“My tail is draggin’, man,” is perhaps how Muttley would say it. “I need to park my rear.” is how Gertie would say it, and…
Ever met a phoney three year old? The creature does not exist. A three year old does not know how to be anything other than…
I read a book recently in which a young Chinese girl had her feet bound, as was the practice in 19th century China for girls…
If you’ve read anything recently about marketing, you would have come across the name Seth Godin. He is a marketing guru, but really, he is…
A recent article in the Toronto Sun got me to thinking about what it means to have a Canadian accent. Apparently, it can be a…
Out of curiosity, or procrastination, I recently googled the term “late bloomer.” I always thought the term referred to children who develop more slowly than…
Perhaps I am a tad jaded, but I find there is something a wee bit hokey, perhaps even slightly offensive about all the hoopla for…
“Unwavering resilience” is a phrase I came across in an article written by a woman lamenting Hilary Clinton’s loss of the US election. I liked…
Decades ago in one of my sociology classes, I remember studying the phenomenon of Voodooism. As a cultural phenomenon, the spells and hexes cast seemed…
If you ask a driver to assess their own driving skill, almost every driver will tell you they are a good driver. Self assessment of…