“Fasting” isn’t a word that Joe Average uses in the course of a year. Some health enthusiasts or members of religious groups are familiar with its’ meaning: - noun - “an abstinence from food, or a limiting of one’s food, esp. when voluntary and as a religious observance; fasting” (Dictionary.com). Why would anyone voluntarily abstain [...]
Translated from Latin, equinox means “equal night” and on this day of the year, daytime and nighttime are equal length everywhere in the world. This year Spring Equinox (also known as Vernal Equinox) begins On March 20, 2010. In the Northern Hemisphere, daytime will become longer, and the nights will become shorter, until it reaches [...]
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This lighter has been known by other names such as “shepherds’ lighter” or “rope lighter”. What makes it unique is that conventional fuel is not needed, and there is no flame. The method of operation is to strike the attached flintwheel to create sparks, which are caught on a charred cotton rope, that has been [...]
The mention of “Roadkill” usually turns up the nose of those who hear it. Visions of gore and stench proliferate in their imagination. But on occasion, it’s just the end of the trail for the animal without major trauma, and timely for those who know how to capitalize on it. The following is [...]
