I made an advent calendar of my most insightful thoughts to help you enjoy the festive season. And to further spread my fame, of course. tuerchen.com/a5f1bade

I'm not making this up, honest. tuerchen.com/a5f1bade/4

Trust me, at this time of year, what you really need is the skin from a vulture's foot tuerchen.com/a5f1bade/17 #gout

I am indeed humbled #quantumastrologer x.com/pew_literary/s…

TFW your autobiography gets a lukewarm review 440 years after publication: "interesting...but he's no Montaigne" librarything.com/work/28039/rev…

Guess who's back... x.com/ScribeUKbooks/…

Apparently, an oven-dried wolf penis, if chewed, can instantly kindle sexual desire. I have not yet tested this. (1/4)

It is not irrational, but to be able to do this all the time is ludicrous (2/4)

Anyway, it has been shown that the greatest and readiest stimulus to sexual desire is a fantasy of the one we love (3/4)

More extraordinary is the tale that the tooth or left foot of a badger tied to a person’s right arm strengthens the memory (4/4)

Did I mention I suffered full decade of impotence? 1521-1531. My twenties were less than roaring, I can tell you.

Yeah, that was me... x.com/DrMichaelBrook…

Cities have a long history of suppressing inventions in order to protect jobs. I noted this in 1550, for example. #uberlondon

Happy Birthday to me. I am 516 today.

Finally, after 500 years, I get written up in New Scientist. And I'm still not telling about the prostitute. newscientist.com/article/mg2353…

Back in the 1500s I predicted that the discovery of America was "sure to give rise to great and calamitous events". Didn't see the LOLs, tho x.com/DrMichaelBrook…

Mathematical rogue? I've been called worse. Mostly by Nicolo Tartaglia x.com/ScribeUKbooks/…