Aesop's FablesBy Aesop Translated by George Fyler Townsend The Wolf and the Lamb Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him: "Sirrah, last year you...
The salmonella outbreak has already infected more than a 1000 people and continues to inflict others. The egg recall has reached a staggering half a billion nationwide and people are actually scared of having eggs for fear of contracting the salmonella infection. The latest figure that precisely...
The MeditationsBy Marcus Aurelius Written 167 A.C.E.Translated by George Long Book One From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper. From the reputation and remembrance of my father, modesty and a manly character. From my mother, piety and beneficence, and...
Running an army is kind of like running a day care, only instead of rattles, the children have bombs and guns. Hey, it may not be easy to win a war, but we should at least expect military leaders to be more adept than some kid playing Starcraft.
Lye soap is an old fashioned type of hand made soap. In the past, people couldn’t just go to the corner convenience store to get provisions. In fact, it wasn't until the last century or two that that it would be common for a town to have a general store. Until then, people had to make their...
Photography has potential to be both the most equalizing and polarizing art form imaginable. All you really need to get started is a camera — any will do — and an ability to understand what looks good. On the other hand, there are people who swear that you need 50 lenses, a full flash setup and at...
A pair siblings carried by their mother at the same time are referred to as twins, a common misconception is that twins must look exactly alike. For a pair of twins to look exactly alike they must be monozygotic twins. From a stand point identical twins only occur in one of four conceptions with...
