My guess is that was a nutria. They're in California, too, since some numbskull introduced them because their fur was valuable. They've found a...
"Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal who has the True Religion --several of them." --Mark Twain (of...
Elliot Rosewater's benediction to newborn babies: "Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round...
I'm glad that we figured out what I meant to write. (And I am a he, not a she).
To this wonderful discussion, I can only add a cautionary note: Reading Shakespeare's plays is not the same as watching them. They were written to...
I've had a great affection for this poem ever since I read it in a book on poetry. It's a bit long, so I'll just post the URL here:...
You probably won't find alligator in the meat section in St. Louis, but it's not uncommon for it to pop up on the menus in Florida or Louisiana,...
As an ex-Catholic, my perspective would probably be different from one of the faithful. But it would depend on the theme, I think. If you're...
That's me as well. I can spend minutes agonizing whether to replace "answered" with "replied." It's part of what I call the "polishing" phase. It...
I think you're off to a good start. Conan Doyle was a master of the short story. As for "speculative fiction," look up Ray Bradbury, Richard...
When I was seventeen, I was almost killed in an auto accident. So I've seen every day since then as a bonus. There was a Miss Marple episode I...
Well, there's the aforementioned alligator. I don't think there's such a thing as a vegan 'gator. And as Big Soft Moose has mentioned, there's...
I do remember a debate that occurred after the telephone was invented. Alexander Graham Bell advocated the use of "Ahoy" as a greeting, but it...
Jack Crabb on hunting buffalo in the 1870s: "You didn't use a horse in this type of hunting. You moved by foot as close as you could get to one...
I would like to see a funeral caravan escorting him to his cemetery, followed by a whole string of white Broncos. That would be a proper sendoff,...
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