Among the things I learned this week:
* The history of the tube top. (Courtesy: New York Times)
* Red Lobster has one vegetarian dish: a Ceasar salad. To make the menu sadder, Ceasar salads shouldn’t be vegetarian. (Courtesy: Personal experience).
Tag Archives: fashion
Things I Learned this Week
Among the things I learned this week:
* Shiseido Company, Limited, at 140 years, is the oldest cosmetics company in the world. (Courtesy: Not Couture)
* Learning foreign languages increases the probability of buying books translated from that language to your native language. (Personal Courtesy: The New York Review of Books
* The first English-language film to use the word “homosexual” is Victim, which was released in 1961. (Courtesy: Harper’s)
* The three largest employers in the World are the Department of Defense, People’s Liberation Army, and Wal-mart. (Courtesy: Harper’s)
Things I Learned this Week
Among the things I learned this week:
* In the late 19th century, women wore posy holders. There was a lot of variety, but the ornate ones are beautiful and many had ring attachments so they could dangle. (Courtesy: Smithsonian Gardens)
* The joy and amusement of watching people who have never played Pac-Man before trumps my desire to play. (Courtesy: Smithsonian American Art Museum)
* GMail searches don’t auto-stem. I’m shocked and appalled (that I just learned this). (Courtesy: Personal experience)
* 1982 Bordeaux wines are historically important for the evolution of the wine market. (Courtesy: The New York Times)
* General Ulysses S. Grant’s relationship with Jews, including General Orders No. 11, which expelled them from areas under his control during the Civil War, and his, later, assistance in eastern Europe. (Courtesy: The New Republic)
* Pyongyang’s subway system is more extensive than I expected, although it does not appear to be expanding. Plus, it has significance in the context of world subway systems (other sites with good information or photos: Unofficial Pyongyang Metro). (Courtesy: North Korean Economy Watch)