You will need the following items, depending on what you plan on doing with the orange:
1. Oranges, lots of them in case you are hungry or if you mess it up.
2. Two bowls, one to peel them over and one to put them in. It’s important to peel them over a bowl because when you screw up and smash it (accidentally) you at least can drink its sweet sweet magic juice. —Mike Rubino —How to Peel an Orange (Tranquility Lost)
I’ve always felt that oranges were a lot of bother.
A great example of creative writing that riffs on the technical genre of instructions.Similar:
Mars Curiosity rover sings 'Happy Birthday,' dares Earth to collect royalties
One year ago today, NASA's Curio...
Amusing
Journalist Nellie Bly Began her Around the World in 72 Days Tour Nov 14, 1989
From Wikipedia:
In 1888 Bly suggest...
Culture
Most Americans have a high opinion of the humanities, and 81% use at least one humanities-...
While some survey respondents were unfam...
Academia
NASA Calls It A Mission As Curiosity Rover Fills Up Whole 2-Gigabyte Memory Card
More great satire from The Onion.
PASAD...
Amusing
Imma Let You Integrate Quotations
In the poem "Imma Let You Integrate Quot...
Academia
Candlemas, by John Henry Newman (read by Dennis Jerz for WAOB Audio Theater)
I enjoyed reading this short John Henry ...
Culture
Amanda, yes I finally did put a face to Mike’s name.
Neha, I suppose instruction writing is really a subgenre of technical writing.
I didn’t know instruction writing was a genre. I would’ve had it at my conference.
Mike does have a way of keeping his audience reading; he makes the most mundane topics hilariously poetic. I love his style. Did you get to meet him at the Setonian party?