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The Devil's Dictionary: Perseverance

by Ambrose Bierce PERORATIONPESSIMISMPERSEVERANCE -n. A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success. "Persevere, persevere!" cry the homilists all, Themselves, day…

Sylvester Stallone Biography

Sylvester StalloneactorBorn: 7/6/1946Birthplace: New York City Actor known for his roles in action-adventure films that are big on muscle and carnage. His films include the five Rocky films…

Anatomy and
Physiology: Running Along the Tract

Running Along the TractAnatomy and PhysiologyThe Digestive SystemStops Along the WayIt's a Long Way DownJack-of-All-TradesRunning Along the TractPancreatic Panacea?What We Do with Our Food Oh,…

Anatomy and
Physiology: Where It All Happens

Where It All HappensAnatomy and PhysiologyThe Excretory SystemWaterworksWhere It All HappensReabsorptionWhen You Gotta Go … Are you a coffee addict? I have to get up very early because the first…

Steroids Allegedly Used by Barry Bonds

As detailed in Game of Shadows by Mark Fainaru-Wasa and Lance Williams by Mark Zurlo Related Links Barry Bonds's BiographyBond's Homerun Record Discredited by ManyBarry Bonds Cast of…

The Devil's Dictionary: Maiden

by Ambrose Bierce MAGPIEMAJESTYMAIDEN -n. A young person of the unfair sex addicted to clewless conduct and views that madden to crime. The genus has a wide geographical distribution,…

Poems: Hysteria

by T. S. Eliot Mr. ApollinaxConversation GalanteHysteria As she laughed I was aware of becoming involved in her laughter and being part of it, until her teeth were only accidental stars…

Papa Roach

LovehatetragedyDreamWorks California-based Papa Roach takes a major step forward on its scorching second album, which avoids all the pitfalls typically associated with sophomore sets. For the…

Walt Whitman: Song of the Broad-Axe, Part 4

Part 4Muscle and pluck forever! What invigorates life invigorates death, And the dead advance as much as the living advance, And the future is no more uncertain than the present, For the…