Last evening I visited an old friend on the web. My friend's name is the Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce. The dictionary is always good for a laugh. But it also contains a wealth of social commentary. Moreover, though it was written around the turn of the century, many of the entries are appropos for today. In fact, there are many entries where you can't tell from the language, that they are almost a hundred years old. As an experiment in blogging, I will try to include a link ...

Last evening I visited an old friend on the web. My friend's name is the Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce. The dictionary is always good for a laugh. But it also contains a wealth of social commentary. Moreover, though it was written around the turn of the century, many of the entries are appropos for today. In fact, there are many entries where you can't tell from the language, that they are almost a hundred years old. As an experiment in blogging, I will try to include a link ...