In Jules Verne’s 1882 novel Le Rayon Vert, Verne described the green flash of sunset as “a green which no artist could ever obtain on his palette, a green of which neither the varied tints of vegetation nor the shades of the most limpid sea could ever produce the like! If there is a green in Paradise, it cannot be but of this shade, which most surely is the true green of Hope.” Well, it appears that a photographer has captured the green flash on camera. It remains something of a mystery as to how Verne initially detected the flash, but some Verne scholars suspect that Verne began to see it during his famous (and often underreported) encounter with a gangrenous streaker.
Redheads won’t be having all the fun in a hundred years. In fact, there won’t be any left on this planet by 2100. I’m troubled by this. I had thought that, as a redhead (or perhaps “reddish” head, given that what remains of my hair is now more of an auburn timbre; when I was a lad, I sailed the berm with a red moptop and some unleashed sperm), I would one day produce legions of redheaded children who would then, in turn, spread their seed across the earth. I had counted upon my recessive genes to be resilient, working against insurmountable odds. But this won’t be the case at all. So have at it, lovers and casual fornicators! Get those redheads in the sack before they’re gone! (via Bookninja)
“when I was a lad, I sailed the berm with a red moptop and some unleashed sperm”
Am I seeing things or are you freestyling some Gilbert and Sullivan here?
I think you meant “freebasing”…
Is that article on Joanna Newsom considered an interview? I mean, a writer usually has to talk to the subject in order to write a profile, but I don’t think that automatically makes the piece an interview.
Anyway, I think it’s a great piece.
It’s especially fun because I live in Nevada City. That makes it exciting.
“when I was a lad, I sailed the berm with a red moptop and some unleashed sperm”
Am I seeing things or are you freestyling some Gilbert and Sullivan here?
I think you meant “freebasing”…
Is that article on Joanna Newsom considered an interview? I mean, a writer usually has to talk to the subject in order to write a profile, but I don’t think that automatically makes the piece an interview.
Anyway, I think it’s a great piece.
It’s especially fun because I live in Nevada City. That makes it exciting.