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Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I Got Mummy in My Tummy

May 19, 2022

Jar of mummia

Wherein Europeans for centuries knew powdered human corpses give you the energy and strength to walk like an Egyptian…a living one. I’ve never understood people who play with their children by pretending to eat them: “Oh, you’re so cute I could eat you up! I’ll just nibble those little toes…nom nom nom!” I’m always relieved … Read More

Memory Grows Where My Rosemary Goes

March 30, 2022

Rosemary

Wherein the Greeks know rosemary gives you that extra edge when taking an exam—especially when you wrap it around your head. Brain freeze: whether it’s cold-stimulus headache or simply forgetting someone’s name (leading to such heartfelt greetings as “Hey there…yooooouuuuuu…great to see ya!”), everyone hates it when our brains seize up. This has led over … Read More

Red Red Wine

February 18, 2022

Vine-Glo ad

Wherein Americans know nothing is more refreshing than a bathtub claret. A classic scene in I Love Lucy depicts Lucille Ball stomping grapes for wine while touring Italy and getting into a grape-slinging, body-smooshing brawl in the wine vat (I love almost as much the complaint of Uncle Junior in The Sopranos that homemade Italian … Read More

I Love You Period

February 4, 2022

St. Isidore of Seville

Wherein medieval scribes used dots to make texts easier to read…unless they were confusing readers with a game of dots and boxes. Punctuation marks are a tremendously important part of typeface design. To mention only monospaced fonts, the difference between “curly” quotation marks and “straight” ones (which look like little ticks around sentences) can make … Read More

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Jar of mummia

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I Got Mummy in My Tummy

May 19, 2022

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Memory Grows Where My Rosemary Goes

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Red Red Wine

February 18, 2022

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