Misc.

This list is a follow up to 20 Famous Last Words. Some of the quotes were taken from the comments, some from…

When a plane crashes we can often recover the black box to determine what happened. This box keeps a recording of any…

We all have hidden talents that we like to break out every now and then to show off. Famous people are no…

There are all sorts of annoying things in life – people who cut in line, aggressive drivers, people talking on cell phones…

All wars are bad and destructive, though some conflicts have etched their names in the history books as the bloodiest military encounters…

There is a lot of need in the world, but a lot gets in the way of filling it — even for…

Stuttering is a speech disorder (it’s not a disease, please), the impact of which on a person’s emotional state can be severe.…

The parable of the good Samaritan is known to most of us: a traveler waylaid by bandits and left for dead is…

Language is a fascinating thing. The words we use today are drawn from, and have evolved for, today’s usage from a wide…

For the most part there are not a lot of things a human corpse can do on its own. Aside from being…