Some people scoff about the term 'contemporary archaeology', and sometimes their claims are legitimate. A lot of contemporary archaeology, the study of recent past material culture, can get a bit off the wall, or even be unnecessary. But as with all research fields, some of the work can also be quite interesting.

( There's a fascinating story coming out of Germany right now, about an architect who )

When I was part of the generation that though Vanilla Ice was awesome for about 8 months, I bought his album on cassette. And the last song on side B always boggled my mind in it's atrocity. I decided it must have been filler to balance out the length of the tape. The beat boxing is somethin' else. Like wiggity wack ( Read more... )

Two recent events have made me start looking at the age of Senators and Representatives.

THE FIRST: Robert Byrd was convinced to step down from his position as head of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, since he's 91 and in poor health. So the second in command is now the head of the committee. That's Daniel Inouye. HE'S 84THE SECOND: ( Read more... )

Australian Rock Art shows evidence of long-standing-contacts
There are several reasons I appreciate rock art. It's beautiful. It's a type of art which can be added to and modified over generations. And like all indigenous art, it represents the time it was created in. Traditions are not static ( Read more... )

So my mom just told me that when she was a young nurse, they used to remove all the plants/flowers from a patient's bedroom at night, because they would reduce the amount of oxygen in the room. They'd just put them all out in the hallway. How crazy is that?

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