Monthly Archives: March 2023

For to every one who has will be given more, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. Matthew 25:29, RSV While I may have come across it before, the first time I can recollect coming across the Matthew effect was in Alex Quigley’sContinueContinue reading “The Matthew effect”

I have a soft spot for those market research surveys you get invited to via e-mail. They seem like an acceptable form of procrastination. I find the questions interesting and I don’t mind the opportunity to share my opinion. One question which becomes more pertinent with each response though is the inevitable demographic box askingContinueContinue reading “No country for middle aged men”

I fell off the writing wagon. Initially I had a reasonably good excuse as I was busy on a trip home to the UK. I then had no real excuse for the lacklustre attempt to get back on the wagon at the beginning of March. I have now missed the better part of a month.ContinueContinue reading “Unexpected reader”

Like many teenagers, or at least many of the teenagers who I was friends with, I used to be something of a wrestling fan. By which I mean the sports entertainment wrestling best exemplified by what was then the WWF. I grew out of it but since moving to the USA I discovered an abundanceContinueContinue reading “Smackdown”

After a little hiatus around my trip back to the UK, where I didn’t feel I had a spare waking hour, I’m going to try and get back on the daily writing wagon as it was a habit which I was enjoying and, for the most part, keeping up with quite well. During my flightContinueContinue reading “Lafayette”