Tell Me What You Say

Elevators and escalators suffer from poor naming. Elevators don't always elevate and escalators don't always escalate. Vertical transport and diagonal transport respectively are more appropriate. I know those names aren't sexy, but they are more accurate. Some day soon, I'll address the danger of homophones.

Easy Pickins

I don't know why anyone was so impressed when David killed Goliath. The dreaded Philistine had a shield and wore armor, but just stood there as David put the rock in the sling, swung it around and hurled it at him. Wouldn't you put the shield in front of you, or duck, or... something? Pitiful.