WHAT WEEKLY

Harvard Books Bound in Flesh Debunked… Sort Of

04 April 2014

★ Nik Oldershaw

I can’t think of anything less exciting than Harvard University, an institution defined by it’s absurd amount of nerds  (lame) and their absurd amounts of money (double lame). So naturally I was surprised to hear that within their university’s library they had discovered no less than three books bound in human flesh. Awesome. Well it turns out that wasn’t entirely true, one of the books was recently debunked as being bound in sheepskin. Not awesome. You might as well bind a book in condoms. Oddly enough that particular book’s inscription reads: “The bynding of this booke is all that remains of my dear friende Jonas Wright, who was flayed alive by the Wavuma on the Fourth Day of August, 1632.”

Huh.

Look maybe all 17th century sheep had first and last names, I wouldn’t know because I didn’t go to Harvard. Whatever, I’m still holding onto the idea there are at least two books in their library hopefully made of people. Ugh, if I had known I could attend a college where I’d be able to check out the Necronomicon for the weekend maybe I wouldn’t have blown off the SATs in favor of breakfast at Arby’s.



fashion

The Interrupted Show

What do snakes, dragons, fire have to do with fashion? Tthe answer to that very question will be answered at…

Sharp Dressed Man Opens In Mt. Vernon

Saint Harridan in Baltimore :: The Suits You’ve Been Waiting For

Robyn’s Nest

LOT 201

Otakon 2010

social innovation

Both-And

The recent PopTech conference in Maine, attended by several of people associated with What Weekly, was interesting in this regard.…

Operation Oliver

The Exchange Revamps Itself for 2014 & Beyond

The Consent Revolution

Baltimore Hackathon

The Internet is My Religion

artist profiles

For The Love of Vinyl

Jack Moore, aka El Suprimo, loves records.  For over 30 years he’s been seeking the world’s most authentic music and…

Charm City Makeup

Dr. Bob: Life on the Fringe

Baltimore’s Most Badass Theater-Bitch :: Danielle Robinette

Mr. Oz

Shawn Theron

sustainability

Big Green Pirate Party

The Big Green Pirate Party was a fundraiser for Baltimore Green Careers, a Civic Works project that has a kick-ass…

Strange Folks at Ash Street Garden

Baltimore Free Farm

Fixing The Future

Farmageddon

Welcome to the Free Farm