Saw this story online. I shortened it to its essentials: A tortoise family decided to go on a picnic. Being slow, they took two years to find an ideal spot. Then, they realised they forgot the salt. After a long discussion, the fastest tortoise was chosen to get it from home. He agreed to go [...]

In a scene of the movie ‘Sherlock Holmes’, the famed super sleuth makes sharp observations and astute deductions on the character of Dr. Watson’s fiancée. He gets most of them right, but a key one wrong, His wrong conclusion hurt her feelings as she stomps off in rage. It made me think… as sure as [...]

The Myth of Pointing at the Moon? A strange urban legend(?) of no specific origin has it that if one points at the full moon, one will wake up the next day with a fine cut behind a ear. Though a small cut, one feels the stinging pain from it for a while. This article [...]

An email exchange in a Buddhism discussion mailing list that caught my eye.  E: Do not believe everything on the Internet. R: Do you expect us to believe that [advice]? A: No. It’s funny because the discussion took place on the Internet. Yup, emails are sent and received via the Internet. Regular participants of the discussion [...]