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You are on a beach. Swish- Swoosh- the waves wash up and down the sandy shore.  You are indoors on a pouring day. Ta- ta- ta- ta- the raindrops beat down on the roof of your house. You are walking down...

Have you ever noticed how large of an impact “numbers” have on our daily lives? We rely on numbers for the simplest of activities such as reading the time on the clock, to vast, complex mathematical algorithms which have...

Ah, numbers and superstitions. An area we are familiar with, although you might not think about it on any sort of analytical level. With the slightest spotlight, it doesn’t make much sense; why do many Western cultures consider 13 unlucky...

This correspondent’s dear spouse has a favourite expression; (我给你讲过了一百八十遍你知道), meaning, “I’ve told you, like, a hundred times already, you know” (in the Chinese version, the number is actually “180”, presumably because we have to get the number “8” in...

The Artist makes ceramic tea pots, but he drinks coffee. He makes espresso mugs and a soap dish for his new apartment. He makes an ashtray and then quits smoking before he’s fired it in the kiln. She asks...

Poetry gets a bad rap. No, not poetry is bad rap. Let me explain what I mean.  Poetry is older than the novel, can be shorter than a song, and asks only to be read to be experienced. Other forms...

Imagine a time without YouTube videos, without movies, film, and TV shows; before the days of blogs, magazines and newspaper articles. How were people supposed to express their emotions and thoughts on the world, around the world? It wasn’t...

I can tell you diary, for this will not breakThe promise I was made to make,This poetic flair was fun at the startEveryone thought I was really smart,Now they think I’m doing it in spite,Even now it affects the...