Today is Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Today in 1979 actor John Wayne died

A bore is a person who, when you ask him how he is, tells you!

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Sunday, May 11, 2025

The Secret History of Writing

 

 

We take it for granted, but every time we pick up a pen, we are employing the most powerful technology ever invented: the technology of writing. The invention of writing about 5,000 years ago made civilisation itself possible, and every innovation of the modern world is based on the written word. But how and where did writing begin, and who began it? This intelligent, articulate, and visually imaginative BBC documentary explains how the technology of writing has shaped the world we live in.

 

 

I'm very happy if you've stayed me this far. Isn't this so much more interesting than watching football? Don't thank me; thank the BBC for this truly captivating documentary. As for football, I've been told that the number on the back of the players' jerseys is their intelligence quotient.


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