I'm so proud of Australia 15 Jun 2010 We’re best at car thefts. Beats those wussy Kiwis, who are only best at half shell mussels. [But, those who eat such things report, they are good.] The UK: CCTV. Germany, solar panels. France: Sugar beet[!] Guess what the US is best at… [Hat tip John Lynch, who is from Ireland: Quality of Life. And he left, the fool! To move to Arizona!] Australian stuff Humor
Humor Reasoning manga 22 Dec 201022 Jun 2018 Despite my recent troubles, I had some students with a great attitude. This was the workings sheet for a reasoning skills exam. The student got a good mark. Read More
Humor Quotes scare me 23 Sep 2009 I used to be a typesetter, proofreader and publisher. I take punctuation relatively seriously. One conclusion I came to is that “scare quotes” (like that) are almost never needed. This website – UnnecessaryQuotes – shows the reasons why. If you find some signs, snap ’em and send the pix to… Read More
Biology The Velvet Underground of… 8 Oct 2010 Recently there have been a couple of “Velvet Underground” posts, of the kind that the VU were a very unknown but amazingly influential group. As Chad Orzel says, “only of order a thousand people bought the first Velvet Underground record, but every one of them went on to start a… Read More
Sugar beats! 🙂 Actually, France went into sugar beet cultivation during Napoleon reign, because the Englishs dominated the sea and thus sugar cane transports (though not only, but we speak sweet). The plant Stevia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevia) may shade the future of Sugar beet sometimes from now…