What better way to celebrate Halloween than a bit of H.P. Lovecraft lore.
If you are looking for a memorable read for Halloween, you can’t go wrong with Shirley Jackson’s very spooky 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House. The intriguing opening paragraph is one of the best in modern literature and will entice even the most reticent reader.
No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against the hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.
Tom Clark October
In the video below, CGP Grey explores the good, the bad, and the ugly methods for boarding airliners. Generally airlines board passengers using the slow back-to-front method even though other boarding systems would be faster. I have long surrendered to the whims of each air carrier and dutifully waited in line without so much as a whine of complaint. Still, it’s nice to imagine a better way.
H/t to Drew Lerman
H/t to TBTP follower Milly R. for sending me a link to this mindblowing animation of Bosch’s painting Le Jardin des Delices, which was created by Eve Ramboz for an eponymous show last year.
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