- Oct 20, 2017
- 3 min
THE STERNUTATION RESPONSE
We know why we sneeze. Sneezing (or sternutation) typically happens due to foreign particulate getting inside you and agitating the cilia...
- Sep 10, 2014
- 1 min
THE PATH LESS TRAVELLED?
Robert Frost did not write: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference....
- Mar 27, 2013
- 6 min
LOST IN ENCODING
I love books but hate reading. Growing up I struggled to read and always found it dreadfully boring. Not much has changed since then....
- Nov 11, 2012
- 7 min
LEST WE REMEMBER
Some say that Remembrance Day is a time when we get to celebrate our freedom, a freedom hard-won by the brave veterans who fought and...
- Aug 16, 2012
- 2 min
OPTIMISM vs POSITIVITY
People sometimes ask if I think of myself as an optimistic person or as a pessimistic one. To be honest, I don’t think of myself either...
- May 21, 2010
- 4 min
CULTURAL HERITAGE, CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Cultural heritage is another of those sticky concepts I get hung up on. Having looked over the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...
- Dec 1, 2009
- 3 min
MY KIND OF ADVENT CALENDAR
1) “Jingle bells” was composed in 1857 as a Thanksgiving song 2) Gift giving at Christmas was banned by the Catholic Church for being a...
- Mar 14, 2008
- 8 min
HAVE A LITTLE FAITH
It was the first day of June and the Krauss family had just moved into the neighbourhood. They seemed quite normal – friendly even. After...