"The sea. Its mystery and expanse has inspired innumerable poets, writers, artists and musicians throughout the millennia, its endless capacity for beauty and violence has silenced individuals not usually given to speechless wonder.Cursed, mythologized, prayed to, every seafaring culture has its own tradition of music of the sea, from Vietnamese..."

"? Shorties | Main Largehearted Boy Page July 23, 2008 Why Obama, by Alina Simone Why Obama is a series of guest essays by musicians and authors, where they share their support for Democratic United States presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama and offer arguments why we need him elected. Alina..."

"Establishing when to use the French bise (the traditional greeting of kissing on the cheek) remains a mystery to many Americans. Fortunately, a Frenchman by the name of Gilles Debunne has created a map that “gives a geographical explanation for just how many cheek kisses you should administer.” [Gadling]..."

"The Human Race: We’re No. 1? by Alex Carnevale As a species, we think we’re important. If something’s happening to the planet, we probably caused it, even if there’s not much in the way of evidence that we did. This hysteria has emerged in places where disaster strikes, and it..."

"I was getting the oil changed and tires rotated on our Mazda today, and since I'd forgotten to bring along my own reading material, I was paging through an issue of Newsweek to pass the time. Although I can't find a reference online (update - I found it: the writer's..."