Wolmania - Friday, September 30, 2022

I like to think that when the guy from Green Day sang "wake me up when September ends" he was thinking of days like this. Billy Joe, if you're out there... it's time to get out of bed. It's about to be October.

Recommended pairing for this morning's Wolmania? A London Fog.

Item 1: a link

Trimalchio in Newburyport: Timothy Dexter’s *A Pickle for the Knowing Ones* (1848)

This terrible guy made some very fun literature:

a later biographer

A Pickle for the Knowing Ones

Item 2: a list

Fifteens rugby positions, ranked

1. Loose-head prop
2. Hooker
3. Tight-head prop
4. Full back
5. Blind-side flanker
6. Open-side flanker
7. Left wing
8. Locks
9. Scrum half
10. Fly half
11. Outside centre
12. Right wing
13. Number 8
14. Inside centre

Item 3: a media recommendation

Item 4: word of the week

Propinquity

Item 5: a photograph

See ya!

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