Friday Odds & Sods is Bundled Up

The first snow of the year has come and thankfully gone here in the Metropolis, leaving behind only a few puddles and pleasant memories of snow falling in front of streetlights.  A good reminder of the rapid approach of another winter and with it the end of another year. Still, though, let us not rush through the rest of 2014 simply in order to more quickly reach '15!  Savor these dying days of the year with this weeks Odds & Sods

• For your weekend reading pleasure, the pictorial evolution of an anti-semitic trope, how humans became urban animals, and proof that it is never too late to turn over a new leaf.
• An interesting website showing where, how, and in what number the British married in 2014.
• Longtime readers will of course know of your host's love affair with Greek philosophy. If anyone needs to bone up on their Attic, I've found a handy resource to do just that.
• And finally, a song for those dreaming of warmer days: