The musings of Toby, the original Sapient or Learned PigTumblr (3.0; @learnedpig)http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/abfb9e5ade18a7bb544285c2f20b715d/tumblr_moa5yerfIJ1rn69s1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/52785791983http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/52785791983Wed, 12 Jun 2013 08:42:14 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5788bbc6bf73a321bdc8cd26c430bcbe/tumblr_mmszmcBRoJ1rn69s1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>From the <a href="http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/2010/12/alphabet-soup.html">Animalarium</a></p>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/50436927759http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/50436927759Tue, 14 May 2013 15:32:36 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3ede122d1b2e25752fdaf91fa85e27b7/tumblr_mmgdmvVwH11rn69s1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A flying pig has appeared in my back garden …</p>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/49892544371http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/49892544371Tue, 07 May 2013 20:06:31 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/eb6b0fa9ad5b3eb1a3110e16fe9f5f2c/tumblr_mme46aKMg71qz50dao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jockohomo.tumblr.com/post/49788766784/i-know-try-to-look-past-the-cute-pig-om-nom-nom">jockohomo</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I know, try to look past the cute pig, om nom nom wood! If you like to grow stuff like I do, and you appreciate knowing where your food comes from, <a href="http://citiesthemagazine.com/">CITIES Magazine</a> and <a href="http://www.trancity.nl/">Trancity</a> have published <a href="http://www.trancity.nl/publicaties/farming-the-city.html">Farming the City: Food as a Tool for Today’s Urbanisation</a>. (Handsome farmer with beard alert). <a href="http://popupcity.net/2013/05/farming-the-city-food-as-a-tool-for-todays-urbanisation/">PopUpCity has a great article on urban agriculture</a> you might want to check the <a href="http://farmingthecity.net/">book’s website too</a>, the ideas are mighty solid.</p> </blockquote>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/49789154597http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/49789154597Mon, 06 May 2013 14:53:23 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/05307b020124ce2d4ca00c829338b59b/tumblr_mloktyBD0c1rn69s1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>New Year Postcard 1904 PIERROT w/ TRAINED PIG IN CIRCUS RING</span></p>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/48649896837http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/48649896837Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:49:10 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3d9f6ed6a2ea1f2406dc02da15810df7/tumblr_mlm6i2O5CI1rn69s1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>US edition of PYG from Penguin; Brilliant cover by <a href="http://www.gmillustration.com" target="_blank">Grady McFerrin</a></p>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/48535167716http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/48535167716Sun, 21 Apr 2013 12:44:00 -0400learned pigpigsSapient Pigbook covers<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/533d9e8ded14c0ce9f098f63c0a29ff9/tumblr_mkqwywUhzg1qbw436o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/48127333620http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/48127333620Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:33:01 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7023c36fffdb1de63b15389bf158885b/tumblr_mkol947VEp1rn69s1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>A learned pig from <em>The Canadian Magazine</em>, 1893</p>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/47020378688http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/47020378688Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:24:40 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr93s0ZbLX1qc1sduo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/42586690635http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/42586690635Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:19:21 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/243d4ca9f8d8f6196d3762a7da344232/tumblr_mguca9rl9D1rn69s1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pirzola olmaktan kurtulan domuz</p>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/40867799071http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/40867799071Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:42:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7a5dbc50136431dac21ffe4fe199e54e/tumblr_mgsjbz0y3c1rn69s1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Pig Latin” a brilliant piece by Grant Snider!</p>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/40790090341http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/40790090341Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:19:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c2a12ddbe91669e76a5b5dbc88cc5681/tumblr_mfyfjdPB9I1rn69s1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/39386020401http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/39386020401Tue, 01 Jan 2013 11:09:13 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c66c1c7e4a343b9c8ac867db493a5ac2/tumblr_mfjg6dTYFt1rn69s1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The spurious autobiography of Toby, from the <a href="http://britishlibrary19c.tumblr.com/image/9236224844">British Library</a>.</p>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/38712477320http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/38712477320Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:59:01 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mejkx725rM1rn69s1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Toby’s cousin, the Flying Pig, from Kim Deitch’s fabulous <a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com/browse-shop/shadowland-sold-out-4.html?vmcchk=1">Shadowland</a>!</p>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/37243448842http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/37243448842Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:07:55 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_megncxdADs1rn69s1o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><span>The farm’s philosophy, our eyes assure us,</span></em><br/><em><span>Is simpler than in Aristotle’s day:</span></em><br/><em><span>The youngest pigling follows Epicurus,</span></em><br/><em><span>And Bacon’s Essays take the primrose way.</span></em></p> <p><span>from <em>The Square Book of Animals</em>, by William Nicholson, by way of <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39656/39656-h/39656-h.htm#">Project Gutenberg</a>.</span></p>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/37113619292http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/37113619292Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:07:44 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me7kf0y64i1rn69s1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Dan Rice and his Learned Pig</p>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/36745275854http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/36745275854Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:25:47 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me2pcmju8F1rn69s1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A rare thing indeed: apparently a <a href="http://afflictor.com/2012/01/29/a-brief-note-from-1901-about-early-department-stores/#" title="Early Department Stores">photograph</a> of a learned pig and his proprietor!</p>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/36562451044http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/36562451044Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:24:22 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me0k2junu21rn69s1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The pig-faced lady …</p>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/36459892382http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/36459892382Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:35:07 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mck05hHAo41rn69s1o1_r2_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>A learned pig in New York, shown alongside the Celebrated Turk and a Writing Automaton.</p>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/34412390423http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/34412390423Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:29:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mccly4IFhv1rn69s1o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>An 1802 advertisement for a Learned Pig, with a woodcut showing him holding a playing card.</p>http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/34163521039http://learnedpig.tumblr.com/post/34163521039Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:39:40 -0400