Why Do So Many Medieval Manuscripts Depict Butt Trumpets? The linked post does not explain why, but a sensible guess would be because of farts. (via Nag on the Lake)
Why Jane Elliott's Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Racism Exercise Is So Powerful.
Megachurch pastor John Ortberg kept a family member’s attraction to children secret. Then his son blew the whistle. You may know that son, Daniel Lavery, by his previous name, Mallory Ortberg. (via Metafilter)
When Senator Joe McCarthy Defended Nazis.
Rich McCor's Paper Art Recreates Movie Scenes with Props Around the House. (via Laughing Squid)
The Lost Art of Growing Blueberries With Fire.
Cat's Sad Face is an Illusion. A good illusion!
The Girls Who Turned Green. You've probably never heard of the disease called chlorosis, because we don't deal with it anymore. (via Digg)
A blast from the past (2016): 10 Vintage Postcards from America’s Classic Beach Destinations.
3 comments:
Farts are funny in any historical era. People don't change that much.
Didn't know about burning blueberry fields. Driving across Canada on Labor Day weekend several years in a row they were burning off the wheat fields. Lit at the edge of the road the line of fire miles long would creep over the rolling hills. There would usually be a pickup parked at the corners of the field which I assumed was someone keeping an eye on things.
On Farting: Language and Laughter in the Middle Ages
(You did ask)
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