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The Faculty of Useless Knowledge Yury Osipovich Dombrovsky ( Russian : Ю́рий О́сипович Домбро́вский ; 12 May [ O.S. 29 April] 1909 – 29 May 1978) was a Russian writer who spent nearly eighteen years in Soviet prison camps and exile.
In Trotwood's Monthly he commented: "In your March issue, reprinting the familiar poem, "The Old Canoe," which the anthology-makers so persistently ascribe to the late Gen. Albert Pike, you say: "Like many other good poems, It was, perhaps, the only one some poet wrote, and, never thinking itt would be immortal, or that it had any special merit ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... "A Useless Death" is a poem by Patti Smith, published as a chapbook in 1972. [1]
The Universe of Things: Aqueduct Press: Honor Alice Sola Kim "The Other Graces" in Asimov's Science Fiction July 2010: Dell Magazines Honor Sandra McDonald "Seven Sexy Cowboy Robots" in Strange Horizons, 2010.10.04: Strange Horizons: Honor Maureen F. McHugh "After the Apocalypse" in After the Apocalypse: Small Beer Press: Honor Delia Sherman ...
Just Say No. Useless purchases come in many forms. There's stuff that's used only a few times before being consigned to the basement or attic; stuff that's pricey to buy but could be rented ...
A delivery went awry at U.K.-based parcel firm DPD. Then a frustrated classical musician asked the bot some questions, with surprising results.
"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride" is a proverb and nursery rhyme, first recorded about 1628 in a collection of Scottish proverbs, [1] which suggests if wishing could make things happen, then even the most destitute people would have everything they wanted. [2] It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20004.
8. Useless Things. The ultra rich are also known to spend tons of money on things that are completely useless. Case in point: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos spent a whopping $42 million to build a ...