Astronomy Photo Of the Day

     It is true that fish stink.  It is also true that the river is beautiful.  But the river would be beautiful despite the fish.  What is noxious remains so. 

      That is not to say that shit is not useful when buried in a wheat field.  Bread made from the field tastes sweet, wine from the arbor sweetest.  All things serve a purpose, but that is no reason to glorify what is abominable.  A man must still watch where he walks and keep his sandals clearn. 

              -  Normand Ellis,  Awakening Osiris--The Egyptian Book of the Dead