The trip was 3.5 hours, round-trip, and eye opening for us, if not for Lucky. Back at the house, after GNB returned from their day at Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse, our final dinner as a foursome was a resounding success. The time for us to part ways and head in separate direction...
Obama’s character first came to light in his opening meeting with congressional Republicans mere days into his first term. The minority leaders hoped to bring ideas to the table for the drafting of the January 2009 stimulus bill, which the President had designated priority one as the country ...
I was lucky enough to be living in what they called a ‘short term let’ in Limehouse, a council flat with less than perfect amenities, so I had been able to save £1300 with which to launch my freelance career. I stopped work, spent six weeks putting together an illustration style ...
Generally speaking, the traps may have attractive appearance to fool the eye, like pitcher plants, which get their name because they look like beautiful pitchers full of nectar (花蜜). Hair-like growths along the pitcher walls ensure that nothing can escape, and the digestive enzymes can get ...
I had prepared her a kittening box downstairs, but no, it wasn’t safe enough for her. (I have to say that the term “kittening” sounds ominous to me. “Beware the kittening!”) Anyway, Persephone turned out to be an excellent mother. She showed her babies – all boys – how ...
plants and animals and time. In the long term they are unstoppable. Together with their allies’ oxygen and water they will reduce ordinance into minerals, pull down bunkers, rot leather and military webbing, fill shell holes and remove the dead. Plant root hairs absorb and assimilate. No pro...
The methods for keeping the masses under foot are refined. Humanity is bound hand and foot. Until something breaks that control. In the past this has been a combination of new territories opening up and some technological break through or cataclysm. I know I’m going to make Suburban yell ...
Another mathematical book which not only held records of Han Era mathematics, but also for those as far back as the 10th Century BC, called the “Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art” (九章算術), was the first in the world meanwhile to reference the use by the Chinese of negative number...
There is a slice of SL photography that focuses on the solitary figure with dramatic lighting seemingly emphasizing some unspoken drama or angst happening within. If you’ve taken any art history courses you are probably familiar with the term chiaroscuro, which refers to how light and dark are...
I had prepared her a kittening box downstairs, but no, it wasn’t safe enough for her. (I have to say that the term “kittening” sounds ominous to me. “Beware the kittening!”) Anyway, Persephone turned out to be an excellent mother. She showed her babies – all boys – how ...