February 2011
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“Sexual intercourse is good for lower back pain, for weakness of the eyes, for...”
– Pliny, Natural History (28.58) via J.C. McKeown’s A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities
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“An earthquake occurred at Lake Trasimene in 217 B.C. while the Romans and...”
– J.C. McKeown, A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities. His chapter “The Army” might as well be called “Annals of Badassery.”
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“According to Pliny (Natural History 8.47), the Greek historian Polybius reported...”
– J.C. McKeown, A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities
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“When a Spanish woman gives birth, her husband lies in bed, and she looks after...”
– Strabo, Geography (3.4.17) via J.C. McKeown’s A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities
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Norm binge over.
Probably.
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“Ill never forgive Russia for perverting the basic tenets of Karl Marx. And also...”
– Norm MacDonald (sic’d)
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“Say what you will about Moammar Ghaddafi.”
– Norm MacDonald
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“What’s so great about self esteem freinds. Dogs don’t have any and...”
– Norm MacDonald (sic’d)
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“On the aereofoil on my to calgary I sat beside a scientest who told me there was...”
– Norm MacDonald (sic’d)
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“my glass…booze is more refreshed than a Cape Cod Morning”
– Norm MacDonald
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pyrrhos-republic:
Damn I really want some donuts
just had both
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lexicon
bubblypotentially:
there is a new phrase i would like to enter into the lexicon: when you want or need something, you could say: i need water [or insert thing] like a slug needs slime.
I also want to be a slug for halloween.
Spanish for slug is:la babosa.
French for slug is: la limace
Will this become a slug blog? Unclear.
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The sound of the subway →
“Every day I sit here reading content on the internet for free, I am digging my...”
– ML, on the dubious future of our journalism careers. (via wieberstein)
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Meeting Charles Stuart head-on →
remorsefulnero:
“Charles Stuart, King of England, the Commons of England assembled in Parliament, being deeply sensible of the calamities that have been brought upon this nation (which is fixed upon you as the principle author of it) have resolved to make inquisition for blood, and according to that debt and duty they owe to justice, to God, the kingdom and themselves, and according to the...
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How many historical penises are floating around... →
But seriously. Napoleon…King Tut…Rasputin?! That makes three?
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"The myth that the public is too stupid for... →
- Matt Taibbi
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Microwave Cake: Staying Lighter Later →
microwavecake:
The sauna’s heavy hotness makes my hair feel smooth and silken, masquerades as clarity and calm behind my forehead smooth and beaded. Every night I water wilting half-thoughts, not-things littered in a darkish garden, brutishly unkempt. Centuries pass between the first warm day of…
Nice work capturing that time of year when the tide of our everyday battle with winter...
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“When I think back on college, those are the only memories I really have of what...”
– Robert Leighton, cartoonist, NU ‘82
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In short, Rudolph made the building "insane" in... →
This article is about the influence of man-made environments on mental health. I’m afraid the psychology of both space and geography is a new thing in which I am permanently interested.
