After-dinner speakers and the empty talk syndrome
Irvin S. Cobb notes the common scene of the speaker reaching a dead end yet compelled to continue. The writing lampoons verbose rhetoric and the habit of filling time with needless words, a familiar stage in post-dinner discourse.
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Nebuchadnezzar May Have Faced More Defeat Than Believed
Historian J Philip Hyatt, in the Journal of Biblical Literature, argues Nebuchadnezzar endured harder campaigns than once thought. New Babylon tablets cited by Vanderbilt’s Hyatt indicate battles with Egypt and setbacks between 627 and 3335 BC, reshaping views of the famed king.
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Simple hamper used to guard chicken water pans
The note suggests preventing chickens from tipping water pans by using a tomato hamper as a guard. Remove every other stave, saw through the center hoop stapled to each stave, and place rock or weight on top to keep the hamper from overturning.
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