Cryptanalysis of Life

I do cryptograms at www.cryptograms.org. One that stumped me badly for a long time: FQUTZ HGBEH KTMU NWEEH; CUUVEU GDUH KTMU GDEJ NWHKUH. ...

Laughing at the idea of a presidential sneeze possibly causing nuclear war. A little scared because its probably an accurate depiction of th...

Yesterday, we took a walk around the lake to look at Christmas lights. Thinking back, it seems like a tragedy that I cannot remember once lo...

I've been on a bit of a Shakespeare kick, after buying a Complete Works edition. This is encompassed in two ways - reading the play, and...

One of the things I've been slowly working through is the Norton Anthology of English Literature. I made it to John Donne's poetry b...

I happened upon a radio station that had story time, and heard these two colorful pieces. The first is "The Storm" by Jules Verne,...

I am attempting that Mount Everest of literature – Moby Dick, by Herman Melville. I am at no stopping point; I have merely reached a point w...