I am a fan of Blu-ray, I think it's no secret. I like the quality of the sound and the video. Today, though, I saw something that made me very happy:

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Indiana Jones is coming to Blu-ray!

And not just that last one, but all three. (Let's be honest here, Raiders was the best of the series.) I'll be ordering all that ( Read more... )

Some may recall that I located a reference to a Roman military belt that is fitted with gold plates depicting the deeds of Hercules in a German text. I have had a thing for the Twelve Labours since I found statutes of eight of them at the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna in 2005 ( Read more... )

It has been a full couple of days. Yesterday was full of win, for instance. Today is looking up, but I'm still riding high from yesterday ( Read more... )

Some days, I feel trapped in the past. And then I realize that I am the one who has trapped me there.

I read part of Lovecraft's The Silver Key yesterday, and began to think about what the key would look like. Lovecraft describes it as "a huge key of tarnished silver covered with cryptical arabesques." Then I thought about asking smithing_chick to make one up ( Read more... )

Today's Jimmy Buffett Oracle is pretty straightforward:
64. I'll put on my Bob Marley tape and practice what I preach.
I happen to know exactly what that means.

This morning, I updated my Liturgy Practicum 1 journal for what I hope is the final time (*fingers crossed*). . . there's a space for a final essay, but it's not required, and I'd like more ( Read more... )

I'd been looking forward to my weekend, but it never really happened. I managed to do nothing on Sunday, which is the saving grace of the whole shindig ( Read more... )

I came to a sudden realization today about belly dance, but it's half-formed, so kinda pointless to discuss it in the here-and-now. Once I get my thoughts together, I'll post on that.

Given why people read my journal, I've decided to plow through at least a small chunk of what I wrote out last week, type it in, and post it. Looking over it at ( Read more... )