Last night was a night of unexpected fangrrrl *gleee!* at agt_spooky's home, where a number of us gathered to watch A Very SPN Christmas. It got me out of my head and, despite a sour stomach, had me laughing so much. I had a lovely time and I'm so happy I had the chance to go. Also, much love about the neepage in the show, although they understandably had ( Read more... )

LJ is a far darker place than ever I'd realized. Like, there are people hanging out here who voluntarily listen to "Aqualung." And who get all...philosophical and shit. *wary look* At least I know who the troublemakers are now. Freaks ( Read more... )

ETA links on why anyone cares about Hatshepsut's mummy. She was an amazing woman, to be sure. Here's this and this, too. And because that first link does not clarify the revised New Kingdom timeline, here's this and this.Despite Mason's attempts to convince me that he is clearly perishing from lack of treats, I'm afraid he's not quite as ( Read more... )

I had such a ridiculously happy start to the morning. A week ago, I had no idea how Mason's surgery might go and I pretty much spent the day falling apart. This morning, he woke me with much cheerful rustling and unexpected cuddling. I was happy to be up before the alarm because I had the extra time to play with him ( Read more... )

Oh, hey. For those interested in the Sky Disc of Nebra, I've added additional links.

Also, FWIW, A Walk Through Time is a wonderful overview of the development of calendars and clocks. You'll find all sorts of cool information there. Enjoy!

Now, for an entirely different but equally cool way of keeping time:

The Staircase of the Red Dome ( Read more... )

I'm behind on replies and I apologize. On-going Mason Anxiety has eaten a fair amount of my brain.

I can offer some cool geekage on some lovely work being done with fancy technology and really, really old stuff, though. Behold!

What's inside Tonga's ancient tombs? Remote sensors probe Tu'i Tonga's graveI really had to fight the urge to add a ( Read more... )