The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom starring the animated Simpson family, created by Matt Groening. It has been on the air for 31 years, including the shorts that debuted on April 19, 1987 on The Tracey Ullman Show. After a three-season run there, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show […]
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Brief History of Shorthand
Shorthand wasn’t always just for secretaries and court reporters, according to Leah Price, author of an essay about the subject in the London Review of Books. Before the 1870s, it was used more for writing down one’s own thoughts or discreetly noting the conversation of others. Samuel Pepys, Isaac Newton and Charles Dickens used it, […]