Self-tutoring about health and fitness: the tutor explores the reason people tend to gain weight with age. According to an article I read recently, weight gain with age, for the most part, isn’t for the cliche reason that “your metabolism …
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Self-tutoring about home computer use: the tutor mentions a trick. To maximize a window, I find the combination Windows Key + up arrow will do it. To shrink it back, Windows Key + down arrow. Source: social.technet.microsoft
Self-tutoring about easier ways to use the computer: the tutor observes…. The programs on the taskbar can be opened by the combination of the Windows Key and a number. For instance, the third item on the taskbar can be opened …
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Self-tutoring about life on the road: the tutor observes…. Living in a hotel, you might not realize what you don’t have because you’re away from home. Last night, I bought a bottle of wine. I didn’t have the presence of …
Self-tutoring about the recent Christmas season: does it endure? We’ve all heard of the Twelve Days of Christmas, which run Dec 25 through Jan 5. Yet, can Christmas endure even past then? Last night, January 5th, I walked some blocks …
Self-tutoring about life: the tutor mentions a wrong he righted. I’ve always listened to music with my kids, especially 2012-2018 at breakfast time. One missed opportunity haunts me, however. My older son must’ve been around 8, when he asked me …
Tutoring English, words are always interesting. The tutor mentions an example. I still recall the first time I heard “endemic,” almost 25 years ago. A radio broadcaster used it. (That was in the days when people made commentary without worrying; …
Self-tutoring about soap and detergent: the tutor begins… I recall hearing, as a kid, a product’s being “real soap.” What is a real soap, vs a detergent? My research tells me this: Soap is made from oil produced during the …
Self-tutoring about chemistry: the tutor mentions sulfurous acid. H2SO3, aka sulfurous acid, isn’t known, for sure, to exist in that form. Dissolving sulfur dioxide in water is meant to produce sulfurous acid, but seems immediately to produce the equilibrium SO2 …
Self-tutoring about religion and the Bible: the tutor brings up John 3:3. The other day, in Nanaimo, I saw graffiti that said “Look up John 3:16.” I’ve read the Bible, and recalled that John 3:16 is famous, but not its …