Humor: (and other grave subjects) Project
Gutenberg has recently republished Curious
Epitaphs, which was originally published in 1899. Here's a
sample:
Here lies,
in a horizontal position,
the outside case of
Thomas Hinde,
Clock and Watch-maker,
Who departed this life, wound up in hope of
being taken in hand by his Maker, and being
thoroughly cleaned, repaired, and set a-going
in the world to come,
On the 15th of August, 1836,
In the 19th year of his age.
Thomas Hinde,
Clock and Watch-maker,
Who departed this life, wound up in hope of
being taken in hand by his Maker, and being
thoroughly cleaned, repaired, and set a-going
in the world to come,
On the 15th of August, 1836,
In the 19th year of his age.
We don't put nearly that much on a gravestone now.
Science: (and management, business, and dating) NPR reports on analysis of the use of the word "I," which reveals which person in an exchange of e-mails is of higher status. Analysis of pronoun use also predicts which speed daters will stick together.
(and politics, sort of) NPR also reports on the importance of Mangrove trees, and how Indonesian people are being persuaded to help conserve them.
Wired reports on the discovery of some amazing lava patterns on Mars.
The Arts: A
young woman created a prom
dress from corrugated cardboard and paper bags. (Warning -- for some
reason, I could not see the picture, using the Windows Firefox browser. Internet Explorer and Google Chrome worked fine, though.)
Image source (public domain)
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