December 2011
3 posts
“…what a pleasant change from the labourer’s unvarying meal of bread,...”
– Why Not Eat Insects? - Vincent M. Holt (1885)
July 2011
2 posts
“A skeuomorph, pronounced /ˈskjuːəmɔɹf/ skew-ə-morf, or skeuomorphism (Greek:...”
– Skeuomorph - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
June 2011
4 posts
“A paraprosdokian (pronounced /pærəprɒsˈdoʊki.ən/) is a figure of speech in which...”
– Paraprosdokian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BBC News - Corsham Court Oriental plane 'most... →
May 2011
5 posts
“The Battle of Babylondon was a site-specific, interactive performance staged in...”
– Battle of Babylondon
“Petrie remains a controversial figure for his pro-eugenics views and opinions on...”
– Flinders Petrie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
4 posts
“There’s a common misconception that blue-ink signatures can’t be faked. I’ve had...”
– How this $83 fountain pen helped save a family home from foreclosure — The Florida Foreclosure Fraud Weblog
February 2011
4 posts
“I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.”
– Quotations about Children/Youth - Nancy Mitford
“Contusions and confusions. Half-mourning and melancholia. Twilight and...”
– CABINET // Colors / Mauve
December 2010
1 post
September 2010
3 posts
“It is halakha from Moses at Sinai that one writes sifrei Torah, tefillin and...”
– Recipe for Kosher ink - Keset ha-Sofer. Iron gall ink lasts for extremely long periods of time; many cultures use it for permanent archival.
The Pocket Notebooks of 20 Famous Men →
“Bryan Charnley began the Self Portrait Series in March 1991 and was encouraged...”
– Bryan Charnley
August 2010
3 posts
“To the unrefined or unbred, the visiting card is but a trifling and...”
– The Gentleman’s Guide to the Calling Card | The Art of Manliness
July 2010
1 post
June 2010
2 posts
“Buckland was a pioneer of zoöphagy: his favourite research was eating the animal...”
– Francis Trevelyan Buckland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. His Curiosities of natural history is available on Google Books.
GameSetWatch - COLUMN: @Play: Purposes for... →
“a look at how randomization of game elements - so popular in Roguelikes - works to draw in the player and provide replayability”
May 2010
3 posts
March 2010
6 posts
“A poem is never finished, only abandoned.”
– Paul Valéry
“It’s clear, however, that the city’s inhabitants are segregated into...”
– “An imaginary labyrinth 650 miles square” - Boing Boing
“People who inevitably have trouble with handwriting and calligraphy write with...”
– handwriting tips
“Diamine Registrar’s Ink has been used for many years by a large number of...”
– Cult Pens Diamine Registrar’s Ink
February 2010
1 post
December 2009
1 post
September 2009
1 post
“Always obey your parents, when they are present. This is the best policy in the...”
– pintday.org: Advice to Youth, About 1882
August 2009
3 posts
while we are on the topic of autological words...
ragbag:
here is one of my favourites (it also has great mouthfeel).
elelendish - of another land, foreign. from old english eilland (foreign land)
look at the first five letters of elelendish and tell me truthfully that the word does not describe itself. but beware of elelendish’s autological paradox: the more you use it, the less autological it becomes.
July 2009
2 posts
“The human body literally glows, emitting a visible light in extremely small...”
– Strange! Humans Glow in Visible Light - Yahoo! News
