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A friend's post on "tardy" people got me thinking
I am fascinated by the Global North's obsession with exact time. Growing up in Mexico this was never even a concept, and I have experienced the same lack of fixation in many other cultures, including Native American, so I'm fairly certain it's not literally geographic. Cultures living rooted more closely to the diurnal cycle and the seasons ( ( Read more... ) -
The thing about the desert.
I (along with Bill & the Sibs) am visiting my folks in Tecopa, CA for "Christmas" (we're actually flying home, snow willing, on the 25th ( Read more... ) -
Golden Mermaid on Ebay
So, there was an auction on Ebay this month that got a bit of attention, for a "Golden Mermaid" that the lister had supposedly found washed up in Desoto Beach, FL. The creature sold for over $1,500! You can see the actual auction page here: ( Ebay ) -
Marlene Dietrich and Liam Neeson
is who I look like acording to the facial recognition site (myheritage.com). I guess it actually kinda makes sense, in that my actual heritage is eastern european and Irish. If you think that's interesting, it matched Bill to Heath Ledger and Kevin Spacy, which, if you mashed them together (and took away the homosexuality) would come close to the ( Read more... )
