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The Current Literary Inferiority Complexes
Here are the three that I'm fighting at the moment, aside from the general chronic one about how to do the spectacularness of Arizona justice in writing at all:
(1) How to do justice in writing to the massive undertaking that was the Hohokam canals. Originally built between circa AD 300-900, these was the biggest canal system in the New World-- ( Read more... ) -
I Love It When History Goes My Way: The Prehistoric Southwestern U.S.
For many years I've adamantly believed that our prehistoric ancestors were, put simply, not stupid ( Read more... ) -
Link Stew
Recent reads:
- After 113 remarkable years Henry Allingham, the world's oldest man, passes into history. And he wasn't just the world's oldest man. As the article points out, He was one of the last three surviving British veterans of the First World War, the last surviving founder member of the RAF, the last man to have witnessed the Battle of ( Read more... )
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Some Recent Reading
- 7 Man-Made Substances that Laugh in the Face of Physics. Just cool.
- Awful Library Books. I first saw this when somebody on LJ linked to it, but unfortunately now I can't remember who it was.
- Food Renegade: Wendell Berry Picks Jail Over NAIS. One of my favorite Appalachian authors takes on animal IDing. (Thanks to commonreader for the heads up.)
- A Historian ( Read more... )
- 7 Man-Made Substances that Laugh in the Face of Physics. Just cool.
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Link Stew
Sooner or later I may post real content of photos.
- Byrd: Obama In Power Grab. Granted Byrd often uses his scholarship of the Constitution for his own ends--like whipping a copy out of his pocket to get out of speeding tickets while Congress is in session. But he does know it better than most D.C. politicos. On the other hand, the abuses still ( Read more... )
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Link Salad
Articles I've enjoyed over the past couple of weeks, though some may be starting to collect dust now.
- Antikythera: A 2,000-year-old Greek computer comes back to life. I want one!
- Cute Things Falling Asleep. All videos, it looks like.
- Danish Arctic Research Dates Ice Age. Dear Mother Nature: Please stay away from that switch.
- Downturn Spurs ' ( Read more... )
- Antikythera: A 2,000-year-old Greek computer comes back to life. I want one!