Proverbial Wisdom
Where the Bee sucks Honey, the Spider sucks Poison.
… Thomas Fuller
From the Word lab
Etymologists believe that barbecue derives from the word barabicu found in the language of the Taíno people of the Caribbean and the Timucua of Florida.
A Phenomenon
Whose coordination can compare with that of a centipede?
Daffy-nition
Neurotic: A person who worries about things that didn’t happen in the past, instead of worrying about something that won’t happen in the future, like normal people.
A Potent Observation
The Impossible Dream: a universe without ego.
From the Trivia File
When the fish see the osprey, the legend says, they are so fascinated that they “swoon,” and, turning on their backs, yield themselves an easy prey to the bird. Rattlesnakes exercise the same fascination over birds.
Ancient Music
Ten Knights in a Bar Room was sung by the followers of King Arthur.
Aghavni’s Observation
Monte Carlo Casino is a den of inequity.
What’s in a Name?
Khoudaverdian: Persian and Turkish in derivation, khouda or huda is defined as God, and verdi as give or given, thus God- given. The Armenian equivalent is Asdvadzadour.
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