Wonderful illustrations from a Soviet-era Russian translation of the Hobbit.
The article is titled “Russian Lord of the Rings”, but everything I could see was from The Hobbit.
Also three clips from a low-budget Soviet movie version. Somehow it seems particularly appropriate for the dwarves to speak Russian. Perhaps it is because they look like Orthodox monks.
Via BoingBoing
Horror from the deep. The Economist on the Gulf coast oil spill.
The Lovecrafty title seems particularly appropriate.
“Spill, baby, spill!”
I stumbled on 5 Ancient Acts of War That Changed the Face of the Earth. The history is accurate, though the style and vocabulary are …. not what I used when writing papers for History 10 at Carleton 40 years ago. Also interesting are the parallels used to describe historical events. Mildly NSFW language behind cut
As mia_mcdavid forecast, we had a busy weekend. colgaffneyis basket making workshop yesterday was interesting and fun basketmaking
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 