If the universe had a mood, it would be Monday. Entropy marches, coffee cools, batteries drain, and socks vanish into an event horizon behind the washing machine. Against this cosmic backdrop, optimism can feel like a form of bad arithmetic. Yet here we are—hairless apes who invented anesthesia and sourdough starters—still arguing about whether the glass is half full, half empty, or a … Read the rest
By Eric Le Roy
Content 18+ Back in the day when I was an undergraduate at the University of Florida, I wondered what to choose as my ‘major’: English or Journalism. Well, that was back in the ‘60s, so what else could I do but drop out and head for Greenwich Village in New York City? (Well, not exactly. I ended up working at the Countee Cullen … Read the rest
By Eric Le Roy
Content 16+ I get a lot of ‘creative’ and ‘analytical’ stories and essays from ChatGPT these days, which would be fine with me, except that they have my students’ signatures on them. So what should I think of all this? And what should I do?
First, some background. I am now an ESL (English as Second Language) tutor. I also write books and … Read the rest
