Things I Learned Today From Books

Today I learned the term "anthrodermic binding." Anthrodermic binding is when the skin of a previously living thing is used to bind a book about that thing. I learned about this while reading a recounting about an incident in the early 1800's when a murderer was put to death and then his skin was used to bind the book that a reporter (much like Truman Capote) had written about the murderer. . . c-r-e-e-p-y.

I also learned that urine can bleach a Lincoln Log cabin white. This was from a passage about another author's childhood. There are some pretty interesting things to read out there.

Naked Statues

I am really glad that I live in a town that has "naked statues." They make a great point of reference. Today a girl at Kinkos was giving me directions to a Print Shop in town and she said, "so you know where the naked statues are?" I nodded yes without batting an eye and she gave me directions from there. As I passed the statues I thought, just look at those points of reference.

More Quotes

"Like Shakespeare said, droppin' g's from gerunds is always cool," Stephen Colbert, of the Colbert Report, during an episode about today's youth.

"Society praises its living conformists and its dead rebels," Dr. Gunther Von Hagen, creator of Body Worlds, The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies, defending his controversial exhibit.

Maybe next time I will post original material of my own. However, don't quote me on that.

Fat Is the New Black

. . . a direct quote from designer Isaac Mizrahi when he was a guest on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. He said that male actors are chubbier than they used to be. And then he declared, "Fat is the new black."