How to practice your second language
With about a year or a little more of focused study, most students may be able to carry on a simple conversation in a second language. Still, some…
Category: General Interest
Day stay
Hourly hotels have a cheeky reputation, but if you’ve ever been marooned at an airport for seven or eight hours, a day hotel sounds like heaven. Well,…
Wipe out
Those lovely wet wipes are so refreshing for traveling, and some are great for disinfecting, but beware. Don’t store pills with the wipes, even when the…
Choosing a seat
If you haven’t flown for a while, before you book your trip, remember that there is a big difference in airplane seat comfort in the economy section. For…
Kindle books
If you plan to read a book on your Kindle while traveling, be sure to download the book before you leave. Even with the right password, Amazon may not let…
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…
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…
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…
Shoplifting goes online
Google shoplifting, then read past the first page of results. You’ll see stories about shoplifting gangs targeting stores all over the country, and nobody…
Wacky fruits that might tickle your taste buds (or put you in a coma)
Apples. Oranges. Bananas. In any given year, about 65 percent of Americans will eat at least one banana. Sixty-three percent will have had apples and 51…