Two Heads

In the past few days, I've paid a couple of visits to Project Gutenberg.

I downloaded copies of three 19th century novels, the most well-known books I don't have by two authors I like: George Eliot's Felix Holt and Daniel Deronda (calibre informed me that I'd already downloaded The Mill on the Floss) and Wilkie Collins' No Name.

I also downloaded three of Robert Howard's "Conan" stories: "The Hour of the Dragon", "Gods of the North" (actually not a Conan story, but in the same milieu), and "The Hyborian Age".

I am large, I contain multitudes.

Viva Costa Rica!

Costa Rica is a small country, but it seems that it's always been the most successful of the Central American nations. Here's more evidence of that success.

In 1940, 75% of the country was forested.
The cover diminished over the next half-century or so, as it did in many places; in 1987, only 21% was under cover.
As of 2010, the forest cover was back up to 52%.

It may be the widow's mite, but it's a damn sight better than a lot of countries are doing.

I Live in Who?

Hunh. Somebody's put together a map of the USA which labels communities with the name of the most famous person (as measured by Wikipedia) from that community.

Apparently I live in Laurie Metcalf. (I had to zoom in a *lot* to find Edwardsville...)