Thug Notes: Catcher in the Rye
Henry VI, Part 2
Kid Beowulf and the Blood-Bound Oath (Scene 14)
Thug Notes: Great Expectations
Henry VI, Part 1
Kid Beowulf and the Blood-Bound Oath (Scene 13)
Archeology vs. Historical Reenactments
Medievalists.net has an interesting article about the risk of contamination of archeological sites by historical reenactments. One of the potential side effects of reenactors trying to be as “period” as possible is that the more successful they are, the more they risk confusing future archeologists.
Thug Notes: Lord of the Flies
Sucks to your assmar.
Numberphile on Cutting a Cake
The folks over at Numberphile have dug up the best way to cut a round cake from a letter to the editor in a 1906 issue of Nature. Although it seems there ought to be a better way to keep it together than rubber bands.
By the way, the cover image here is from Cake Central.