programme, Laurie announced … → More …
* Mayans, those pesky Mayans. Seriously. There’s a lot of people out there who think the world will end on December 21, 2012 because that’s when a bunch of Mesoamericans from 2000 years ago ran out of calendars. Someone should … → More …
Last month, I was the MC at a fundraiser for The Children’s Book Bank. It’s a charity that gives new or “gently-used” books to children who wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity of owning a book for themselves. The fundraiser was … → More …