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Rams' 1999 Schedule

Passing Att Cmp Pct. Yds TD Rating Kurt Warner 121 77 63.6 1063 8 100.0 Interceptions: Warner 4. Top Receivers No Yds Avg Long TD Torry…

The Devil's Dictionary: Story

by Ambrose Bierce SPOOKERSUCCESSSTORY -n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph…

Domestic Experiences

Domestic ExperiencesLike most other young matrons, Meg began her married life with the determination to be a model housekeeper. John should find home a paradise, he should always see a…

Geometry: Symmetry

SymmetryGeometryTransformationsIsometriesDilationsSymmetry Just what is symmetry? Symmetry is one of those things that you can recognize but cannot put into words. Many words or phrases have a…

Vacation

VacationEveryone was glad of a holiday next morning, and all lingered over the breakfast-table, till Mrs Jo suddenly exclaimed:“Why, there's a dog!” And on the threshold of the door appeared…

The First Wedding

The First WeddingThe June roses over the porch were awake bright and early on that morning, rejoicing with all their hearts in the cloudless sunshine, like friendly little neighbors, as they…

Snowdrop by the Brothers Grimm

Snowdrop It was the middle of winter, when the broad flakes of snow were falling around, that the queen of a country many thousand miles off sat working at her window. The frame of the window…

The Devil's Dictionary: Infancy

by Ambrose Bierce INEXPEDIENTINFERIAEINFANCY -n. The period of our lives when, according to Wordsworth, "Heaven lies about us." The world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward…

The Devil's Dictionary: Turkey

by Ambrose Bierce TRUSTTWICETURKEY -n. A large bird whose flesh when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude. Incidentally, it…