The Ph in PhD
This blog post by Pat Thomson caught my eye recently and I thought I should share it in a post for those writing long texts where a...
The Theory of Everything
“Every word is necessary and means something… Physics is about precision of thought, which is aided and evidenced by precision of...
A mongrel language
I grew up with mongrel dogs. Their loyalty to their family showed up the moment strangers might wonder near our front gate in a show of...
Is that a woman or a man?
“But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on...
Shakespeare's Shakespeare?
I'm lucky to share my name with a lesser known author who contributed much to the standard English of today. When I mean standard, I'm...
The wisdom of Jane Austen
"I have not wanted syllables where actions have spoken so plainly" in Sense and Sensibility. Might seem a strange thing to write, given...