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“New research led by Dr Daniel Mitchell at the University of Warwick’s Warwick Medical School has found a novel relationship between high glucose and the immune system in humans”: Longtime E-Verser Dan Mitchell Praised in Several Newspapers
Doctors have long known that diabetics are prone to getting infections, but they couldn’t say with any certainty why these patients are so vulnerable to microbial invaders. Now British researchers think they have solved the mystery. They conducted a series of lab experiments that suggest elevated levels of glucose in the bloodstream – a hallmark of diabetes – inhibit the ability of the body’s immune system to detect and fight bacterial and fungal infections.
Full Story“When You Ride ALONE You Ride With Hitler” and Other World War Two Propaganda Posters
Dark Roasted Blend says “During World War Two, propaganda posters became something of an art form and some examples are very well known even today. It’s been claimed that truth is often the first casualty of war, and it is very interesting to see how the events of the time were depicted in this selection of posters and leaflets from both sides of the conflict.”
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Share Just click on the Twitter logo on the right side of the screen under “subscription options” to join and receive tweets from Ernie and Paul as well as regular E-Verse updates.
Full StoryClassic Car Paintings
Share My stepdad Mike is a renaissance man if ever there were one. The man can restore a classic car and render a high quality pastel of it in a single afternoon. Some of his superb car paintings are featured on page 14 of the September issue of Hemmings Classic Car. Have a look. Congratulations, Mike!
Full StoryE-Verser Ann Makes Wiki List of Largest Single Day Jeopardy! Winners
Share Ken Jennings eats up the top spots, of course, but E-Verser Ann doesn’t do too badly. Click here to see her ranking. Here is her Jeopardy! website listing. Of course E-Verser senior staff writer Bethany also did very well on Jeopardy. Click here for her listing.
Full StoryE-Verse TV is Back!
Share After a not-so-brief hiatus, the E-Verse team is back. If you ever wondered what would happen if a man engaged in a battle of wits with a flip flop . . . and lost, or how why you can’t wear your pants as a shirt, we have video footage. Our top five list takes [...]
Full StoryE-Verse Breaks 13,000 Readers for May
Share Unlucky? Yeah, but we’re on our way to 14,000, so we had to hit 13,000 at some point! Thanks for stopping by. Spread the word if you like E-Verse Radio.
Full StorySteff Makes Monsters! Get Yours Now
Check out E-Verser Steff’s smart and fun stuffed creations!
Full StoryImagine if NYC Were an Atari Game: 8-Bit Big Apple!
Share Thanks to E-Versers Patrick and Erica for sending in the 8-bit New York City site. Click below to view.
Full StoryVisit Mad-Scientist Jason Nelson’s Inter-Dimensional, Multi-Planar Machine Poems
Share Born from the computerless land of farmers and spring thunderstorms, Jason Nelson somehow stumbled into creating awkward and wondrous digital poems and interactive stories of odd lives. Currently he researches Net Art and Electronic Literature at Griffith University in the Gold Coast’s contradictory lands. Aside from coaxing code and creatures into breaking, playing, and [...]
Full StoryE-Verser Jesse Rossa at the Oscars: Just Follow George Takei’s Thumb
Share Hey, Jesse, can you get some of the E-Verse staff in for next year’s Oscars? And for good measure, here is the pumpkin version of Jesse, carved by one of his fans.
Full StoryLearn How to Make and Publish Your Own Comics with Pat Aulisio
Share Philadelphia comic artist Pat Aulisio is teaching a class at Pterodactyl on publishing comics and art zines. Click on the logo below to sign up for the class or learn more. You can also visit his blog here. In this course students will learn how to write, draw, and self publish their own mini [...]
Full StoryPolar Bear Club, Jersey Shore Style!
Share E-Verse’s own Kara joined the ever growing ranks of the Polar Bear Club. For those not familiar with this elite group, allow me to explain. Fully grown adults, of sound mind and body, deliberately plunge themselves into the ocean in the middle of the winter. Yes, I know, it sounds insane, and I’m told [...]
Full StoryThanks to the 8000 E-Verse Readers This Month
Share We’re getting more and more readers here at E-Verse, so this is a big thanks to all of you for stopping by. I’d like to know who the reader in Siberia is . . .
Full Story“Ah, Children of the Night”: Watch out for Scary Jennifer . . .
Share You all know Jennifer, as in “Jen Awesome,” the E-Verse designer. She looks innocent enough. Well . . . there are at least two things you may not know about her. She is a fabulous skater. Yes, she belongs to “Team Delaware Adult” (don’t get me started). She’s so good she actually outgrew the [...]
Full Story“I’ll Have the Molly Hatchet”: Heavy Metal and Hamburgers, Together at Last (They Were Never That Far Aprt)
Share Yeah, two beefy guys with a megaphone and a big truck: Enter, Grill ‘Em All!
Full StoryE-Verse is deeply saddened by the death of the poet Rachel Wetzsteon
Share Rachel was certainly one of the finest poets of my generation, and it was a great honor to appear in the Swallow Anthology of New American Poets with her. I was scheduled to read with her at the Grolier Club earlier this month, but she had the flu and was unable to appear. I [...]
Full StoryErnest Hilbert’s Top Two Hundred Songs of the Decade, 2000-2009
Share Note: I’ll feature each of the top twenty-five of the two hundred in its own post over the next month, you can go ahead and see the full list now! Ernest Hilbert’s Top Two Hundred Best Songs of the Decade Two hundred? Strange number, right? Yes, I suppose. Here’s the story. I sat down [...]
Full StoryErnest Hilbert Blogs at Red Hen Press Blog Christmas Week
Share That’s right. I’m bloggging away for my publisher this week, so head on over to their blog and check out my first post on Roberts Hayden and Graves, community radio stations, and lots and lots of snow.
Full StoryPoetry and Whiskey: A Complete Guide!
Share Two of my favorite things. They go together. Now, thanks to Dennis’ Whiskey Corner, we have a complete list of poems that go well with certain poems. Have a look. Suggest your own! “Here is a selection of poetry that came to mind while tasting various whiskeys. In some cases they are commentary, it [...]
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Aussie Paul’s Favorite Christmas Song, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas sung by Bing Crosby
Share Paul says: “That was before I had one and I imagined it to be quite magical until i discovered that it was not as much fun as going to the beach which is what we used to do. My grandfather liked Bing as well.”
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No, Mr. Wilde . . . I Expect You to Die!
Share A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating. The worse their rhymes are, the more picturesque they look. The mere fact of having published a book of second-rate sonnets makes a man quite irresistible. He lives the poetry that he cannot write. [...]
Full StoryAn E-Verser sends in “A Cat Poem (after Listening to Ernest Hilbert)”
Share A young writer named Peako attended my last reading at KGB. I read a suite of cat poems as part of my set, and she decided to write her own sonnet in response: My Saphire refuses to move until the spirit strikes her. Peaceful sleep consumes her days. But suddenly awake, she will begin [...]
Full StoryCheck out the new Andrew Goodspeed poem over at LineBreak Magazine
Share Just click here to head over to read the poem from America’s ex-pat poet of darkness and hear the excellent recording by the very cool Ashley McHugh.
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