Yet another advance in FR(finger ratio)enology research! A Corcordia University press release explains: Alpha males take greater risks Potential investors might wish to examine the fingers of their financial advisor prior to signing over any savings. A new study from Concordia University has found the length between the second and fourth finger is an indicator […]
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Two forefinger books
If you crave info, analysis and gossip about fingers — especially about the index finger — we suggest two books that pretty much suggest themselves to your attention: Michelangelo’s Finger: An Exploration of Everyday Transcendence, by Raymond Tallis. The Finger: A Handbook, by Angus Trumble.
A few words about Mr. G’s fingers
“The mystery no longer lingers: Found, at last, two missing fingers. They both belonged, as did one tooth, To Galileo. That’s the truth.” So writes Digital Cuttlefish, in response to a BBC report that begins: “Two fingers and a tooth belonging to famed astronomer Galileo Galilei have been found more than 100 years after going […]
Shopping Bag Injuries
“Digital Artery Occlusion Secondary to Plastic Shopping Bag Trauma,” R. Joy, J.L. Isaacs and R.J. McCarthy, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, vol. 89, no. 6, 2007, pp. W11–3 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/147870807X227755). (Thanks to Adrian Smith for bringing this to our attention.) The authors, at Torbay Hospital, Torquay, U.K., report: “Upper limb digital arterial […]