Listening to @neilhimself on No Such Thing as a Fish about why bagels originated from anti-Semitism in Poland. Also learnt that the word "lox", as in smoked salmon, is about 8,000 years old.
Anyone lucky enough to be in NYC on Oct 17, 2023 might consider attending this fascinating lecture.
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself is a wonderful speaker, and basically a world expert on Norse mythology.
Maria Dahvana Headley's new translation/rewriting of Beowolf is like seeing it in a whole new light. The depth of meaning and beauty of her word choice made me shake my head in wonder more than a few times.
Online post by Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.n.. October 17th in NYC. It will be fun and educational and you will learn a lot about Norse Mythology and the Iliad and suchlike. Do come.
Listening to @neilhimself talking about the history of bagels (based in Polish anti-semitism, I did not know) on my favorite trivia podcast while all the other UK-based hosts are politely like "Lox is what...?" and just being reminded again at how much some of the "traditional" foods for me are unusual/unknown even among... people who know things for a living.
Anybody find it funny when you can "delete" dangerous items by selling them in games?
You have 4 things in your backpack that are not quest items, but are dangerous according to the game's lore, and they are ALSO worth several hundred gold... so if you want you can just sell them, and somehow the bad guys will never figure out you sold a box of 5 demons, six alien eggs and one glass jar of zombie-virus or whatever to the local hafling merchant? They just... disappear?
Oh wow. It was absolutely stunning! An incredible translation of the novel, with so many extra elements which couldn’t have worked in any other medium except live #theatre.
If you have a chance to see it wherever it’s playing next, don’t miss it; it’s a hell of a show!
As we all hopefully know, everything @neilhimself touches turns to magic, like a less cursed King Midas!