May 12-18
Serifs, dilapidated old men and lilacs
(May 12, 2011) May 12. A serif is a typographical term for the little ledge at the end of a letter’s stroke. A typeface is classified as either serif or sans serif, depending on whether these small structures are included in the construction of the letter. Times is a serif font; Arial is not.
May 13. Looter, retool. Spam and maps.
May 14. In his book Story-Writing and Journalism, Sherwin Cody reports that “newspapers want local articles, which need not be timely. Perhaps a dilapidated old man lives in a shack on the outskirts of town, and has lived there for some years.” All a reporter need do, Cody advises, is to write this up and submit it, with photographs, to any newspaper accepting submissions, and it will sell readily. As there is no shortage of dilapidated old men in shacks, reporters should find ready work.
May 15. On this day in 1817, a hospital called the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason opened near Frankford, Penn.
May 16. The suggested luncheon for May 16, according to the Hotel St. Francis Cookbook, features Canapé St. Francis, Eggs Mirabel, sour schmorrbraten, noodles, Roquerfort cheese and crackers, and coffee. Dinner includes olives stuffed with any kind of fish.
May 17. Full moon, 4:08 a.m.
May 18. If you were too weak-willed to cut your lilac flowers when they bloomed, you must do so at once or you won’t have any next spring.
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Today
Lanphere Dunes Restoration
STAFF PICK / outdoors / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Meet at Pacific Union School. Help remove non-native invasives at the Lanphere Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Tools and gloves provided, wear work clothes and bring water. Carpool to the protected site. 444-1397.
44th Annual Kinetic Grand Championship Race
STAFF PICK / events, art, outdoors, sports, for kids, free / 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A 3-day, 42-mile kinetic sculpture race over land, sand, mud and water! LeMans start at the Noon Whistle on the Arcata Plaza. Follow the race through Manila, Eureka and into Ferndale on Memorial Day for the Glorious Finish. kineticgrandchampionship.com. 889-3024.
Pancake Breakfast
food / 7:30-11:30 a.m. Humboldt Grange #501, 5845 Humboldt Hill Road. Monthly breakfast.
Open Gardens
outdoors / 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Humboldt Botanical Gardens, College of the Redwoods, Eureka. Roam the 44-acre fully fenced property. $5. www.hbgf.org. 442-5139.
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