Wherein the Romans used pre-digital social media to tell friends and family all about themselves and others—which could be a fatal mistake. The social media universe is all atwitter (yes, a terrible pun—we’re into more than just song lyrics around here) regarding a recent study which concluded people are terrible about remembering what personal information … Read More
Get You a Copper Kettle
Wherein medieval copper pots make you fashionable down to your bones. One of the things I find most interesting among archaeological and paleontological discoveries is when researchers can determine, frequently by examining bone specimens, the general diet of a local people group. For example, a recent find indicates some Neanderthals ate mushrooms, nuts and even … Read More
That’s a Pickle
Wherein the Egyptians knew the value of a pickle-fresh complexion. There’s nothing quite like a good pickle—not merely as floppy green planks beside your sandwich, but also as a terrorist-destroying antihero. Whether jazzing up a chicken salad or slaughtering rats and henchmen, it seems there’s little a marinated vegetable can’t accomplish. Even so, the ancient … Read More
A Whiter Shade of Pale
Wherein the pinnacle of Georgian English beauty was an increasingly blind and toothless Ronald McDonald. The fashion designer Marc Jacobs once said, “I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect, they are much more interesting.” If this is the case, then Marc should find exquisite beauty in the fashions of Georgian England, … Read More
