Technical Ying and Yang
Pandas and Empathy I love pandas. Their cute little faces, their big fluffy bodies. Their slightly comedic gait. I love it all. The mythology around the panda is fascinating too. In the written history of the Xizhou Dynasty (the Shangshu) of 1027-771 BC, Chinese...
Your or You’re – You’re home, or your home?
Your or you’re – a spark of misspelling that can conflagrate the most tame grammar argument. It has gotten worse in recent years with the rise of text speak or SMS language. If you’ve ever seen ‘ur’ or ‘u r’ then you’ve seen the simple abbreviation of the above...
Documentation: Gateway to the Flow State
Recently, I was listening to the incredible story of Colin O’Brady, who pulled a 375 lb sled by himself across Antarctica in -100 °F temperatures. Colin completed 932 Miles in 54 days. He mentions that for a majority of this incredible trip he was in what he...
Malaphors: We’ll Burn That Bridge When We Get to It
Have you ever had trouble recalling the beginning or end of a particular idiom and mixed it up with a completely unrelated saying? Has the cow come home to roost? I want to teach you how to mix these up on purpose and have some fun with the language you may use...