Hatred in the Hallways: HRW responds to the bullying of gay American kids. Links to their 2001 report and suicide prevention resources ( Read more... )

"Don't spread rumours. Leave that kind of thing to drama queens. If you didn't witness something yourself, don't spread gossip about it. Gossip's about as real as a dream. Forget it - or it'll come back and bite you on the ass."

(My paraphrase.)

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Paul Davies. The Eerie Silence: Are We Alone In The Universe?
Christopher Isherwood. Mr Norris Changes Trains.
Joyce Tyldesley. Daughters of Isis.

( Books borrowed )

Agatha Christie. Death Comes As The End.
Douglas Coupland. Generation X.
Hitomi Kanehara. Auto Fiction.
- Snakes and Earrings.

( Books bought and borrowed )

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Re-watched "The Egyptian" (1954), which I first viewed in the early 90s as "research" for Set Piece. There are some good lines, including some fun comic relief provided by Peter Ustinov, but mostly it's pretty dreary. How'd they make ancient Egypt look so dull? Despite some intrigues, it's not even sexy. Plus the story gradually winds down from the ( Read more... )

Jean Rhys. Wide Sargasso Sea.
Neal H. Walls. The Goddess Anat in Ugaritic Myth.
Irvine Welsh. Trainspotting.
Tom Wolfe. The Mid-Atlantic Man and Other New Breeds in England and America.

( Books bought and borrowed )

Eine Schlange mit Füßen!


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"Die Verschmelzung von verschiedenen tierischen Elementen wurde gewissermßen als normwidrig oder sogar als monströs empfunden and daher des öfteren bei furchtbaren dämonischen Gestalten verwendet. So ist z.B. die Totenfresserin aus Krokodilskopf, Löwenkorper und Nilpferdhinterteil zusammengesetzt."
And here's a picture:


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Currently missing the last Sumerian class due to utter exhaustion. (I'm so buggered I'm even having trouble making this posting.) Now I'll never find out what happened when Irra-malik divorced Estar-ummi! But I have enough to go back to the texts about Inanna with lots of fresh insight.

ETA: Holy cow, I just found out. ouch