"Remember, when you leave this Earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received—only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage."

~ St. Francis of Assisi

The philosopher who wants schools to slow kids down Big Think

American Heart Association Reveals The Optimal Daily Cups of Coffee For Your Health Science Alert

What’s the Point of Sex, Anyway? “There is yet another kind of male, known among ichthyologists as a ‘sneaky mater.’ This type dispenses altogether with nest-building and partnering and simply darts around squirting.”

Created by Slovak craftsman Vladimir Kostelansky of VKBlades The sword gets its name from Irish mythology, where Fragarach ("The Answerer" or "The Retaliator") was the legendary weapon of King Nuada and the sea god Manannán mac Lir.

Reviving the Forgotten by VKBlades

The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction of the Decade

LitHub – “So, as is our hallowed duty as a literary and culture website—though with full awareness of the potentially fruitless and endlessly contestable nature of the task—in the coming weeks, we’ll be taking a look at the best and most important (these being not always the same) books of the decade that was. 

We will do this, of course, by means of a variety of lists. We began with the best debut novels, the best short story collections, the best poetry collections, the best memoirs of the decade, and the best essay collections of the decade. But our sixth list was a little harder—we were looking at what we (perhaps foolishly) deemed “general” nonfiction: all the nonfiction excepting memoirs and essays (these being covered in their own lists) published in English between 2010 and 2019…

The following books were finally chosen after much debate (and multiple meetings) by the Literary Hub staff. Tears were spilled, feelings were hurt, books were re-read. And as you’ll shortly see, we had a hard time choosing just ten—so we’ve also included a list of dissenting opinions, and an even longer list of also-rans…”