OtherSpeak: open season
I love hearing from other people about their experiences. I am interested in the kind of community sharing that is enlightening, fascinating, informative.
Category: Brain things
Randomness and information gaps
I have been thinking wild things. I have been thinking about my understanding of history, which is pretty much like this…
Controversial controversy
I feel responsible for the discussion that happens here. I am the moderator, and this is my space. However, I am caught in something of a dilemma.
The Immortal Spatula
“If they never stain, and your cans don’t have sharp edges, how do they wear out?” Naïve smile, unfeigned readiness to accept all the wonders of the world.
Mama+Dada: A brief lingual history
In the many smatterings of languages I have heard, I have noticed that the word for Mom/ Mama/ Mother/ Mommy nearly always contains the /m/ sound.
The Americans
The Americans were interested in growing things, and fought long and difficult battles with vegetation. They planted vast areas of tiny leaf blades…