Ah, Sweeps Month!Three times a year, the Nielsen Company would do detailed measuring of audiences.This would help them thumb the scales when setting rates with advertisers.To boost their ratings, the networks would shelf their usual crap and roll huge

There are jesters everywhere.Every office, every school.And on every train and bus."Entertain us!" people shout at the jesters.And they do.Telling jokes, performing pratfalls.Juggling things, and simple slight-of-hand close magic tricks.They make e

It's final exam season.We bring our children to The Tower.The doors open, they walk inside, and the doors close.An hour later, the doors open again.One by one, the children who passed the exam come out.Some walk. Some run. Some crawl.Some are carrie

NumbersBack at the Station Pollys empty seat dominates the room.Her colleagues are all thinking the worst and it spurs them on daily. There are daffodils in a milk bottle on the filing cabinetThey had to bring in another cork board for the photos o

Jacob carried his guitar from village to village, and the villagers gave him money.At first, he'd play for free, and they would dance and sing.And if they wanted him to play more, they'd have to pay him to stay.Jacob was good, but over time, his guitar

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It's really hard keeping animals alive, said the zookeeper.Especially when there's so many different kinds of animals.Some eat plants. Some eat meat. Some eat bugs.It's a real bitch keeping it all straight.And shoveling up all the poop? It's disgustin

The raven god flies over our village every spring to bless the planting season.And he comes back every fall to bless the harvest.All the tribes come for the festivals.We all lay down our weapons and are one.We sacrifice seed and corn to the raven god.

The naming conventions of college conferences are insane.Some were some based on regions of the country.But others were based on the number of members they had.The Big Ten had ten teams, and the Big Twelve had twelve teams.It made sense... until those

I've never been to India.I hear that they have hundreds of varieties of mangoes there.Here, in American stores, there's only two or three varieties of mangoes.And each has its own subtle sweetness and tartness and texture.On the other hand, there are