Friday the Thirteenth

Have you ever wonder what the world's most expensive whatever was? Learn the price, but not the value, of all sorts of whatevers here.

"It has been a common saying of physicians in England, that a cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing."
Today's recommended literary treat is Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi's Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson. Then pop yourself across to the Samuel Johnson sound bites page for more Johnsonian japery.

I also like Shakespeare searched.

This is fun. How to carve grotesque pumpkins. Hallowe'en is just around the corner.

But will we get there? Not according to Nikolai Fedorovsky.