Alistair said: "And often raging hypocrites: they will one day be picketing and abortion clinic, the next day they will bring their teeneage child to the clinic to get and abortion and then turn… (View Post)

Here's the best wine review, ever: https://www.alamy.com/james-thurber-its-a-naive-domestic-burgundy-without-any-breeding-but-i-think-youll-be-amused-by-its-presumption-image268831734.html (View Post)

Here's a thought for those who would like to be published authors: In an afterword to the first story in his collection, "The River of Time" science fiction writer David Brin says: &qu… (View Post)

Happy Canada Day! To dixiedean, and all the others who celebrate it today. In my opinion, Americans should try to be better neighbors to Canadians than they are to us. I'm not sure how many Amer… (View Post)

northern_monkey - I grew up on a farm where we raised apples, pears, and cherries, so we had no shortage of wood for our fireplace. The best, as I recall, was seasoned apple wood. It burns hot and cl… (View Post)