very boring or unexciting—‘(as) dull as ditchwater’ (1770)—the later phrase ‘(as) dull as dishwater’ (1832) is probably due to mispronunciation of ‘ditchwater’ in the original phrase…| word histories
On the prosody of Horace and Bob Dylan. The post Hypermetry in Bob Dylan’s “Hurricane” appeared first on Ad Fontes.| Ad Fontes
The metro will need to build 15,900 housing units in the next 10 years to keep up with growth, the report said, despite current home prices and rental rates outpacing household incomes.| InForum
[D’Ernst Cassirer, (Breslau, 1874 – New York, 1945) nous avions mis en ligne « La technique des mythes politiques modernes« , dernier chapitre de son ouvrage Le Mythe de l’Etat, où le philosophe juif allemand en exil depuis 1933 analyse, juste avant sa mort, l’origine, la structure et la technique des mythes politiques et les conditions d’apparition […]| Les Amis de Bartleby
Oink! is one title I've thus far neglected to cover much on this blog, but hey - better late than never! So let's amend that with a dive into what is probably my favourite issue of one of the weirder comics published by IPC - lucky number #13. Launched in May 1986, Oink was still a fortnightly comic at this point (it would later go to monthly). Many people actually seem to consider Oink as "a Viz for children", indeed that is a phrase I have seen thrown around a lot, but it is simply not a t...| Wacky Comics!
