Dr. Hurlbutt’s quotation of the day for November 26, 2009

Posted on Thursday, November 26, 2009, at 12:11 am, by Dr. Allardyce Hurlbutt.

“There have been rains of milk, blood, flesh, iron, sponges, wool, and baked bricks.”

  —  Pliny the Elder, Natural History (circa A.D. 78)

(If you think you have nothing to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, consider the infrequency of recent reports of any of the above.)