The sort of fact which you'd really rather not know, like Lizzie Borden being acquitted, or that E.E. Cummings didn't lowercase his name
Knew these facts. And I love it. I geek out with useless knowledge all the time.
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'The Message'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cashmere - Apr 18, 2005 4:25:28 pm PDT #6710 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
libkitty - Apr 18, 2005 4:27:45 pm PDT #6711 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
So how did E. E. Cummings start being written e.e. cummings? I completely didn't know this (or that Lizzie Borden was acquitted. I love buffistas!).
Topic!Cindy - Apr 18, 2005 4:30:16 pm PDT #6712 of 10001
What is even happening?
What's porphyria? I looked it up at dictionary.com, but they just said abnormalities in the blood, etc.
Cashmere - Apr 18, 2005 4:32:04 pm PDT #6713 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
So how did E. E. Cummings start being written e.e. cummings? I completely didn't know this
Because he broke rules with his poetry in punctuation and spelling, so people started putting his name in without the capitals, assuming that he would have done so. Not so.
amych - Apr 18, 2005 4:33:55 pm PDT #6714 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
So how did E. E. Cummings start being written e.e. cummings?
In his own writing, he never was -- his use of lower case for things like the beginnings of sentences and the pronoun "I" (or rather "i", I guess you could say) was something he was incredibly picky about in his poetry (and his normal-looking uppercase signature), but sloppy editing has classed him as the all-lower-case guy for at least 50 years.
more here: [link]
quester - Apr 18, 2005 4:34:10 pm PDT #6715 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
24: They just said that a warhead disappeared somewhere in Iowa or Illinois. When the "president" asked why satellites didn't pick it up, Mike replied "Well, it's mountainous terrain!Huh? I grew up on that border and I don't remember any MOUNTAINS!
Cashmere - Apr 18, 2005 4:35:30 pm PDT #6716 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
What's porphyria? I looked it up at dictionary.com, but they just said abnormalities in the blood, etc.
It's actually a group of metabolic disorders with a fairly wide range of symptoms that can include psychiatric ones.
Cashmere - Apr 18, 2005 4:39:05 pm PDT #6717 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Cindy, it's also associated with vampirism because some conditions of porphyria can include blistering and burning of the skin when exposed to sunlight.
libkitty - Apr 18, 2005 4:39:58 pm PDT #6718 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
E. E. Cummings
Wow.
When I was in college, my geology professor went to some meeting in Indiana, and a geology professor there showed him the geologic sights as a courtesy. He (the Indiana guy) showed him a ridge. My professor asked where it was. He literally couldn't see it. The Indiana guy got a little peeved.
Cashmere - Apr 18, 2005 4:42:33 pm PDT #6719 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
When I was in college, my geology professor went to some meeting in Indiana, and a geology professor there showed him the geologic sights as a courtesy. He (the Indiana guy) showed him a ridge. My professor asked where it was. He literally couldn't see it. The Indiana guy got a little peeved.
To be fair, the northern 2/3rds of Indiana got smooshed flat by the last ice age ice sheets. The lowest 1/3 is quite hilly.