JOSS-STICKS- Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion.

SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine.

DIAPHRAGM, n. A muscular partition separating disorders of the chest from disorders of the bowels.

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism. "The Mad Philosopher," 1697

Democracy is defended in 3 stages. Ballot Box, Jury Box, Cartridge Box.

Birth: The first and direst of all disasters.

Evolutionary biology is genuinely scientific, but more than that it opens the door to a world more marvellous than any Christian fundamentalist has ever read into the pages of the Bible.