Decades ago in one of my sociology classes, I remember studying the phenomenon of Voodooism. As a cultural phenomenon, the spells and hexes cast seemed…
If you ask a driver to assess their own driving skill, almost every driver will tell you they are a good driver. Self assessment of…
In last week’s post I had intended to give everyone fair warning that there would be no post this holiday weekend. It has been…
I attended the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) this weekend. TCAF is not a comic-con style convention where people dress up as their favourite obscure character…
Libraries are my favourite public institution. Where else can you go and borrow hundreds of dollars worth of goods, for free? Proof of a home…
Attention all Londoners! Right now, from April 25 to May 13, the fourth annual Tingfest is in full swing at the Arts Project, downtown London….
There is no playing six degrees of separation when it comes to cancer. For most of us, the experience of cancer runs close– more like…
Hands, after faces are probably the most expressive part of our bodies. I like hands. I notice hands. I often remember what ‘type’ of hands…
Typos are insidious, sneaky little things that invade our perfect sentences. Seemingly sly, a typo asserts itself, undetected by spellcheck, slipping under the radar of…
Creative thinking can be learned. It is not a black or white, ‘born with it’ skill. It can be practiced, developed and exercised. Creativity…