Friday, October 13, 2023
Welcome to a spooky Friday the 13th edition of Wolmania. There's nothing eerier than a carelessly tossed-together newsletter, right? So we're on theme today.
Item 1: a link
I was reading a book that referred to the inferiority of a "left wing pen":
As you will have gathered, the "left wing" in this phrase refers not to political leanings but rather to from which side of the bird the feather comes. I could have stopped there and just shared this excerpt, but this newsletter goes the extra mile for you and finds other references to a "left wing pen" in old books. Unfortunately, those references seem to directly contradict the first one:
So now I have no idea what to believe (other than that one should make sure one's Pen-knife is fharp in the Back).
Item 2: a list
Rare earth elements, ranked
- Ytterbium
- Ytrium
- Praseodymium
- Neodymium
- Promethium
- Gadolinium
- Europium
- Lanthanum
- Thulium
- Cerium
- Holmium
- Lutetium
- Samarium
- Terbium
- Dysprosium
- Erbium
- Scandium
Item 3: a media recommendation
Metric - The Void
Item 4: word of the week
Mephitic
"Hey babe, glad you're home. Perfect timing, I'm just putting the finishing touches on that TikTok recipe I was telling you about. Can you set the table while I get this out of the pan?"
"Okay." Her nose twitched. "But are you sure olive loaf basque cheesecake is supposed to be so... mephitic?"
He furrowed his brows, thinking. "Maybe I wasn't supposed to leave the uni yogurt out overnight. It's probably fine, I'll just use more charred asparagus coulis."
Item 5: a photograph
See ya!
Thanks for reading. See you next week when I will finally be back on American shores.
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