This web page, which I found via SCA-Today, is pretty interesting.
http://www.gallica.co.uk/celts/animals.htm

They talk about animals in Britain that are closest to the early Iron Age domesticate species. Some of them are quite gorgeous.

And this fellow is quite interesting!

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Forgot to mention I got this from reynard52...

( I guess I've learned something in the last 25 years! )

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( Péril ! un meme en avant ! )

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The origins of wine snobbery are explored today in the International Herald Tribune: http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/26/opinion/edstandage.php

A choice quote:The Romans were the first to use wine as a finely calibrated social yardstick - and thus ( Read more... )

Over at goldsquare's place is a discussion about the death of John Lennon and why or why not people felt his loss was catastrophic ( Read more... )

But so far, since Friday, not much has happened around here. I've been applying to a bunch of jobs, did some screening replies to some screening emails, did some cleaning, and that's about it ( Read more... )

This showed up on SCA-TODAY; I was intrigued and sent the whole story (and link) to my brother-in-law, a newly retired borough councilman and the former head city planner in Coventry, Warks.

http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=16217310&method=full&siteid=50003&headline=lament-for-lost-grave-stones-name_page.html
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