I’ve been cycling to work as much this summer as last year, but I’ve written less about it (in fact, nothing so far this year). This silence is in part due to having less free time, but it’s also because the excitement has faded in some ways. Last year, cycling-commuting […]
As a writer who likes trees and hates waste, I’ve tried to cut back on the amount of printing I do. My first line of defence is similar to the advice Mr. Miyagi gives to the Karate Kid: “Best way to avoid punch, no be there.” The best way to […]
You’ve likely heard the rule that in English, the infinitive should never be “split”; in this view, the infinitive form of a verb (“to” + verb, such as “to blog”) is a union as sacred as Holy Matrimony and introducing a third word in between the particle and the verb […]
If you haven’t yet heard of a TV show called “Chuck,” do yourself a favour: get your hands on Seasons 1 and 2 and clear your schedule. There may have been more meaningful, better-written, or more insightful shows in the history of television, but I’m hard-pressed to find one that’s […]
I don’t know whether it’s a wider cultural shift or simply that my friends and I are getting older, but a number of years ago I noticed that many people in my life were getting fed up with the traditions our society has established around Christmas gift-giving. I had long-standing […]
There’s nothing inherently confused about the expression “money is the root of all evil.” I don’t happen to agree with it, but that’s a philosophical point that can be debated. The confusion comes in since most people who use the expression think they’re quoting the Bible (and often are trying […]