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In J.R.R. Tolkien’s masterpiece The Lord of the Rings, he describes a critical moment of transition from desperation to hope in the attack on the city of Gondor with the phrase “the wind is changing.” Previously, Tolkien had suggested that the “bad guy” of the story, Sauron, had even been able to control the weather sending bleak…
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“I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England, too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which, rather than any…
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Do you have a fire alarm? I mean, you have to, right? Well, if you have, then you know what it does when the battery hits a certain low point in its charge. I’m not sure what that level is or how the fire alarm “knows” to do this, but once it gets there…..beep……beep……beep…..beep. …