834: The Boys Are Stupid

Over the course of the past week I have been participating in a Bard-a-thon, which is an attempt to read the complete works of William Shakespeare publicly over the course of a week. This morning I was in charge of the 4AM slot for Timon of Athens, which has now been accomplished, so don’t say…

831: Robin Hood and The Magna Carta

Sometime this past summer my eight year old nephew started getting really excited about outlaws. Particularly the outlaws of the wild west. The light in his eyes when he heard the stories of Bonnie & Clyde, Jesse James and Billy the Kid reminded me of when I was his age, running around in the forest,…

824: The Rock

It all began the day Hargo brought the rock home. “What are you gonna do with that rock?” Asked his wife, Sophia. “Arg.” Said Hargo. “Yeah, but we live in a cave.” Countered Sophia. “Arg.” Said Hargo. Sophia couldn’t argue with that, but from that day on things were different. Hargo spent hours every day…

799: Human Unity

There is only one thing which unites humanity: it is a very simple thing, really. The thing which unites humanity is the little plastic clips which clasp bread bags together. Don’t ask me to explain. You would be asking too much. To be honest, there are a lot of things I don’t understand. One of…