Today I Learned Something About My Boyfriend That No Girl Should Ever Have to Discover | by andrew costa | Human Parts

Today I Learned Something About My Boyfriend That No Girl Should Ever Have to DiscoverMark was the stuff of dreams Mark was the stuff of dreams. Kind, caring, attentive, enough to make all of my friends jealous. But today something happened, something horrible. Something I wouldn’t wish on even my worst enemy. I found out something about Mark that will forever change my opinion about him, and my ability to trust men has been forever shattered.Shortly after dinner, my best friend Jessica calle...

Alice, Victorian Rebel

Tenniel, illus. from Alice in WonderlandNote: If you wish to receive, via e-mail, (1) my weekly newsletter or (2) daily copies of these posts, notify me at rrbates1951 at gmail dot com and I will send it/them to you. I promise not to share your e-mail address with anyone. To unsubscribe, send me a follow-up email.Friday – Lewis Carroll’s BirthdayIn honor of Lewis Carroll’s birthday—he was born on January 27, 1832—I repost an essay I wrote nine years ago when I was teaching the Alice books in ...

‘Pork’, ‘Dread’, ‘Man’ and ‘Muffins’ by Eli S. Evans

Dear reader. Below are some stories I hope you will find clever and amusing. If you do, I hope you will consider buying my next book of small stories, which will be forthcoming with Moon Rabbit Books & Ephemera just in time for the holidays (though we’re not quite certain which holidays). If you do not, I hope you will feel free to not register your dissatisfaction in the form of cutting comments on the Berfrois Facebook page. These stories are dedicated to the memory of Eli N. Evans, a g...

Old European culture: The best bits

Old European culture: The best bits Clip source: Old%20European%20culture%3A%20The%20best%20bits Old European culture ▼Monday, 7 December 2015 The best bits Offal, also called variety meats or organ meats, refers to the internal organs and entrails of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particular list of edible organs, which varies by culture and region, but includes most internal organs excluding muscle and bone. The word shares its etymology with several Germanic words: Fr...

Pigs and Pork in Denmark

Javelina Fact Sheet

Javelina Fact Sheet - Skip Links Close We’re open! For your safety we’ve made modifications to our operations. Please be sure to review the FAQs before your visit. All guests, including members, must reserve tickets in advance Animal Fact Sheet: Collared Peccary or Javelina Identifying Features Javelina (Tayassu tajacu) also known as collared peccary, are medium-sized animals that look similar to a wild boar. They have mainly short coarse salt...

porpoise etymology

I wonder if there is any connection (even just in Kubrick or others doing wordplay, NOT necessarily -- or at all -- because of an etymological connection, which I doubt) . But if the porpoise is a pig, the word "mereswyn" does remind me an awful lot of the word "Martian" which of course is about Mars, not the sea. But still . . . worth a query or two. -zas 7 entries found Related entries & more  Advertisement Related entries & more  Related entries & more  Related entries & more  Relate...

The cute kitten represents violence and carnage (idea) by Anark - Everything2.com

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2The cute kitten represents violence and carnage (idea)See all of The cute kitten represents violence and carnage, no other writeups in this node.(idea)by Anark Mon Mar 21 2005 at 4:57:44The smell of a good barbecue can draw visitors like vultures to a battlefield. There's something Jungian about wood smoke and roasting meat; they reveal a human kinship deeper than mere culture. Facing an unexpected crowd, most casual cooks will either generously...

Snowball

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 Snowball (thing) See all of Snowball, there are 9 more in this node. (thing) by Capo Fri Dec 07 2001 at 7:41:25 A pig in George Orwell's book Animal Farm. The more respectable of the two likely leaders, (the other being Napoleon,) it was his honesty and trust that was his downfall in the end. He introduced the system of government on the farm and was the intellectual force behind the Battle of the Cowshed, and also the windmill. H...

Book

Book see Flower see Pig That the word ‘‘book’’ occurs over a hundred times in the Old Testament is not surprising given the importance of sacred books to the Hebrews. Books were far less important to the Greeks, who tended to rely more on oral tradition; for all the care given to editing him even ‘‘Homer’’ was never a holy text. Various particular books are named in the Old Testament, some of them otherwise unknown to us, but when the Lord tells Joshua that ‘‘This book of the law shall not...

The Pig and His Way of Life (thing) by Sverre - Everything2.com

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2 The Pig and His Way of Life (thing) See all of The Pig and His Way of Life, no other writeups in this node. (thing) by Sverre Mon Dec 23 2002 at 11:06:45 "Grisen og levemåten hans" is a Norwegian fairy tale from Asbjørnsen and Moe's Norwegian Folk Tales, collected in the early 1840s. The original, Norwegian text was found at Project Runeberg and translated by me for E2. Enjoy! --- There was once a pig who was bored of h...

Golden pig

Waiting for the golden pig by Eric Ormsby On the Christmas season in the Czech capital. In the week before Christmas, carp farmers from Southern Bohemia begin setting up their tables in the center of Prague, and as Christmas Eve approaches the sounds of their mallets and cleavers echo through the ancient stony squares. The carp, who have spent the past year lolling on murky pond-bottoms, have been subjected since September to infusions of fresh water to remove their muddy flavor, and now the...

Waiting for the golden pig | The New Criterion

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tuning hammer - Marcellus

Near Matches Ignore ExactFull Text Everything2tuning hammer(thing)by ApoxyButt Thu Jun 20 2002 at 16:31:17A tuning hammer is the tool used to change the tension on the strings of a piano. It's called a hammer mainly because of its shape. It's a metal rod with a handle. The head of the rod is bent 90 degrees and has a socket wrench-style end. You can get one for around $30 at any good piano dealer. An important note: vice grips or pliers are not a good substitute for tuning hammers. You'l...