Pour even more spirit into your World Cup this year! 32 nations across the planet are currently experiencing unbridled amounts of pride and patriotism, even Germany. Hell, especially Germany. I was chatting with some people online while watching the Belgium-Algeria match, and we got onto the topic of Trappist monk beer. I proposed a bracket for…
Disclaimer: The following narrative covers a lot of people, both living and dead. While “truth” is the goal of any non-fiction writer, I understand better than most the massive grey moat surrounding the word “truth.” If you notice anything that is incorrect or misinterpreted in the passages below, I am willing to consider revising it….
Well, hey, hey, the working man, the working man like meI ain’t never been on welfare, that’s one place I won’t beCause I’ll be working long as my two hands are fit to useI drink my beer in a tavernSing a little bit of these workin’ man blues -“Workin’ Man Blues” by Merle Haggard (1969) …
Parasites are, by their very nature and definition, detrimental to living things. Their non-mutual relationship means that they survive at the expense of their host organism, and unlike mutual symbiosis, which is the beneficial co-dependence of two species on one another, the benefits of parasitism are always one-way. That being said, I’d propose this metaphor:…