“Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.” -Ben Franklin The above quote is one that my grandmother repeated almost daily during my formative years, although I didn't fully understand what it meant until I reached adulthood. I'd probably never fully understand...
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. -- Albert Einstein I'm not what you would call an avid reader. To be sure, I read magazines...
Etymology - Originally with reference to the fact that if one owed a penny, one might as well owe a pound, as the penalties for non-payment were virtually identical in severity (wiktionary). [caption id="attachment_1434" align="aligncenter" width="294" caption="Courtesy...
Yesterday, at the end of the post, I asked readers to find one event that happened on that day, and post it in the comments. One of them, the only one that posted actually, came across an interesting problem. My friend Julie writes: I’ve been enjoying your blog, and...
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Image via Wikipedia"] [/caption] There won't be another solar eclipse this long in our lifetimes, so unless you're lucky enough to live in parts of India, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Japan, or the Marshall...
Everybody knows that on July 20, 1969 the first men set foot on the moon, you know Apollo 11 and all. But since the advent of the Gregorian calendar there have been over 400 July 20th's, so lets see what else has happened, shall we? 1656: Swedish forces under the command...
[caption id="attachment_1166" align="alignleft" width="183" caption="Dr. Paul L. Williams"] [/caption] Recently, a scholar by the name of Dr. Paul L. Williams wrote an essay describing the myriad number of ways in which the War on Terror should specifically be a war...
It's hard to believe that less than 10 years ago we were standing on the precipice of the 21st century. Here's a list of things that will have you saying, "My, how things have changed". Just 10 years ago, China, not Arab-Islamo-Fascists (or whatever term Mr. Cheney made...
Since it's April 20th, I thought I would regale you with some interesting facts about marijuana, hemp, and the general cannabis culture in the U.S. [caption id="attachment_1086" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Courtesy of warrantedarrest on Flickr"] [/caption...
