Wednesday, January 06, 2010

What Is Anatidaephobia?

'Anatidaephobia is defined as a pervasive, irrational fear that one is being watched by a duck. The anatidaephobic individual fears that no matter where they are or what they are doing, a duck watches.'


(I have a variant. I know that I am constantly being observed by poultry but am fearless in the face of this!)

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'New' Caravaggio on Display.

  “Caravaggio can freeze a moment — it’s hypnotic, magnetic and it’s coming home,” said Paola Nicita, an art historian who worked on the loa...