How to Play Paperback. “You will need some people and a stack of books. The more the merrier.
1. A player presents a paperback novel to the group.
2. The player reads the description on the back of the novel.
3. Everyone listens very carefully and the…
COBOL: The code that controls your money. “In fact, these days, when the phone rings in the house Thomas retired to — in a small town outside of Toronto — it will occasionally be someone from the bank. Hey, they’ll say, can you, uh, help… update you…
Massive Random-Controlled Trial of Face-Mask Protection against COVID-19 “Critics of mask mandates have cited the lack of relevant randomized clinical trials, which assign participants at random to either a control group or an intervention group. But t…
Short Story Filter: Grace Paley’s “A Conversation with My Father” read by Ali Smith. Followed by a brief interview with Smith: “It’s the life force right up against the brutality of life”
Consider also George Saunders’ tribute – Grace Paley: The Sain…
Poetry Filter: The Contrariness of the Mad Farmer “…I have planted by the stars in defiance of the experts,
and tilled somewhat by incantation and by singing,
and reaped, as I knew, by luck and Heaven’s favor,
in spite of the best advice. If I have …
Kindness, Acts of
The Joy of Parallel Play… for adults “When I think back on some of the happiest moments of my life, there’s often an element of parallel play involved. Being on the lawn with my friends at summer camp, our Crazy Creek chairs in a circle, listening to…
The Skyluck Journals. “In 1979, the Skyluck carried 2,700 refugees fleeing Vietnam into the Hong Kong harbour, where they were forced to remain on board for more than four months. Andrew Nguyen and his family were among them. Forty years later, his mot…
The Secret To a Fight-Free Relationship. “Conventional wisdom says that venting is cathartic and that we should never go to bed angry. But couples who save disagreements for scheduled meetings show the benefits of a more patient approach to conflict.” …
How to Say What You Need to Say in Another Language. “You know those language textbook dialogues? Where people seem to talk more about silverware (“the fork, the knife”) and what color things are more than any real person ever does and, having mastered…
