In a classic clip from an old I Love Lucy episode, Lucy gets a job in a chocolate factory and she and her friend Ethel are placed on the assembly line. The draconian supervisor tells them: “Girls, this is your last chance. If one piece of candy gets past you unwrapped, you are fired!” The production line starts slowly and …
When Goliath stands up for David
“We don’t ask you for free iPhones,” pop star, Taylor Swift, wrote to tech giant, Apple, in an open letter titled To Apple, Love Taylor. “Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation.” Taylor was expressing her disappointment with Apple’s new music streaming service and the company’s decision not to compensate artists during its three-month …
That dreaded F-word
An eager young author in Alabama, USA received news that made her heart sink: her book submission had been knocked back. But the editor offered some feedback: focus on the childhood of one of the characters. Most budding authors would have continued plodding away on the same old manuscript, thinking someone else will surely recognise their genius, or even considered …
Are you skating to where the puck is?
Have you heard of Wayne Gretzky? Your answer will definitely be yes if you are either Canadian, into ice hockey or a general sports nut. In Canada, Gretzky, a brilliant ice hockey player, is a national hero. Gretzky was so good that when he retired, his number – 99 – was retired from all North American professional hockey teams. He …