It still amazes me now, scrolling through my Twitter feed and hanging out with my Internet-sourced friends, that there are so many people who get me and share the nichest of niche interests with me.

You need not be a hypercorrective schoolmarm to lament such tolerance.

to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.

The bridegroom, 75, retired as a consulting immunohematologist in Manhattan, serving as an expert witness in paternity cases.