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I curled up at my desk with my Cataloging Service Bulletin, and found a few gems in the New Subject Headings section. Fresh from the library, here they are:
Camp (Style). It means exactly what you think it does.
Human zoos. "Also called ethnological expositions or negro villages were common until at least the 1930s. Some zoos have indeed exhibited human beings, in particular coming from the colonial empires."
Marital dating. Furtive Craigslist ads not involved. "Here are entered works on recreational activities engaged in by spouses without their children, for the purpose of spending time together to maintain or enhance their marriage relationship."
Medical tourism. Mmm. The rich people at home used to fly to Boston for all their dental and doctor visits. Now there's a nicey-nice word for it... and books on it. Ah, literary warrant!
Plastination. Not the country that medical tourists visit, but "a unique technique of tissue preservation developed by Dr. Gunther von Hagens in Heidelberg, Germany in 1978. In this process, water and lipids in biological tissues are replaced by curable polymers (silicone, epoxy, polyester) which are subsequently hardened, resulting in dry, odorless and durable specimens."
And the Vietnam Conflict has finally been upgraded to the Vietnam War.
Glad to see the folks at home are keeping busy over the Thanksgiving Weekend. It takes a special sort of bravery or stupidity to thong-bathe at Saints' Rest. Hypothermia or medical waste, take your pick.
I don't like to end on a down note, so happy birthday to boxcarwilly, who has nothing whatsoever to do with human zoos, plastin-anything, or semi-nude dudes on the beach.
Camp (Style). It means exactly what you think it does.
Human zoos. "Also called ethnological expositions or negro villages were common until at least the 1930s. Some zoos have indeed exhibited human beings, in particular coming from the colonial empires."
Marital dating. Furtive Craigslist ads not involved. "Here are entered works on recreational activities engaged in by spouses without their children, for the purpose of spending time together to maintain or enhance their marriage relationship."
Medical tourism. Mmm. The rich people at home used to fly to Boston for all their dental and doctor visits. Now there's a nicey-nice word for it... and books on it. Ah, literary warrant!
Plastination. Not the country that medical tourists visit, but "a unique technique of tissue preservation developed by Dr. Gunther von Hagens in Heidelberg, Germany in 1978. In this process, water and lipids in biological tissues are replaced by curable polymers (silicone, epoxy, polyester) which are subsequently hardened, resulting in dry, odorless and durable specimens."
And the Vietnam Conflict has finally been upgraded to the Vietnam War.
Glad to see the folks at home are keeping busy over the Thanksgiving Weekend. It takes a special sort of bravery or stupidity to thong-bathe at Saints' Rest. Hypothermia or medical waste, take your pick.
I don't like to end on a down note, so happy birthday to boxcarwilly, who has nothing whatsoever to do with human zoos, plastin-anything, or semi-nude dudes on the beach.