I think I had heard of Notes and Queries before I read Not Even Wrong, but reading that at least reminded me to look and YES!! There is an online archive of issues of N&Q from 1849-1869 online. N&Q is a newslettery repository of the research interests and results of the Victorian research nerd. The modern version has refined this to the classical research nerd, as the other nerds have made their own nests elsewhere.

Tortilla Flat’s title in Swedish is Riddarna kring Dannys bord

While I haven’t posted lately, you, loyal reader, are ever on my mind. I have some great links saved up for you for later. Until then, cutting edge cookie eating robot from Mcvities (who else?).

Kickin’ it old school in preparation for National Poison Prevention Week (March 20-26), take a listen to the Mr Yuk song and read a little history of Mr Yuk. And after that flash from the ’70s, don’t forget that poison control info is now available everywhere by calling 1-800-222-1222.

Through the excellent CoolGov, comes the Flu surveillance map. If this was a different sort of weblog, I would make a joke about red state/blue state and horrible infections.

Another perennial fave here at FP: communist propaganda! This time, from North Korea. I am enjoying my page-a-day Chinese propaganda calendar from Taschen, a gift from Ursula. This week, there was a rather crude poster from a particular technical college class, urging fellow students to be all revolutionary and stuff. So instead of doughnuts in the student lounge to urge them on, they get some guy’s crappy brushwork.

Why the joy in propaganda? Well, aside from the really bold colors and clear-as-mud-unless-you-aren’t-Chinese/Russian/Other symbolism, I am in general a fan of functional art. Need to whip up the masses? Indicate which door is for ladies? Indicate that this canned product is, in fact, delicious? Then I will enjoy your art.

later: their bandwidth was slammed, so the above link is out of comission for a while. In the meantime, enjoy some East German bulletin board propaganda.

A really cool and yet horrifying dynamic look at the popularity of certain names for babies over time.

Tasty looking Southern Cooking weblog (recently linked on BoingBoing, so traffic may be high) with great recipies and tips. Unfortunately, it also looks like it’s been found by spambots posting advertising. Perhaps some kind soul will help Mary Lou out.

A very cool project at an Australian retirement home– knitting an entire 1950s sitting room! Though those teacups look crocheted to me. Seems like another good use for those bright yet scratchy acrylics.

For no real reason that I can figure, I really enjoyed these titles:
Monterey Gourmet Foods Issues a Voluntary Recall of Mislabeled CIBO Naturals “Portabella Mushroom Ravioli” Due to Undeclared Lobster Meat, a press release from the FDA and

Please Don’t Let my Child’s Behavior Disturb You, a wallet card available from an autism support group.