And it’s maybe because of math’s absolute, wholly abstract Truth that so many people still view the discipline as dry or passionless and its practitioners as asocial dweebs.

One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.[…]But out of sight is out of mind. And that[…]means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.

the clean witts contain native oxide of tin, black or rosin-tin, and wolfram[…]

And even if Humpty shell fall frumpty times as awkward again in the beardsboosoloom of all our grand remonstrancers there’ll be iggs for the brekkers come to mournhim, sunny side up with care.