Will our accents change now?
A British team spent four months in Antarctica in 2017. Linguists said that, in isolation, they began to develop their own very slight, but still…
Author: Rick Good
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader's money, real estate, and business coverage.
This Boston spite house is half the width of the cars in front of it
Take that! Spite houses are built to offend SPITE. An ugly word for an ugly desire to hurt, annoy or offend. In the realm of human relations, spite is…
E-readers: The next step in evolution of reading
The ancient Sumerians etched cuneiform script into clay tablets as far back as 3,200 B.C. The first printing press that allowed for the mass production of…
Sidewalk chalk games solve kid boredom
It’s only February, but the novelty from new Christmas toys has long passed and the kids claim to be bored again. One easy (and cheap) solution: sidewalk…
Keep it simple with pre-spring cleaning
There’s no reason to wait until spring to do a top-to-bottom deep clean of your home. Save the stress and energy and start early with smaller tasks that…
Shakespeare
The love of the beloved Young love, romantic love, hopeless love, love unrequited, love betrayed — all the big ideas of love can be found in the plays…
Love found
“I really didn’t know this kind of love existed in the world until my son came into our life.” That’s what Pete Mercurio told People magazine about his…
From tragedy to fame, African-American poet led extraordinary life
She led a short life of spectacular tragedy, unlikely fortune, and international fame. Phillis Wheatley, the first published African-American female poet,…
It may not be arthritis: Baker’s cyst can cause severe knee pain
Out of nowhere, it might seem, your knee hurts. In fact, it hurts so badly that you can’t bend it or straighten it out. You get a cane. You wonder what is…
How music heals the heart
How music can help heal a broken heart What song makes your heart pound? Do you get breathless from “Total Eclipse of the Heart?” Does Whitney Houston’s…