May 2010
40 posts
“I was delighted to have finally received my Powershot S90, and without further...”
– Eggcorn alert! “Without further adieu…” instead of “Without further ado…” (This is a grate eggcorn.)
Amazon
April 2010
27 posts
“In his personal life, Runciman was an old-fashioned English eccentric, known,...”
– Steven Runciman
“When Albert Einstein died, he met three New Zealanders in the queue outside the...”
– The Economist, June 13th 1992, p. 71; via The Big Picture
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
I am with you, you men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations hence; I project myself—also I return—I am with you, and know how it is. Just as you feel when you look on the river and sky, so I felt; Just as any of you is one of a living crowd, I was one of a crowd; Just as you are refresh’d by the gladness of the river and the bright flow, I was refresh’d; Just as you stand and...
“Swartzentruber Amish use reflective tape on the back of their buggies, in place...”
– Swartzentruber Amish
“Kobun Chino lived for some years in Arroyo Seco, New Mexico, near his zendo and...”
– Kobun Chino
