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If you're growing in age, then you're nearing to the graveyard; If you cannot be good, be careful; If you cannot beat them, join them; If you cannot live longer, live deeper; If you cannot stand the heat, get out of the kitchen; If you give a mouse a cookie, he'll always ask for a glass of milk
A late Victorian English poem from the 1880s, "Chertsey Curfew" by Boyd Montgomerie Ranking, treats the same events. [8] In 1895, Stanley Hawley wrote music to accompany the poem's recitation (a performance tradition known as melodrama). This was published as sheet music by Robert Cooks and Co. [9] The poem was widely known in the English ...
[1] [2] The poem is 99 words in 3 stanzas, and describes a technological utopia in which humans and technology work together for the greater good. Brautigan writes about " mammals and computers liv[ing] together in mutually programming harmony", with technology acting as caretakers while "we are free of our labors and joined back to nature."
AQABA, Jordan (Reuters) -The United States is working to bring home an American citizen found on Thursday in Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Jordan, where he held meetings to ...
Whether you promise to meditate more, streamline your workdays, or find a creative outlet to let your brain soar, these apps can help you make 2025 the year you achieve your dreams. Zen and the ...
The fund disbursing money to the victims of Bernie Madoff’s legendary Ponzi scheme began its 10th and final distribution on Monday, putting another $131 million in the pockets of swindled investors.
The phrase, as it is normally quoted in Latin, comes from the Satires of Juvenal, the 1st–2nd century Roman satirist.Although in its modern usage the phrase has wide-reaching applications to concepts such as tyrannical governments, uncontrollably oppressive dictatorships, and police or judicial corruption and overreach, in context within Juvenal's poem it refers to the impossibility of ...
Jewel bearing of a balance wheel, supported by a lyre-shaped spring. The Incabloc shock protection system is the trade name for a spring-loaded mounting system for the jewel bearings that support the balance wheel in a mechanical watch, to protect the wheel's delicate pivots from damage in the event of physical shock, such as if the watch is dropped.