Month: December 2024
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A Christmas Tale
Perhaps everyone has a favorite Christmas tale. As a child, I knew of Christmas through the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. Andersen’s stories are beautifully written, magical, and enchanting, with an inkling of poignancy only realized with age. Among the Christmas stories he wrote, a favorite is The Fir-Tree. The fir-tree lived far out in…
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A Wreath
A wreathed garland of deserved praise,Of praise deserved, unto thee I give,I give to thee, who knowest all my wayes,My crooked winding wayes, wherein I live,Wherein I die, not live: for life is straight,Straight as a line, and ever tends to thee,To thee, who art more farre above deceit,Then deceit seems above simplicitie.Give me simplicitie,…
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Man’s Best Friend
While the French Bulldog has reigned as America’s favorite canine for the last 2 years, our most beloved dog breed rotates between the Labrador Retriever, the Golden Retriever, and the German Shepherd dog. It’s no dispute that the dog is America’s favorite pet. The sheer number of movies with a dog as the star of…
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Schrödinger’s Cat
Schrödinger’s cat sits in a sealed box with a flask of poison and a radioactive source. The flask shatters upon radioactivity, releasing the poison, which should kill the cat. Who can tell the cat’s fortune? Quantum physics dictate that until the box is opened, there is no way to tell whether the cat is dead…
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