HELLO
interjection (used to express a greeting, answer a telephone, or attract attention.) (an exclamation of surprise, wonder, elation, etc.) (used derisively to question the comprehension, intelligence, or common sense of the person being addressed): You're gonna go out with him? Hello!
noun, plural hel·los. the call “hello” (used as an expression of greeting): She gave me a warm hello.
verb (used without object), hel·loed, hel·lo·ing. to say “hello”; to cry or shout: I helloed, but no one answered. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/hello
Residents of Blace, a small town in Serbia, are so thankful to plums that in 2012, the town erected a statue in their honor. The town unveiled Spomenik Šljivi, “Monument to Plum” by Dragan Drobnjak, during their annual “Plum Day” festival. Many residents of the Toplica region work with plums, making jam, juice, compote, or Rakija fruit brandy, the most popular alcoholic drink in Serbia. Along with the statue, the festival every year gathers plum lovers to the area, with concerts, a fair, and many educational lectures about fruit growing. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/spomenik-sljivi
A hospitalist is a licensed physician who practices in a hospital and treats an array of conditions. These doctors work to treat patients staying in the hospital due to a variety of illnesses and injuries. The term “hospitalist” is actually relatively new, first coined in 1996. The need for hospitalists emerged from increasingly complex hospital patient cases. These cases needed dedicated physicians, rather than clinicians also managing ambulatory care and other clinical obligations. Hospitalists emerged from this gap in the medical workforce, and this specialized area of medicine was born. https://www.sgu.edu/blog/medical/what-is-a-hospitalist/
Driving through the tiny town of Arcadia, Oklahoma, just a half-hour north of Oklahoma City, no passenger can miss the sign for Pops. Nestled along Route 66, the roadside restaurant and gas station sells around 700 kinds of soda, arranged by color. Out front, a 66-foot-tall soda bottle statue provides a tip-off regarding what’s in store for customers. At night, LEDs illuminate the structure, turning it into a beacon of light that harkens back to the days when this legendary route was dotted with neon. Travelers who find themselves drawn in by the splendid display will discover more than just pop inside. Waitresses bustle around in its diner, complete with an old-fashioned soda fountain. Though patrons are welcome to order a proper meal, the diner’s claim to fame is their root beer bread pudding. Pops makes a steaming slice of not-too-sweet, yeasty pudding studded with plump raisins, then douses the creation in house-made root beer and white chocolate sauces. https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/root-beer-bread-pudding If you’re lucky enough to have it, you can use Triple XXX root beer from Indiana.
fuddle transitive verb Confuse or stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol. Go on a drinking bout. noun A state of confusion or intoxication. archaic A drinking bout. Late 16th century (in the sense ‘go on a drinking bout’): of unknown origin. https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/fuddle A Very Fuddles Christmas is a 2013 picture book about a pampered cat named Fuddles by author and illustrator Frans Vischer.
The coinage law of 1873 made no provision for the standard silver dollar. During the lapse in coinage of this denomination, the gold dollar became the unit coin, and the trade dollar was used for commercial transactions with the Orient. Resumption of coinage of silver dollars was authorized by the Bland-Allison Act of February 28,1878. The weight (412-1/2 grains) and fineness (.900) were to conform with the Act of January 18, 1837. George T. Morgan designed the new dollar. Morgan was a former pupil of William Wyon's from the Royal Mint in London. Morgan's monogram appears on the obverse at the truncation of Lady Liberty's neck at the last tress. It also appears on the reverse on the left hand loop of the ribbon. Coinage of the silver dollar was suspended after 1904 because of low demand and lack of bullion supply. Under provisions of the Pitman Act of 1918, 270 million silver dollars were melted. Coinage of the silver dollar was resumed in 1921. The Morgan design, with some refinements, was used until the new Peace design was adopted later in the year. https://www.collectons.com/shop/cat/1042/index/0/American-Coins-by-Date-US-Dollar-Coins-Morgan-Silver-Dollars-1878-1921 See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_dollar Thank you, Muse reader!
The lull between seating and ordering and receiving your first course does not have to be a time of awkward chatter or desultory phone scrolling at a restaurant. Different restaurants and companies are approaching expectation in various ways, tapping into alternative senses. When Heston Blumenthal launched the animated sweetshop into the reservation process at The Fat Duck, some people were concerned it was overdone. However, it appears Heston was ahead of the curve. The video that arrived via an emailed link to each guest a month before their reservation was littered with markers that they would come across at The Fat Duck. Not only did Heston invest in the animation element, but as a sensory experience, he was keen to focus on the scent that was used at The Fat Duck. La Petite Chef began as a demo to explore the possibilities of 3D Projection Mapping in smaller and more intimate settings. Following the smallest chef on his adventures around the plate and around the world is a great way to entertain and interact with guests as well as exhibit unusual ingredients and techniques used. Link to 6:20 video at https://www.kamilasitwell.co.uk/blog/2017/11/13/the-theatre-of-dining Thank you, Muse reader!
March 4, 2021 A lost poem by Vladimir Nabokov, written from the perspective of Superman as he laments the impossibility of having children with Lois Lane, has been published for the first time. The Man of To-morrow’s Lament appears in this week’s Times Literary Supplement. In it, Nabokov, whose son loved the Superman comics, writes in the voice of the Man of Steel. He imagines the hero walking through a city park with Lois, forced to wear his glasses because “otherwise, / when I caress her with my super-eyes, / her lungs and liver are too plainly seen / throbbing”. Nabokov sent the poem, which contains allusions to Hamlet, to the poetry editor of the New Yorker in June 1942, just a few years after he had arrived in the US from occupied France. But the author of Lolita, which would be published 13 years later, was rejected. The New Yorker’s poetry editor Charles Pearce told him that “most of us appear to feel that many of our readers wouldn’t quite get it”. Alison Flood https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/04/vladimir-nabokovs-superman-poem-published-for-the-first-time
The Constitution
of the United States came into force on
March 4, 1789.
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