Anthology of Ideas

There are three major interpretations of the slave in literature: the good human being who is forced to live their live as a slave, the slave who’s mind, body and soul are broken because of slavery, and the slave who’s mind is twisted and becomes a monster because of the institution of slavery. These views of slavery are prevalent in abolitionist literature because they focus on the evils of slavery rather than the evils of the men who support slavery.

The Germanic tribes have been blamed for the collapse of the Roman Empire; however this is incorrect. For the most part the collapse of the Roman empire was not a collapse of an empire, but the slow integration of Germanic custom with Roman culture. This means the collapse of the Roman empire was a transfer of power from one ruling party to another. This transfer was neither peaceful nor quick, but it is the foundation of modern western society and Europe as we know it today.

For Walt Whitman and other “Bright Romantics,” death does not represent an end but new beginnings, renewal and life. Whitman sees death from the perspective of a phoenix — each death brings new life, so death is “low and delicious” and the word “stronger and more delicious than any” because if one focuses solely on life, they will always be disappointed because of the finite nature of life, but if one focuses on death, life will always be sweet because it will bring death which brings more life.

This 17-foot-long, 6-gilled monster of a shark was filmed off the coast of Hawaii. One of the researchers on-board the submarine where this was filmed, reported that it was the biggest shark he has ever seen off the coast of Hawaii. Hat Tip And if that didn’t fulfill your need for sharks. Have fun playing with this one.

Take a look at the following stats and let me know if you see anything odd. Summary by Month Month Monthly Totals KBytes Visits Pages Files Hits Feb 2008 3769739 8427 24576 121569 132159 Jan 2008 3634098 36357 131454 429936 478043 <p> Didn&#8217;t notice anything odd? Take a look at the first 4 days of the month below (focus on the bold column.) </p> <table border="2" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="400"> <tr> <th colspan="13" align="center" bgcolor="#c0c0c0"> Daily Statistics for February 2008 </th> </tr> <tr> <th align="center" bgcolor="#c0c0c0"> Day </th> <th align="center" bgcolor="#008040"> Hits </th> <th align="center" bgcolor="#0080ff"> Files </th> <th align="center" bgcolor="#00e0ff"> Pages </th> <th align="center" bgcolor="#ffff00"> Visits </th> <th align="center" bgcolor="#ff0000"> KBytes </th> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> 1 </td> <td align="right"> 12484 </td> <td align="right"> 11167 </td> <td align="right"> 3915 </td> <td align="right"> 1194 </td> <td align="right"> <b>100.954</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> 2 </td> <td align="right"> 14990 </td> <td align="right"> 13412 </td> <td align="right"> 5617 </td> <td align="right"> 1273 </td> <td align="right"> <b>136.491</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> 3 </td> <td align="right"> 41622 </td> <td align="right"> 37873 </td> <td align="right"> 7236 </td> <td align="right"> 2417 </td> <td align="right"> <b>1.288.875</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"> 4 </td> <td align="right"> 62827 </td> <td align="right"> 58979 </td> <td align="right"> 7763 </td> <td align="right"> 3544 </td> <td align="right"> <b>2.242.575</b> </td> </tr> </table> <p> If you noticed, Yah, seriously, but if you didn&#8217;t: in two days I used as much bandwidth as the previous months.

Sobe Life water is presenting a new website http://www.thrillicious.com/ and is using dancing Lizards to do it. I’m partial to reptiles, so this is one of the best commercials I’ve ever seen. Want to see the commercial? Watch it below or go to the website and click on the Super Bowl Ad link. Some More Pictures of this wonderful commercial:(All images are copyright their owners.)