December 2009
32 posts
“Verde da Taglio [a Swiss chard] is sold by the Franchi company, which I have a...”
– A tasty Italian chard: Bieta Verde da Taglio, from Homegrown Evolution
WatchBehold, the fearsome Tetris God.
The Highly Civilised Man: Richard Burton and the...
In the mid-1840s, Richard Burton, a subaltern in the Indian army already known as a brilliant linguist, assumed the guise of Mirza Abdullah, a wealthy half-Arab and half-Iranian merchant, in order to spy on the people of Sindh. He put on a wig, stained his face with henna and, wearing the fine flowing robes of a seller of linen and calicoes, wandered through bazaars, listening, talking and taking...
Missed Connection
trixiebedlam:
New York City. He was a guy dressed business-casual with a blue messenger bag, walking south on 5th Ave alongside his daughter on a pink scooter. She was heading north, mid-20’s, long blondish hair, off season tan, business-casual in a black skirt and black flats - the two of you crossed paths just off the SE corner of 15th St. I was waiting for the light and happened to see first...
Vietnamese man dug up wife's corpse 'so he could...
“A Vietnamese man dug up his wife’s corpse and slept beside it for five years because he wanted to hug her in bed.”
From The Telegraph.
In search of Eva Tanguay, the first rock star. ... →
claytoncubitt:
To Aleister Crowley, Tanguay was “exactly and scientifically … the Soul of America at its most desperate eagle-flight.” Tanguay, Crowley wrote in 1912,
is like the hashish dream of a hermit who is possessed of the devil. She cannot sing, as others sing; or dance, as others dance. She simply keeps on vibrating, both limbs and vocal chords without rhythm, tone, melody, or purpose....
