a postmodern anthology of utter trash

WELL music in triple time was called “tempus perfectum” cause it’s three like the trinity and therefore perfect, right? (You can see where this is going).

SO, music in duple time was refered to as “tempus imperfectum” And was notated by a BROKEN CIRCLE because it BROKE THE PERFECT TRINITY CIRCLE OF TRIPLE TIME AND WENT DUPLE.

SO, now we have a C that every teacher in this godforsaken plane of existence tells us stands for “common time” which is FAIR but I’VE BEEN KEPT IN THE DARK FOR SO LONG and my theory professor really went

On Twitter, the Museum of English Rural Life asked for our best duck pics, and luckily it’s still OK to post those on Tumblr. Here are four ducks from our collection of more than 100 original drawings by John James Audubon.

MS Am 21

Oh, Tchaikovsky? I love Tchaikovsky. I mean, who doesn’t, right? Such beautiful melodies... Such expressive music... he truly was a genius.

Meeting a fellow Mahler fan:

(eyes lock with a rabid, burning hunger)

Explore Your Archive Week: Hairy Archives

It is day two of Explore Your Archive Week. We couldn’t think of a better collection to feature on Hairy Archives day than our “Best” Collection!

The John S. Best papers, 1896-2000 contain a lifetime of artifacts about dogs, particularly terriers. Best bred and showed Irish Terriers and Smooth Fox Terriers beginning in 1932. He had 34 champions come out of his “Blackacre” kennel.

This booklet Grooming the Broken Haired Terrier isn’t dated but it contains articles, pictures, and drawings that were written by Arden M Ross and illustrated by the author and Lori Bush for Terrier Type magazine. The booklet gives detailed, easy to understand instructions on how to groom dogs with a wire-coat for the show ring.

Grooming these dogs is not easy and can take hours to get just right. (tip your groomers well) Each breed often comes with their own set of instructions on how to make them look “just so” in the show ring.

World Egg Day!

Happy Halloween! 

Check out these “ghosts” found in Biodiversity Heritage Library!

Ghost bats (Macroderma gigas) live in Australia. SciArt by R. Mintern from the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1880), digitized by the Natural History Museum, London Library and Archives.

Labyrinth ghost moths (Abantiades labyrinthicus) also live in Australia. SciArt by Helena Scott for Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations, Drawn from the Life, Vol. 1 (1864), digitized by the Australian Museum.

Atlantic ghost crabs (Ocypode quadrata) live along the Atlantic coast of the United States. SciArt by Mark Catesby for his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 2 Ed. 2 (1754), digitized by the Peter Raven Library of the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Ghost orchids (Epipogium aphyllum) lack chlorophyll, grow in dimly lit areas, and rarely appear. SciArt by Walter Hood Fitch for Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, Vol. 80 (1854), digitized by the Peter Raven Library of the Missouri Botanical Garden.