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A Less than Ideal Birthday!
Dear Fellow Earthlings, On the 3rd of April 1982 my friend Lorraine McGill (who lives in the Falkland Islands with her husband Rob)...
They came, they conquered.
Dear Fellow Earthlings, On the 2nd of April 1982 Argentine forces landed on the Falklands at about 6 a.m. Since the tiny garrison of...
“We have enough land – but We want YOURS, too!”
Dear Fellow Earthlings, On the 1st of April 1982 the people of the Falkland Islands were coming to realize that their homeland was about...
Saying it three times does not make it so!
Dear Fellow Earthlings, Today Donald Trump "made good on a campaign promise" as he nullified a number of rules that limit greenhouse...
We must use AI intelligently!
Dear Fellow Earthlings, As a speech scientist, I can see how AI ("artificial intelligence") has a place in our future. With enough...
At least the Tokyo/Kawasaki/Yokohama commuter trains in Japan are safe to use...
Dear Fellow Earthlings, I used to love riding the commuter trains in Japan. In the old days (the late 1970s and early 1980s) the only...
My home is YOUR home -- but only if it is my home to share!
Dear Fellow Earthlings, What would you think if your best friend went to someone's home and took over that person's extra bedroom, used...
We CAN have a "substantial amount of Heaven" right here on Earth!
Dear Fellow Earthlings, Here’s how things could have been: 1. If, from the beginning, we had visualized how bad it is to rip open Earth...
Not to worry about fluency -- so long as you build your vocabulary and MASTER YOUR JINGLES!
Dear Fellow Earthlings: Mr. T is an English teacher who is pretty good at slow, careful speed – but he always spends too much of his...
(A Short Story: 8th and final Installment)
Dear Fellow Earthlings, This is the eighth (and final) installment of an 8-installment story of how things will end up if we do not STOP...
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