readers

A thread about Bill Cosby's remarks about African-Americans and their culture of romanticizing underachievement sparked a side issue about reading development. I made the claim that research shows that those who read poorly in the first grade remain poor readers as they grow up. A couple of...

Reader’s Reverie We have learned how to read while in a trance-like state in the same manner that we drive our car. I assume everybody drives like I drive; I drive while in reverie (lost in thought). “Your reading assignment for tomorrow is Chapter II” commands the teacher. “Yes mom, I...

Sorry about this - but these calculations are based on an 8 hour, 5 day working week. Boots are open 6 days a week, they all open at 9 or sometimes 9.30 and close at 6 (apart from the ones that don't) Some but not all of them open on a Sunday, although not usually for the full hours. At least...

I met this fellow around 1980, Sandor Zoboki, while working on a technical problem with a floppy disk design. While working late we were making small talk and I mentioned I was a pilot. He said, with a slight smile, "what do you fly?" I indicated a Piper 140 and he nodded. So I asked, are you a...

On two separate occasions at two separate filling stations, my debit card wouldn't register on those ubiquitous debit card readers. I would slide my card through the slot and the readout kept telling me to slide it some more. Both times, after several attempts, the store clerk whipped out a...

Have you ever performed cold reading on a stranger which convinced them you were real?

I give up. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal judge struck down a law requiring fortunetellers to post disclaimers on their shops and advertisements, calling the ordinance an unconstitutional restriction on free speech. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Echols, ruling in favor of former tarot...