PinnedThe Genie GameWhat are your three wishes? — Genies are firmly ingrained in our collective pop-cultural minds. A big reason for that is movies such as The Thief of Bagdad (1940) and Aladdin (1992 and 2019), and TV shows like The Twilight Zone and, of course, I Dream of Jeannie. The depictions of genies in these works of…Genie3 min readGenie3 min read
PinnedMember-onlyUncluttering our mindsHoarding can also occur in our heads — More than a century ago — in 1905, to be precise — famed physicist and future Nobel Prize winner Albert Einstein published four papers in Annalen der Physik, the prestigious German scientific journal. One of the papers, “On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies”, focused on special relativity and introduced the…Mwc Space4 min readMwc Space4 min read
Published inThe Bad Influence·PinnedMember-onlyHow I made four figures my first week writing on Medium0 is a figure, after all… — I joined Medium on January 19, 2021. I remember that day like it was six weeks ago. It was a chilly Tuesday afternoon in Madrid, Spain. Traces of snow from the biggest blizzard in five decades still covered the streets. …Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Published inSilly Little Dictionary!·8 hours agoLoogieThis word can be hawked (or hocked) out your mouth — Today’s New York Times Spelling Bee says:Spelling Bee4 min readSpelling Bee4 min read
Published inSilly Little Dictionary!·1 day agoToothwortTwo plants, one name — Today’s New York Times Spelling Bee letters:Spelling Bee5 min readSpelling Bee5 min read
Published inSilly Little Dictionary!·2 days agoBlast from the past!A two for Tuesday bonus — Today’s Spelling Bee letters are A, E, I, P, T, V, and center C (all words must include C). This pangram, or combination of seven letters, has appeared twice before: August 11, 2022 (center letter P) May 3, 2021 (center letter T) In August of last year the dord* we…Spelling Bee2 min readSpelling Bee2 min read
Published inSilly Little Dictionary!·3 days agoBlast from the past!We revisit the common language — Today’s Spelling Bee letters are G, I, K, N, O, V, and center E (all words must include E). This pangram, or combination of seven letters, has appeared once before: March 27, 2021 (center letter O) On that day, we here at Silly Little Dictionary! …Spelling Bee1 min readSpelling Bee1 min read
Published inSilly Little Dictionary!·4 days agoDefiThis word is literally a challenge — Today’s New York Times Spelling Bee letters:Spelling Bee5 min readSpelling Bee5 min read
Published inSilly Little Dictionary!·5 days agoBoganAlgonquian and Australian slang — Today’s New York Times Spelling Bee letters:Spelling Bee5 min readSpelling Bee5 min read
Published inSilly Little Dictionary!·6 days agoBlast from the past!We revisit a boat, a scientist, and an umpire — Today’s Spelling Bee letters are C, D, E, K, L, O, and center B (all words must include B). This pangram, or combination of seven letters, has appeared once before: July 15, 2022 (center letter B) On that day, we here at Silly Little Dictionary! …Spelling Bee1 min readSpelling Bee1 min read