Archive for May 2009
Of Libraries and Librarians
I’ve been behind on my blog reading (and posting) lately. School and family crises will do that. I just read John Blyberg’s post on the Darien Statements on the Library and Librarians. I found the whole post thought provoking, but I especially enjoyed the bullet points of things librarians must do under the Preservation of the Library section. My favorite was “Endorse procedures only if they guide librarians or users to excellence.”
This is the list of things they fill compelled to do at Darien. Are there things that you, personally, would add or eliminate from the list?
The Gorgon
Today’s mythological monday creature is the Gorgon. You may read Topsell’s description of this fearsome creature here.
of Lice, and how to kill them
This new series of posts will take simply quote peculiar sections of Edward Topsell’s The History of Four-Footed Beasts. Some of the work deals with mythological creatures, such as Satyrs, and most of my posts will do likewise. However, today’s post deals with an ever pertinent and interesting topic, ridding your horse of lice.
They be like Geese Lice, but somewhat bigger, they will breed most about the ears, neck, and tail, and over all the body. THe comve of poverty, and the Horse will be alwayes rubbing, and scratching, and will eat his meat, and not prosper withal, and with rubbing he will break all his mane and tail. The cure, according to Martin, is thus; Anoint the place with Sope and Quicksilver, well mingled together, and to a pound of Sope, put half an ounce of Quicksilver.
That’s right folks. There’s no cure for lice like a mixture of soap and mercury. 
