TA #1: Hey, did you know he [the student] turned 21 yesterday?
Me: Wow that's great!
Student: Yeah, well, it's not that great. I feel old now.
Me: Wait a minute. You're old? What does that make me?
Student: Over the hill.
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Encyclopedia of Waxes. I stumbled onto this while trying to look for a definitive web source on molds. Google needs to shape up their algorithm!
Harmonia Macrocosmica. "Harmonia Macrocosmica, by Andreas Cellarius, is part of the Marriott Library's Rare Book Collection. Printed in 1661, it is an atlas of the heavens as seen by the astronomers of the times: Copernicus, Ptolemy, Brahe, and Aratus."
Amulet Archive. Actually, you can make an amulet out of anything, including your dirty socks.