Polymath (n): A person who has extensive knowledge in many different areas
Long time readers of my trivia, if there are any, will know that I usually don’t jump into the main point of my post right away. I like to begin with a bit of a story, and create a narrative around the post. This is the way I like to teach and present, so it Read More …
Hello, yes, it’s me again. I know, I know, I missed last week’s newsletter (don’t worry, you’ll get an extra later). Sometimes it’s difficult to pick a topic to write about for one of these, and so I delay a bit. After all, I know that the real reason you read these is for my Read More …
Well, here we are – it’s finally summer. Or, at least, it will be in five days. And yet, for some reason it doesn’t really feel like summer to me. Maybe that’s just because the temperature this weekend was IN THE FORTIES. IN JUNE. WHAT THE HECK. Seriously, though, it’s been bizarrely cold and rainy Read More …
Ahhh, schadenfreude. Is there anything better than seeing someone overconfident in their success suddenly be crushed by their own hubris? To stand spectator and say “look at them, hoisted by their own petard”? But that is a rather strange turn of phrase, isn’t it? It’s one of those sayings that seems to be rather common Read More …