



In the 18th century, the Bavarian regent Karl Theodor ordered a placard to be mounted on this promenade in Munich asking strollers not to annoy by permanently greeting each other. I wonder what he would have thought about our newly developed meeting and greeting rituals … Continue reading Meeting Etiquette

The discworld, as created by Terry Pratchett, is populated by many different gods. One of the minor goddesses is Anoia, the Goddess of Things That Get Stuck in Drawers. Anoia is praised by rattling a drawer and crying “How can it close on the damned thing but not open with it? Who bought this? Do we ever use it?”
In our household, we praise her often. More information can be found in Pratchett’s books. Or read about her in the lspace wiki which is a site dedicated to all things discworld.