Atomic Homework

Interesting.

I never thought about this.

An Atomic Homework reader asks: Read More >

“Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk”
— Stayin’ Alive by Bee Gees

“Well, shake it up, baby, now. Twist and shout.”
—Twist and Shout by The Beatles

“Well, it’s one for the money, two for the show…”
— Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins Read More >

What’s an Atomic Joke?

It’s a regular joke.

But the punch line uses one of the Atomic Words. Read More >

Wednesday afternoon.

Waiting for the tram.

I kept my phone in my pocket. Read More >

I have a magic ring.

No, it doesn’t make me invisible.

Nor can I fly. Read More >

A reader asks, Is this sentence correct?

Anything is possible.

Yes, I know, your grammar teacher told you there are two situations when you use “any.” Read More >

I’m a beer snob. What about you?

I don’t know when it happened.

But at some point, I became a beer snob. Read More >

Colds are caused by drafts.

I’ve gotten into many arguments over this.

Some people say, when there’s a draft in the house, or when the temperature changes suddenly, or when they go outside with wet hair… Read More >

Yesterday, we talked about “dragan.”

It was a word used in old England.

It meant, to pull. Read More >

To understand the Atomic Word of the Week, we must go back in time.

To London, 800 AD.

The population was only about 10,000 people. Read More >