Archive for March 2024

“Education – the knowledge and development resulting from the process of being educated.” “Transform – a: to change in composition or structure b: to change the outward form or appearance of c: to change in character or condition.” “Transaction: something transacted especially: an exchange or transfer of goods, services, or funds.” (All definitions from Merriam-Webster Online.) As most of you know, I spent much of my…

Here’s a bit of trivia for this week. Yesterday, Tuesday the 19th was the day of the vernal equinox, the first day of spring. If that sounds wrong because we always think of March 20th/21st as the first day of spring, it turns out that leap year matters. That little calendar correction we make every four years…

In the summer of 1986, I was the third car at a stop light. When the light turned green neither of the cars in front of me moved, but the car behind me plowed ahead – right into me. The next morning, I learned what whiplash really was as well as the purpose of every muscle…

When I lived in Abilene in the early 80’s, I was wandering through a store and saw a Speak and Math on display. Both the Speak and Math and the Speak and Spell still exist but they were new then and certainly nothing I had used growing up. As I stopped to look at the…