Especially with the green ones, I cannot unsee Cthulhu.

The most interesting part of the story is that this case provides an exammple of a medical justification for the ancient practice of bloodletting.

Where's Alex ??

"Last meal" has a certain ominous overtone which makes the title a nonsequitur. Perhaps rephrase as "previous meal?"

:-)

Requested from my library. Thanks for the suggestion.

No thanks. I felt like I was watching a visual depiction of the Trump presidency.

Thank you. Brings back pleasant memories.

Sort of related -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_%26_Abdul
Quite an interesting movie

If these are good Scandinavians, after the funeral they should be able to bury the dinner tradition for a few years, then dig it up and it should be ready to go again.

Most of the huge balloons have corporate tie-ins (Disney, Marvel, the Pillsbury Doughboy in the photo, etc), and the article only says the corporations "shoulder a lot of the burden."

I don't think the parade costs Macy's a penny. I bet they come out way ahead.

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I don't understand why the Charleston Water System official prefaces his/her comment with "Joking of course..." ???

Freddie Mercury would have loved this. Nice find, Christophe!

Excellent find, and a superb photoessay; thanks for posting this.

At the risk of sounding culturally insensitive, I think it would be interesting to live in that sanatorium (for a short time) (in warm weather).

To which I would add sleep paralysis, as a common explanation for terrifying nocturnal visitations.