Are you baffled by the world around? Ever wonder why water tastes so much better when hung over? Or why you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Auntie Nancy has an answer to everything! If you have questions, send them over to BTSB (staff @ betterthanslicedbread.info) for Auntie Nancy to solve.
Monthly archives for October, 2007
Auntie Nancy Fancy-Pants’ Q...
Are you baffled by the world around? Ever wonder why water tastes so much better when hung over? Or why you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Auntie Nancy has an answer to everything! If you have questions, send them over to BTSB (staff @ betterthanslicedbread.info) for Auntie Nancy to solve.
Walden 2.0
Remember Henry David Thoreau? Yeah, he was the guy who went to live in the woods for a couple of years and wrote the Transcendentalist masterpiece Walden, to the delight of literary critics and to the chagrin of English students just trying to stay awake, the poor sods. Yes, Walden was all about a man [...]
Horoscopes for October 29, 2007
The stars impart their weekly dose of wisdom for you lost souls.
The Origin Of Everything – Part...
PART II: The Origin Of Everything From N To Z. This is an exhaustive encyclopedia that explains the Origin of Everything the BTSB-way.
The Definition of a Superhero
Recently, I’ve been hearing people put down Superman. Shocked? I didn’t think so. You, yourself, are probably one of those people that think you can just openly trash The Man of Steel without any repercussions. Well, think again. Now, since said Man of Steel can not stand up for himself, what with him being fictional [...]
An English Treat?
For the rest of Europe, English cuisine has always been laughing stock number one. But besides being rather unhealthy, and to be honest, dodgy at times, its image is also in immediate need of a thorough makeover (preferably led by a copywriter). Allow me to elaborate: picture yourself at a grocery store, with your canned/frozen [...]
The Unknown Language
“[Linguistic diversity] constitutes one of the great treasures of humanity, an enormous storehouse of expressive power and profound understanding of the universe. The loss of hundreds of languages that have already passed into history is an intellectual catastrophe in every way comparable in magnitude to the ecological catastrophe we fa [...]
Student Board Members Are Demons Not ...
Recent research sheds a poor light on the popular extra-curricular activity of being a board member in a student union or organisation. When only ten years ago such student activity was greeted by staff and students alike with praise and gratitude, student boards are now condemned as being obtrusive breeding grounds for know-it-all attitudes [...]
Horoscopes for October 22, 2007
The stars impart their weekly dose of wisdom for you lost souls.
