Not long after retiring from my job as a librarian at the University of Alberta, I got a contract job teaching a communications course (grammar and writing) at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT). For the most of the many years that I worked at the university, I walked the two kilometers or so … More The No. 9 Bus
“Sometimes a single moment can epitomize what the Israeli occupation means in human terms. On February 2, the army destroyed twenty-three Palestinian homes in Jinba and Halawa in the South Hebron Hills, leaving eighty-seven people, sixty of them children, without shelter in the depth of the freezing desert winter. The excuse: the army needs Jinba … More Quote of the Day
“The middle finger is a great body language tool for letting people know you’re upset. Poetry isn’t quite as effective in a fit of road rage.” ― Jarod Kintz
Choose the correct word: Of the two cats, Isabella is by far the (smarter/smartest). Wayne had to admit that Cheryl’s humus was (tastier/more tasty) than his. The policeman (that/who) gave Merrill and Linda a ticket has been fired. Chrystia was taken (aback/back) by Ivan’s objection to her score keeping. Give the book to (whoever/whomever) wants … More Grammar Quiz
“If you have the power to change the world for the better, you should do it. That’s why people who do nothing are idiots, but idiots who do nothing are life-savers.” ― James McGregor
Possibilities By Wisława Szymborska I prefer the cinema. I prefer cats. I prefer oak-trees by the Warta. I prefer Dickens to Dostoyevsky. I prefer myself liking humans to myself loving humanity. I prefer having a thread with a needle close at hand. I prefer green. I prefer not claiming that the intellect should be … More Possibilities by Wisława Szymborska
“It has become countercultural to chose a lifestyle whose goals are even partly independent of technology.”–Pope Francis
“Each of us is sometimes a cretin, a fool, a moron, or a lunatic. A normal person is just a reasonable mix of these components, these four ideal types.” ― Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum
Chiropractic is an alternative medical treatment founded in the 19th century by Canadian-born Daniel David Palmer. Palmer believed that misalignment of the bones in the body, mostly in the spinal column, was the underlying cause of all disease. In 1897 he opened the Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, and started teaching his techniques. Palmer … More Chiropractic: A Pain in the Neck
“Today’s Democrats are what used to be called moderate Republicans. The Republicans have just drifted off the spectrum. They’re so committed to extreme wealth and power that they cannot get votes, can’t get votes by presenting those positions.”—Noam Chomsky http://crooksandliars.com/2015/09/noam-chomsky-trump-other-candidates-are
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