AIRWOLF!!!

I'm not generally a big fan of spoken word poetry, unless it's a poem about Airwolf.

My New Favorite Photographer Who Photographed People Mowing Underwater

I really, really, really love these underwater photographs featured in the new issue of Smithsonian.

The One About Checkers is My Favorite

Funny imaginary Atari games.

Old-timey Slang of the Day

meat-fit: a full meal

DID U C CHARLIE ROSE LAST NITE?

Old-timey Slang of the Day

chickie: basically, the same as "cheese it!" as in, "Chickie, it's the cops!"

Good Eats

The farmer's market started up here today. Honestly, I've never gone all that often, but I feel like I should. They have a lot of good stuff.

Some of the more interesting items purchased today, all of which got worked into my lunch: goat milk cheddar cheese (very strong), ostrich burgers (delicious), hazelnut honey (light and pleasant), spicy venison jerky (awesome), sunchokes (interesting . . . they told me these tasted like a cross between a potato and watercress, and they do! I'd never even heard of these little root veggies before.).

Old-timey Slang of the Day

rind: audacity, nerve


The rind of hope?

"The coach . . . threw in the towel to spare his pitcher’s arm with his team losing 66-0"

Um, wow. That's a pretty tough kid, though, just to be able to stay in there through all of that. Also, this kind of reminds me of some of the worst of our little league games when I was a kid, which probably would have gotten this bad if we didn't have the ten-run rule.

Old-timey Photograph of the Day

Will the person who invented photography take one step forward, please? Not so fast, Henry Fox Talbot. Cool story about an early photograph, from yesterday's NYT.

Old-timey Slang of the Day

rest powder: snuff

Screaming for Excedrin

Old-timey Slang of the Day

In light of the recent change in the weather around these parts . . .

June around: to have spring fever

Old-timey Slang of the Day

pink chord: "An irritating mistake in reading or improvising music."

Kooky Kults

Cracked has an amusing list of fun cults.

Old-timey Slang of the Day

wreath: cabbage

The more I look into these old slang words, the more I notice how much fun people used to have with their food.

Really, really, really, really, really, really old trees

Scientists have found 8,000-year-old trees in Sweden.

Comb-Jellies: We're Number One, We're Number One!

Looks like scientists found a new candidate for the first animal on earth. Neat!

Old-timey Slang of the Day

spinach: a beard!

Old-timey Slang of the Day

may: again, from Wentworth & Flexner: "Mayonnaise. Some c1930 lunch-counter use. Obs. Replaced by 'mayo.'"

Hmm...