Cynthia Brings You America’s Nessie
Everyone has heard about Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, who continues to hide somewhere in a Scottish lake, but did you know that America has its own submerged monster in Lake Champlain?… Read More
Cynthia’s “Best Song Ever”
Queen's Guitarist Brian May explains how their operatic classic "Bohemian Rhapsody" was written and recorded. It's a little long to watch the whole thing but very interesting to see how the parts came… Read More
Cynthia Says “Zombies Are Everywhere These Days, But I Feel So Much Safer Now That I Know Animals Would Just Eat Them Like Any Other Dead Flesh”
As Halloween approaches, I have no doubt that there will be a zombie invasion at my doorstep demanding candy rather than brains. Zombies have truly become a cornerstone of current a… Read More
Cynthia Listens Back to Some Old Rock
It's so refreshing to look back at old broadcasts of great music. … Read More
“Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City”: Cynthia Visits AC Before Departing for LA
"Before leaving for my new California home, I had the chance to do one more classic Philly tradition, going to AC for the weekend. This time it was… Read More
“The Adrenaline Is the Problem”: Chess Boxing!
You've got to be tough AND smart to be in this kind of sport!… Read More
Pew Research Center Says People Under 30 Still Read Books!
Just as libraries are rushing to rid themselves of physical books as fast as possible, a new report shows that they might want to slow down. People who read on tablets still… Read More
Cynthia Waxes Nostalgic on Vintage Board Games
In honor of the new monopoly update, I'd like to wax nostalgic about a game that I had as a kid. … Read More
Cynthia Brings Us “SEX SEX SEX” including Explication vie Sexuelle des Escargots
Yes, just in time for Valentine's day, a post all about explicit sex...… Read More
Cynthia Explains How the Boring Conference Fails for Second Year in a Row
I think this goes to the very principal of life itself: if you are interested, truly interested in something, anything, even the most common thing that you can imagine, you will be… Read More
Cynthia Proclaims “Yes, Dear, Those are Pictures of Naked People”
Yes, people are completely naked in these photographs by New York-based photographer Shinichi Maruyama. He has an amazing ability to capture motion in a way that transforms the object… Read More
“Christmas Tree Worms”: Cynthia Brings You the Cutest Worms You Ever Saw
And they really do look just like Christmas trees . . .… Read More
Don’t Forget to Breathe
Ernie's recent post about Band of Horses reminded me about a video from 2010 that used that same song, "Funeral." It is a video of Danny MacAskill, one of the greatest trial… Read More
Cynthia Brings You the “Cheesy” Poetry of the “Chaucer of Cheese”
When I found this great quote from G.K. Chesterton I decided to see if he was onto something. "Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. "… Read More
Cynthia Says “Come into My Parlor . . .”
These spiders look happy. You almost want to hang out with them!… Read More
“Hunted Like a Crocodile Ravaged in the Corn. / ‘Come in,’ She Said”: Cynthia Brings You “Shelter from the Storm”
As I get hunkered down in my Connecticut home, I send E-Verse listeners a song to get us through Hurricane Sandy/Frankenstorm. An alternate version of Bob Dylan's "Shelter from the Storm" (sorry… Read More
Cynthia Gives us “Halloween Unmasked”
Cynthia takes us through the strange history of Halloween. … Read More
Was Napoleon Really Short for His Era? Did Vikings Really Have Those Ridiculous Horns on Their Helmets? Let’s Look at Some Historical Misconceptions
What? Vikings didn't wear big horns on their helmets? No. Of course not. Let's get these misconceptions straightened out.… Read More
Cynthia Would Like to Introduce You to Edison’s “Boxing Cats”
Apparently even the earliest of film makers had an interest in "America's funniest home video" type escapades!… Read More
Call me Migaloo . . .
"Not the white bull Jupiter swimming away with Europa; not Jove, not that great majesty Supreme did surpass the glorified White Whale as he so divinely swam. No wonder there had… Read More
Cynthia Says the South Will Rise Again (at Least the Dinosaur Kingdom Park in Natural Bridge, VA)
T. Rex vs. Ulysses S. Grant!… Read More
Cynthia Proclaims New Research “Shocking, I Tell You, Just Shocking”
The Georgia Institute of Technology is working on some new research about a renewable source of power caused by rubbing different materials together . . . and you thought static electricity was… Read More
Cynthia Draws Our Attention to the Very Entertaining “The History of English in 10 Minutes” Courtesy of the Open University
This is E-Verse endorsed. Very fun. … Read More
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Mosquito
Mosquitoes are the bane of any hammock-lover's life, particularly here in Philadelphia. I war against them with sprays, and machines that give off scents, and LED-lights with suction vacuums, and, of course,… Read More
Cynthia Talks about (R)everse Mode
Do you secretly want to be a subversive street artist but worry about getting in trouble, check out this style: reverse graffiti. English artist Paul "Moose" Curtis came up with… Read More
Nimoy and Hendrix? Sagan and Dalai Lama? HST and Depp? Pure Awesomeness
What happens when Cormac McCarthy and Werner Herzog hold a conversation about God, the Universe, and Everything? Man, to be an insignificant fly on that wall. . . … Read More
“Those are Livingstones, I Presume”: Cynthia Tells Us About Some Unusual Plants
The New York Botanical Gardens has such an array of unusual plants. One species that really intrigued me is something called "living stones" or very as they are scientifically known, … Read More
“How Can I Sue Satan?” Cynthia Explains Why We Love Reference Librarians
We all know how amazing reference librarians are. Their ability to point us in the right direction on a myriad of things is nothing short of miraculous. However, they do… Read More