Helicopters are always in the news, either taking people up or taking them down. One helicopter in my home state caused a politician to actually apologize to the public. Now that’s power for you. The problem was that the...
I heard about Cheapo Airlines through word-of-mouth. A student friend of a friend told my friend about Cheapo. Students always know the cheapest ways to get around so I decided to risk it. It worked for him, so why not me? After...
What are you allergic to? What causes you to break out in itchy red spots, what triggers an asthma attack or intestinal gas leaks? Here are my top three. Work is a common cause of allergies. Statistically, your self-important...
We all use, abuse and confuse abbreviations. Ironically, “abbreviation”, meaning the shortened form of a word or phrase, is itself quite a long word of six syllables. Count them if you don’t believe...
“It began with postage stamps. I had a letter from a friend of mine who had gone out to South Africa. The letter had three cornered stamp on it, and I thought as soon as I looked at it, “That’s the thing! Stamp...
Scene: A friend demonstrating a card trick. “…Here, try again. Pick a card.” “All right, I’ve got it.” “Put it back in the pack. Thanks. (Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle—flip)—There, is...
“The people of the church were specially anxious to do something toward the general public subscription of the town on behalf of the unhappy Armenians… They determined to devote the collections taken up at a series of...
” …the packet was long and hard. It resisted the touch and had a sort of funnel shape. “It’s a toy pistol!” said the boy, trembling with excitement. “Gee! I hope there are lots of caps with it...
You are an actor, your boss is an actor, your significant other is an actor, I am an actor. We’re all actors and “all the world’s a stage” as Shakespeare noted. If acting is about pretending to be someone...
Apparently the sales of caravans and motorhomes in Australia are booming. One manufacturer turns out a caravan every 11 minutes. People are hauling caravans all over the country, living the nomadic lifestyle with all the benefits...
