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Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan

An ex-husband, a metal baton, and a U.S. title by Gerry Brown Friends Forever: Tonya Harding, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Nancy Kerrigan Related Links 2014 Winter Olympics Figure Skating…

Christina Rossetti: My Dream

My DreamHear now a curious dream I dreamed last night Each word whereof is weighed and sifted truth. I stood beside Euphrates while it swelled Like overflowing Jordan in its youth: It waxed…

1996–1997 Obie Awards

Best Play: Naomi Wallace, One Flea Spare Best Production: Peter and Wendy Playwriting: Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues; David Henry Hwang, Golden Child; Paula Vogel, How I Learned to Drive…

Brewer's: Python

The monster serpent hatched from the mud of Deucalion's deluge, and slain near Delphi by Apollo. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Pythias A B C D E F G…

Winter Holidays by the Numbers

From the U.S. Census Bureau Related Links Origins of the Christmas Holiday Christmas Traditions Why a Christmas Tree? Quiz: Christmas Customs A Charlie Brown Christmas…

Brewer's: Setting a Hen

Giving her a certain number of eggs to hatch. The whole number for incubation is called a setting. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Setting a SawSethites A…

Brewer's: Martin's Running Footman

(St.). The devil, assigned by legend to St. Martin for a running footman on a certain occasion. “Who can tell but St. Martin's running footman may still be hatching us some further…

Brewer's: Mundane Egg

(The). In the Phoenician, Egyptian, Hindu, and Japanese systems, it is represented that the world was hatched from an egg. In some mythologies a bird is represented as laying the mundane…

Seuss on Stage

The Cat in the Hat is back on stage and in a national memorial by David Johnson Related Links Dr. Seuss BiographyDr. Seuss QuizReview: How the Grinch Stole Christmas Random House Dr. Seuss Site…