Meet Lappycakes, my new 12-inch HP tablet laptop.
The best part about Lappycakes is that I can do all my JSTOR research on him while sitting on the couch, in a coffee shop, in the library, on the subway, wherever. I’m training him to recognize my chicken scratch handwriting so that I can write directly [...]
So I was reading about the history of sideshow mermaids on the internet earlier (don’t ask) and I found this amazing article about mermaid mummies in Japan on a site called Pink Tentacle.
Pink Tentacle seems to be about the weirder aspects of Japanese culture. Just a glance at the front page confirmed that I [...]
Dear Irma S. Rombauer and family,
I love the Joy of Cooking. From picnic coleslaw to Singapore noodles, your book is my kitchen bible. So what gives with your cinnamon raisin bread recipe? I have tried making it twice now and while both attempts turned out delicious, some problem in chemistry is making the bread impossible [...]
Awesome votive statues from Tell Asmar, c. 2700-2500.
The Archaeology magazine newsblog linked to an article on Azzaman this morning which reported that the site of Tell Asmar (known as Eshnunna in Sumerian) in Iraq has been looted by an armed gang who “stormed the archaeological site, handcuffed the guards and stole its possessions,” both artifacts [...]
After a year of gathering dust? Why now?
Last weekend, The Star ran a very brief and hard-to-locate excerpt of piece I wrote for Torontoist. From my response:
In last Tuesday’s news roundup, [I] followed up on the confrontation between a cyclist and a motorist at College and McCaul Streets. The altercation came to a bloody end [...]