Category Archives: Education
What color is a mirror?
What color is a mirror? It’s a very interesting little educational article I found by accident on YouTube. I disbelieve their assertion about “green” for mirrors, feeling it to be caused by the composition of the glass made to make … Continue reading
PBS is not a bargaining chip
The more I think about Governor Romney’s comments about cancelling funding for PBS, the more angry I get. He makes it sound as if so much money will be saved, as if it will go so far to balance to … Continue reading
Is geography still taught in school?
I hated coloring in maps with colored pencils when I was in grade school. I thought it was tedious and a waste of time. However, it did make me stare at the map long enough to get the chore done … Continue reading
“John Carter”
Went to see John Carter last night. I had a friend try to talk me out of it because of its poor box office, but I had a wonderful time. Granted, I am a relatively easy to please and entertain … Continue reading
Website Improvements
I’ve been doing some studying and learning more about the software I use to run this site. There’s still a lot to learn, but two important things happened today. First, I got the spam filter up and running. Hopefully, this … Continue reading
A Rant about Grammar and Punctuation, Part 3: Proofreading
I think dependence on autocorrect and spellcheckers has made many people sloppy in their writing. The first thing I do whenever I get a new computer, or a new image installed on a computer, is turn off all the autocorrect … Continue reading
RIP Ray Bradbury
My 8th Grade math teach read the Martian Chronicles to us (yes, I said math; long story). That was the start of my love of science fiction. Having moved on to other authors, it’s been decades since I read his … Continue reading
Teaching Creationism
Teaching creationism/intelligent design instead of evolution in schools. I don’t feel this is sensible. It happened to a friend of mine who went to a parochial private school. When they got to that part of the natural sciences course on … Continue reading
A Rant about Grammar and Punctuation
Is proper writing becoming a lost art? Are the heavy hands of journalism so infecting our system that things that used to be “required” in typewritten documents became “optional” to the detriment of sentence clarity? I will give examples, but … Continue reading