OK, I'll admit it. One of the things I was looking forward to as part of being in London for 10 weeks was leaving the bitter cold weather and snowstorms that often are part of winter in the Philly area. Not that I expected London to be a tropical paradise, but its winters seemed to … Continue reading Call It Karma, but When Life Gives You Snow…
After a post earlier this week about a kid urinating in an elevator and one about my being lower brow than a Neanderthal, I figured it was time to try and inject some class back into my blog, through the worlds of art and music. First, the world of art. Here is a video that … Continue reading A Little Bit of Art and Music Culture
Of course, that means there's a 60% chance that it will not attract 100,000 followers. But people tend to remember correct predictions, and forget incorrect predictions. And that's why pundits are so popular. They are willing to make bold predictions, but many do so using the 40% rule, using such terms as "there is a … Continue reading There’s a 40% Chance This Post Attracts 1,000,000 Followers
BusinessInsider calls it Instant Karma. I call it another Clorox Bleachable Moment. According to Oriental Daily, a young Chinese boy was alone on an elevator and decided to urinate all over the buttons. (I'm sure we'll never know why). When the elevator finally gets to the floor he wants, the doors do not open, and … Continue reading This Looks Like Another Clorox Bleachable Moment
I just read the following two opening paragraphs in a story in Friday's Wall Street Journal: Neanderthals, once considered the low-brows of human evolution, may have been among the world’s first artists, creating cave paintings long before modern humanity arrived on the scene, scientists reported in two new studies Thursday. Although these primitive cousins of humankind mastered fire … Continue reading It Sounds Like I’m Lower-Brow Than a Neanderthal
If you were like me at 15 (and be grateful that you were not), you would have spent your days doing homework, laying in bed either reading or doing brain teasers, going to swim practice, and watching TV (Three Stooges, Hawaii Five-O, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett (remember those Saturday nights)). Going on … Continue reading What Were You Doing When You Were 15?
Today we had the opportunity to take a day trip to Oxford, and it was absolutely wonderful. To get to Oxford we decided to take a bus from London, which was an enjoyable way to make the trip. After a quick lunch, it was time for a free guided walking tour of Oxford. The tour … Continue reading The World’s Toughest Exam and Other Tidbits about Oxford
One of my favorite movies is Happy Gilmore, and in one scene, Happy is advised to go to his own "happy place". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFJtAJfBam8 Well the Wall Street Journal had a story last week that looked at the extremes people will go to to find their own "happy place". “I love going to the dentist,” says … Continue reading Finding Your Happy Place
I'm clearly not qualified to write this post, but that's never stopped me before. I've been teaching my course in London for about five weeks, and I thought I'd share a couple of differences I've observed between colleges in the U.K. vs in the U.S.A. Since I've had very little interaction with any teachers or … Continue reading Textbooks and Sports: College in the U.K. vs U.S.A.
I think the title (and the accompanying graphic) accurately reflect the thoughts that were going through the mind of myself and a member of our dinner party tonight as the two of us were having a discussion. The dinner was a gathering of the faculty who are teaching in this study abroad program in London; … Continue reading No, You’re Wrong; No, You’re Wrong; Wait – We’re Both Right
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