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Beck Midnite Vultures

Midnite Vultures DGC With horns blaring over funky rhythms that recall early Prince or even George Clinton, Beck's latest incarnation as a soul brother is one of his most bizarre. The kingbee of…

Scudder Middleton: Romance

RomanceScudder MiddletonWhy should we argue with the falling dust Or tremble in the traffic of the days? Our hearts are music-makers in the clouds, Our feet are running on the heavenly ways.…

Classical Mythology: Eeek! Sea Monsters!

Eeek! Sea Monsters!Classical MythologyTake the Long Way Home: OdysseusGoing Home So Soon? Not Bloody LikelyThe Poseidon AdventuresEeek! Sea Monsters!Hi, Honey, I'm Home! The More Things Change ...…

Smelliest Plant

Rafflesia arnoldii Each bloom can be as big as 3 feet wide and can weigh up to 24 pounds. The reddish-brown flower, which emits a revolting odor, is found in Southeast Asia (primarily Borneo and…

Proverbs: 25

Proverbs Chapter 25 1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings…

Deuteronomy: 26

Deuteronomy Chapter 26 1 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein; 2…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Broad-Axe, Part 2

Part 2Welcome are all earth's lands, each for its kind, Welcome are lands of pine and oak, Welcome are lands of the lemon and fig, Welcome are lands of gold, Welcome are lands of wheat and…

Coleridge: Work without Hope, Notes

Youth and AgeEpitaphWork without Hope Lines Composed 21st February 1827 All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair— The bees are stirring—birds are on the wing— And Winter…

The Devil's Dictionary: Homiletics

by Ambrose Bierce HOMICIDEHONORABLEHOMILETICS -n. The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the congregation. So skilled the parson was in…