16-03-03 A friend of mine was giving an important dinner party for her husband's business associates. She put guest towels and soap in the bathroom, and, not wanting her teenagers to use them first, attached warning notes that read:Use these, I'll kill you....

16-02-24 Once President Roosevelt's house was broken into and lots of things were stolen. Hearing this, one of Roosevelt's friends wrote to him and advised him not to take it to his heart so much. President Roosevelt wrote back immediately, saying, Dear frie...

16-02-18 It was a cheerless morning when they got into the street; blowing and raining hard; and the clouds looking dull and stormy. The night had been very wet: large pools of water had collected in the road: and the kennels were overflowing. There was a fa...

16-02-18 It is the custom on the stage, in all good murderous melodramas, to present the tragic and the comic scenes, in as regular alternation, as the layers of red and white in a side of streaky bacon. The hero sinks upon his straw bed, weighed down by fet...

16-02-17 When George was thirty-five, he bought a small plane and learned to fly it. He soon became very good and made his plane do all kinds of tricks. George had a friend. His name was Mark. One day George offered to take Mark up in his plane. Mark thought...

16-02-15 Kissinger: The Idealist, 1923-1968 Niall Ferguson The magisterial first instalment of a two-part biography about a man who towered over American foreign policy for more than two decades, and still divides opinion as no one else does. Skyfaring: A Jo...

16-01-23 With this mechanical friend, you'll never have to drink alone! 有了这个陪酒机器人，妈妈再也不担心我一个人喝闷酒了！ Some creative visionaries harness the power of technology to help people work more efficiently or to stay connected with friends and...

16-01-06 IN a little time, however, no more canoes appearing, the fear of their coming wore off; and I began to take my former thoughts of a voyage to the main into consideration; being likewise assured by Friday's father that I might depend upon good usage...

15-10-13 Flory turned to the left outside the Club gate and started down the bazaar road, under the shade of the peepul trees. A hundred yards away there was a swirl of music, where a squad of Military Policemen, lank Indians in greenish khaki, were marching...

15-09-21 If I died today, how would I feel about my life? Life is fragile. A good friend of mine called me today and shared that his girlfriend's brother passed away last night. He was married, with two young children. He died of a massive heart attack in th...