4 From hearts carved on a tree to heart emojis, that little heart shape resembles none of our 78 internal organs. Why? Sure the human heart is as romantic-looking as a plate of lime Jell-O. But, let's just say mistakes were made.
Art
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Mistakes were made. That's why the ubiquitous heart shape, the one you find on tree trunks and smartphone keyboards, bears no resemblance to the shape of a human heart. In Episode 57, Jay Douglas tells the story of what went wrong.
Episode 057—Have A Heart
4 David Rees's book, “How to Sharpen Pencils,” performs a public service by restoring lost luster to a writing instrument that has as much positive connotation as a gypsy curse.
Making A Point
4 Our lives are permanently in transit according to the Comma Queen, Mary Norris. “We don’t put in the work to choose words because our words feel transitory.”
Lessons From A Comma Queen
2 It’s a quiet Sunday afternoon until your child or grandchild drops the t-bomb. “I’m getting a tattoo,” he or she says. Disabuse yourself of the notion that you have raised a deviant, criminal or future Marine. Chances are, you have raised an art connoisseur.
Skin In The Game
4 Neil Dickinson, the Limerick Laureate of Facebook (and maybe the real life as well), doesn't believe that limericks should be reserved for bawdy occasions, like when the men folk retire to the sitting room with cigars and brandy to act like locker-room adolescents. If he had his way, he'd put limericks in every greeting card for every occasion.