woody's world

During a rainstorm, the pot holding a blooming Huernia zebrine fell off the plant stand and shattered. So did the plant, which is quite frag...

July 27, 2009 I wrote an essay that included some thoughts on education. I am revisiting some of that, and expanding ------ Sally and I hav...

Thank you George Carlin for the 7 dirty words you can’t say on television (or radio) (1). His comedy bit defined for all of us the bleeped ...

NPR again. A small essay I cannot find that included the idea that communication between spouses is sometimes less than direct. The example ...

Owl and Tortoise met one morning at a pond, each there for a drink. Owl said he had been thinking about all the ways he and Tortoise were d...

For many of us, our office is a sanctuary and fortress, and a place to gather. Work? Sometimes that too. But if you are an academic and all...

My students of yore (that is a lot of students) will recall the discussions we had on Evolution. (Hisss. Did he actually say “Evolution” ou...

The battle of Carthage 238ce was won decisively by Rome (1). In the film “The Gladiator”, a mock battle staged in the coliseum had a differ...

I had a great deal of fun driving 1500 miles in Portugal the last couple of weeks. Tales of “dangerous drivers” were told when folks heard ...

“Pediatric endocrinologist Maria New—of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Florida International University—isn't just trying to pre...