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Doug Michels 2003 Deaths

Doug MichelsAge: 59 avant-garde artist and architect who, with Chip Lord, created Ant Farm, an “underground” architectural firm. The group created “Cadillac Ranch,” an installation of 10…

Aesop's Fables: The Frogs and the Well

by Aesop The AntThe Crab and the FoxThe Frogs and the Well Two Frogs lived together in a marsh. But one hot summer the marsh dried up, and they left it to look for another place to live…

Aesop's Fables: The Ploughman and the Wolf

by Aesop The Wolf and his ShadowMercury and the Man Bitten by an AntThe Ploughman and the Wolf A Ploughman loosed his oxen from the plough, and led them away to the water to drink. While…

aphid

(Encyclopedia) aphid or plant louse, tiny, usually green, soft-bodied, pear-shaped insect injurious to vegetation. It is also called greenfly and blight. Aphids are mostly under 1&fslsh;4 in. (6…

A Boy's Will: The Vantage Point

by Robert Frost In NeglectMowingThe Vantage Point And again scornful, but there is no one hurt. IF tired of trees I seek again mankind, Well I know where to hie me—in the dawn, To a…

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels

Director/Writer: Guy Ritchie Polygram; R; 107 minutes Release: 2/99 Cast: Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Vinnie Jones and Sting Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels is the…

E. H. Gombrich Biography

E. H. Gombrichscientist, writerBorn: 3/30/1909Birthplace: Vienna, Austria Vienna-born polymath who wrote about subjects ranging from classical music to psychology to white ants. But he's best…

Aesop's Fables: The Grasshopper and the Owl

by Aesop The Charger and the MillerThe Grasshopper and the AntsThe Grasshopper and the Owl An Owl, who lived in a hollow tree, was in the habit of feeding by night and sleeping by day; but…

Aesop's Fables: The Wily Lion

by Aesop Mercury and the Man Bitten by an AntThe Parrot and the CatThe Wily Lion A Lion watched a fat Bull feeding in a meadow, and his mouth watered when he thought of the royal feast he…