Wow, is this thing dusty... words still escape me (where is that butterfly net?), so let's start with some pictures from the latest Oregon Country Fair ( Read more... )

Lovely Listing is a blog of regrettable real estate photos... but actually, I totally want this house! I've loved this kind of thing since I was a kid. Click on "additional photo" and scroll down for the insane woodwork inside...http://www.

Scythian paperweight

Pointless, of course. And yet so cool!

Of course, I even more want the Scythian jewelry replicas on that site... sigh.

As well as this , which I unexpectedly found when googling "Pazyryk shirt"...

Also, when the hell is the Hermitage going to put the Altai costume book on its website so I can buy it???? Hmph.