I’ve written this sort of list before. I was inspired by late journalist Sydney J. Harris, who would occasionally print a column entitled “Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things.” Like Mr. Harris, I have a tendency to collect random factoids that rarely even appear as Jeopardy clues. My brain is just wired that […]
Read more "Things Learned While Doing Other Things: The Tangential Thinking Edition"This post was inspired by the late journalist Sydney J. Harris who would occasionally write a column he called “Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things,” in which he included bits of trivia that just didn’t fit into any other column he was writing. My wife and I were watching an old episode of […]
Read more "More Music Facts Learned While Looking Up Other Things"As always, I give all credit for the idea of this post to the late journalist Sydney J. Harris, who would occasionally include something he called “Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things” in his syndicated column. This is a post about words and phrases. As a writer, these are my building blocks, so […]
Read more "More Facts About Words and Phrases Learned While Looking Up Other Things"This post was inspired by the late journalist Sydney J. Harris who would occasionally write a column he called “Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things,” in which he included bits of trivia that just didn’t fit into any other column he was writing. In my previous editions, each post had a separate theme. […]
Read more "Fun Facts Learned While Looking Up Other Things (Smorgasbord Edition)"As always, I give all credit for the idea of this post to the late journalist Sydney J. Harris, who would occasionally include something he called “Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things” in his syndicated column. This is a post about words and phrases. As a writer, these are my building blocks, so […]
Read more "Facts About Words and Phrases Learned While Looking Up Other Things"This post was inspired by the late journalist Sydney J. Harris who would occasionally write a column he called “Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things,” in which he included bits of trivia that just didn’t fit into any other column he was writing. Of course, this was in the days when the […]
Read more "Fun Music Facts I Learned While Looking Up Other Things"The journalist Sydney J. Harris used to write a syndicated column that I always read on the back page of The Charlotte Observer when I was a teenager. Occasionally, he would write a column he called “Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things,” in which he included bits of trivia that just didn’t […]
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