A woman mentioned a habit she now does regularly: if there’s something positive she’s heard about someone, she makes a point of telling that person what was said. She said it makes them feel so good to know. That story pinged for me so I plan to do the same. Instead of looking ...
In third grade, I had a music teacher and her name was Mrs. Holmes. She was not a nice lady. She really wasn't. She was not a nice, nice lady. She was mean as a snake actually. And she played an excerpt of Mozart's Symphony No. 40. And that was the first piece of classical...
Hugh Wilford’s The CIA: An Imperial History was billed as a very different sort of history of the US intelligence asset. I’d have to agree it is but I’d also have to argue that it is weak on some of the CIA’s actions. First, what’s he mean by “imperial history”? The te...
After the snake’s body stopped whipping in the sand at our feet, he grabbed it again and then skinned and gutted it with same pocketknife I’d seen him clean his pipe with a hundred times before. When he was finished, he threw it on the fire, never once looking at us, even though...
What does the “Year of the Rat” mean? Because 2020 coincides with the Year of the Rat, those born this year will belong to the rat zodiac. Your birth year and zodiac animal will also reveal your personality and characteristics. People born in the year of the rat are...
“Cherchez La Femme is a Napoleonic-times thing,” she explains of her moniker. “It means ‘to look for the woman’—it has a negative connotation. When something fucks up, look for the woman, because she’s behind it.” Fucking things up is what Cherchez excels at—meant with a pos...
The investigators also found the photo of a woman who had been tied up, which had been emailed to Kroupa, and determined it had been taken by Golyar's phone. They also discovered a video recording that showed someone walking outside of Kroupa's apartment. It had been uploaded to YouTube...
Feathers with purple on them carry messages of deep spirituality, transmutation of negativity, as well as the opening of psychic and spiritual sight. This is, of course, a general look at what finding colored feathers may mean, and the deeper meaning of the angel message present within the fe...
Exchange views on smart homes 1 Before you read, discuss these questions in groups. 1 What does it mean when we say that something such as a phone is “smart”? 2 What do you think a “smart” house can do that other houses cannot? Identify purpose and audience The types of phrases ...
认识的,不认识的,熟悉的,不熟悉的各路朋友也许会想这啰哩啰嗦半天也没点实际的,谁看着絮絮叨叨的一大段呀。那好吧,这是第一次,也许也是最后一次,你会看到新郎新娘一起出现在这里。 Happy Anniversary, A.