Among the many delights was playing cricket in the hot and plush surrounds at Drummoyne Oval. Bare-footed and juggling beers, we batted and bowled and laughed, surrounded by all that sky and all that cobalt water. The details of the cricket don’t matter, but I recall the white picket fe...
On the lawn, children are chasing and playing, while adults are talking, and from time to time, bursts of happy laughter come. My friends and I were playing with fluorescent sticks, and the sparkling fluorescence shone like dancing fire snakes, illuminating the surrounding lawn. Unconsciously, t...
Because it had too many problems.” The robot enjoys 5 science books and spending time playing the violin. The creators of AInstein want to use the technology to 6 learning experiences in the classroom. In fact, there 7 be a place for robots in education after all. British education ...
And then I discovered water would cool TV down so I just poured cups of water right into the back of TV minutes before they arrived home. Thank goodness TVs weren’t made in China and were more reliable then, and us children did not die from TV explosion from all the water poured into...
After a few minutes they got a fire.Years went by, people learned other ways to make a fire. Sometimes they used the heat from the sun. They held a piece of glass in the right way and made a piece of paper on fire.About two centuries ago, people began to make matches. Matches ...
Total Length: 10 hours, 7 minutes British filmmaker Charlie Shackleton wanted to bring attention to censorship issues — and to the price of having a movie rated in the United Kingdom. (The longer your movie, the more the British Board of Film Classification charges to rate it.) And thus...
Also that year, Strong scared a younger audience as the mob boss in the kids-turned-superheroes hit "Kick-Ass" (2010). With an admitted penchant for playing his deliciously evil roles to the hilt, Strong counted greats such as Sir Ian McKellen among his many fans. Going bad only ended ...
In a world without humans, these would be the visual hallmarks. Our cars would shrivel to piles of dust, our house pets would be overtaken by flourishing wildlife and most of the records of our human storybooks, photos, records would fade quickly, leaving little evidence that we ever existed...
Arquette herself was not above playing along from time to time. The songwriter and fellow bandmate David Paich denied the rumor for years and years before finally admitting it in 2016. He said that Arquette was very beautiful and he had had a secret crush on her, and that’s why he ...
Clocking in at just under three minutes, the song hits the sweet spot of keeping things interesting while never getting too overpowering. Part of this credit goes to the push and pull progression, where the pre-chorus slowly grinds things to a halt before the chorus kicks in with a ...