Nice gifts for Spiderman fans

The lovely folks over at Sideshow have produced this stunning figurine of Spiderman’s sweetheart, Mary Jane.

Let’s hope they soon produce this lovely model of Mary Jane’s sweetheart, Spiderman:

Stone Age women were the inventors

As always in such things, some of the evidence seems pretty weak. Though some looks pretty strong. Interesting stuff! The article is here. Via Broadsheet.

Origin of Mother’s Day

Apparently the idea for a Mother’s Day in the US was due to Julia Ward Howe in the 1870’s. But her idea was very different from what it’s turned into. Here’s what she wrote:

“Arise, then, women of this day! Arise all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or of fears! Say firmly: ‘We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us reeking of carnage, for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy, and patience. We women of one country will be too tender of those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.’ ”