in no particular order:

The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor’s Heroic Search for the World’s First Miracle Drug

The Wave: In the Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks and Giants of the Ocean

Among the Thugs: The Experience, and the Seduction, of Crowd Violence

Anything by Mary Roach or Bill Bryson

*I love a good subtitle. Read Stephen Jay Gould, too. The Burgess Shale one in particular.

No. He got sent to a different one.

I’ve bought art through BuyOlympia before. Independent art + prints + paper goods.

That was weirder than expected.

Middle schooler.

… did I hallucinate you with a christmas-themed burner account, too?

True neutral. Who’s gonna fight such a nice balance?

Doesn’t break any rules. Editorialization is covered in the sidebar.

Mine lived in the half bath upstairs.

In 1965, Finnish architect Matti Suuronen began drafting plans for a custom ski chalet that was lightweight, simple to transport, with a nod to the modernity surrounding the space age.

Bake something super easy.

Fudge and/or peppermint bark make great gifts and are both pretty easy to make for any skill level. Dress it up with a dollar store Christmas tin and bow for extra appeal.

three ingredient peppermint bark

fudge

winter markets?

I tried to find it on Project Gutenberg, but no luck. HG Wells has a fair amount of translations in Hungarian and Finnish, for any curious readers of those languages.

Here is the Polish language results for available texts.

I think his sense of humor is a little more fucking refined, my friend.

That’s a shitty thing to say. Go stand in a corner for five minutes.

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I found one. It must have fallen.

Butter.

It’s got everything, and it’s beautiful. Don’t read up about it.