"Small Children Often Object To Being Washed": The Best Advertisements of 1910
"Ask for Aquascutum"
History
Ancient Achaemenid Opinion Piece: Artemisia II of Caria Is Responsible For Unrealistic Beauty Standards for Women
Most women cannot afford to marry their brothers, much less outlive them and drink their ashes mixed with wine every day as an example of virtue. We've got to be realistic.
What Are People Blaming Ergot Poisoning On Today?
You can't just keep pointing at things and calling them ergot poisoning! That's not what happened to Joan of Arc!
Do You Think The Creator God Is Doing A Good Job, Or Should Be Replaced By A Big Sheep Or A Demiurge?
How should this new deity replace our creator-God?
A. Peaceful transition of power
B. Kill and eat
C. Imprison within a mighty egg
D. Bring forth monsters
How Ethan Hawke was the first person I met in New York
If I had to pick a single adjective for his appearance it would be "grizzled."
Parsing the Queensbury "Posing As Somdomite" Calling Card
"It says 'For Oscar Wilde.'"
"Does it? Are you sure it doesn't say '7 or Uscan Wilche'?"
A Day On Lindisfarne, June 7, 793
6:30am: Wake up a bit late. No need to look at the horizon – there isn't time today! Besides, it's always the same peaceful intersection of sea and sky. You can always look at it later!
6:45am: Finish dismantling old Roman wall. Maybe the Romans needed to keep people out, but you certainly don't!
After A Stinging Defeat By the Himera River, I Really Like To Withdraw East to My Port Capital
After a stinging defeat by the Himera River in central Sicily, there's nothing I like more than retreating east to my port capital.
Pre-Modern Medical Examiners on Historically Accurate Procedurals
"Of course, we'll know more when we get the body back to the catacombs and have a chance to pray about the time of death."
What Did Elephants Fear Before Mice?
"I have stated earlier on that the elephant dreads a pig."