#every time I walk past smokers at the bus stop I mumble 'lothsome to the eye' to myself

[james-vi-stan-blog]

i can‘t believe they got the smoking part wrong. this is really irking me…

I hope that was an offhand slip during an interview and not indicative of actual show content😬if James smokes in the show and they don't explain it away as hypocrisy I'll be soooo mad...

A Counterblaste to Tobacco is short and available full text free if anyone is curious and hasn't read it, and if the period English is difficult for you someone wrote a modern spelling version on English Language & Usage Stack Exchange.

Big TW racism but I was amazed at how, in 1604, James complained about peer pressure, correlation/causation, regression to the mean, anecdata, nonsensical claims of curing opposite conditions, etc., as regards trendy health hacks. IN 1604!!

Despite his many bad decisions (and, in Counterblaste in particular, scientifically wrong and racist premises), he really was a smart and savvy guy.