Link Roundup

BibliOddysey features scores of scans of old and rare manuscripts. Beautiful & strange.

Likewise the Procedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society are a wunderkammer in print, existing at the intersection of science, magic and whimsy.

Good Words

"I don't believe we'll defeat the Axis of Evil
By putting smart bombs in the hands of dumb people."

-Billy Bragg "Waiting for the Great Leap Forward"

6 year blogiversary

As of the day before yesterday it's been 6 years off and on. Looking back on it there's been quite a bit of off--which explains the size of my readership. Even with all that time off for bad behavior I'm glad to see that I'm still going...and that the number of people with this bizarre pasttime continue to increase.

XXX
Scott