“The term ultima Thule in medieval geographies denotes any distant place located beyond the ‘borders of the known world’.” Link to the Wikipedia article.
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Author: madman
In case you really didn’t know, Microsoft Word is programmed by nerds and not jocks: And yes, I would like to watch a superb owl.
Normally I would say something funny, but when it comes to the sign on a bar in an Amish town that shows what appear to be a Sasquatch and an alien with an 8-ball bracelet drinking beer–I got nothin’.
Taqueria Monarca is a food truck found on the 2400 block of Holmes street in Kansas City, Missouri weekdays at lunchtime. They serve tacos, burritos, tostadas and other Mexican food with your choice of meats including steak, beef, pork, chicken, chorizo, tripe, and tongue. I have tied their tacos, which are very good, but I […]
“sooner or later, we need to be someone, because if we are not inside a character, then we are not inside the story.” via St. Eutychus
“You know my wife: ‘Y’all did it, and I’m gonna prove ya did it!’”
“People are down on what they’re not up on.”
Decius Brutus. Yo, worthy Caesar, I come to fetch you to the senate-house. Caesar. Tell them that I will not come to-day: Decius Brutus. Tell me why or they’ll laugh at me. Caesar. Tell them I said I don’t feel like it. But since I like you, I’ll let you in on a secret: Calpurnia had […]
“As far as midrash is concerned, Noah is the midrashiest midrash that ever was midrashed.” –Denny Burk from his review of Russell Crowe’s Noah, via Challies.com