The history of Rome is one of civilizations greatest success stories. And yet, all at once perhaps its most tragic. In just over 500-centuries what began as a humble village, just a salty sea breeze away from the Mediterranean, calcified into a peal, a nucleus upon which blossomed the worlds greatest Empire — the effectsContinue reading “Nicholas Rankin Presents, The Oh-So-Poetic Roshambeaux of Rome in the Thunder Dome: The Rise to a Fall.”
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The Curry of Life
Ingredients for the Curry of Life 2 tbsp cooking oil 1/2 lb of beef stew meat Salt 1 yellow onion, sliced 2 tsp cayenne pepper 8 oz Crushed tomatoes 2 Carrots, peeled and chopped 1 Russet potato, peeled and cubed 2 1/4 cups beef stock Hot Curry Roux, 1 pack of S&B Curry Hot sauceContinue reading “The Curry of Life”
If the Shoe Fits: Comparative Folklore and the Cinderella(s) Story
East, West, North, South. Strike out in any direction and one is sure to find themselves a tale of such an event. So-and-so meets so-and-so, fates and starstruck, forbidden love and yet it’s meant to be… From Strabo’s Greek servant who finds herself marrying the pharaoh of Egypt to Japan’s “Middle Captain Princess,” whose parallelsContinue reading “If the Shoe Fits: Comparative Folklore and the Cinderella(s) Story”
