Along the way we encounter the curious, funny lives of Richard's children - the younger of whom, the six-year-old Robby, enters into an online dialogue with a mysterious woman with certain sexual predilections ("You poop into my butthole, I poop into your butthole, back and forth forever," is Robby's offer, which proves strangely enticing to his internet interlocutor).
Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements.
Plimpton's Dainty Frogs, for the curious, live in the highlands of Tanzania and Kenya.
That was for "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers" by the science writer Mary Roach, in 2003.
I read about the game in a book called "Paraphernalia: The Curious Lives of Magical Things," by Steven Connor.
Co-curator, Hugh Aldersley-Williams author of the new book Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements said: "The project stemmed from my book Periodic Tales.
Strange Blooms: The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants Jennifer Potter Atlantic Books £19.99, pp464 In 1610, gardener John Tradescant arrived at Hatfield House, one of the largest building sites of England.
I'm talking about the ditty that establishes plot and character in a few strokes: the story of a lovely lady, a three-hour tour, a deluxe apartment in the sky, or the curious lives of identical cousins.
Indeed, as the great American bandleader Glenn Miller remarked when he paid us a visit shortly before his mysterious death, curmudgeons revelled in their curmudgeonliness, but had to disguise this aspect of their curious lives for fear that their joyless curmudgeonliness might become suspect.
But voice can be comical, too — try reading the wry reporting of Mary Roach: "The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken," she writes in the first line of "Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers," adding, "I have never before had occasion to make the comparison, for never before today have I seen a head in a roasting pan".
