My Own Thoughts

I have been on biest to stop my period. That actually worked. However, now I should have had a week of periods and I haven’t. Although I am okay with it, I figured the doctors wouldn’t be so I called. They want me to come in. So… Jan.10 period stopped, but still having some bleeding. [...]

Looking at someone whose books I read and like to submit my fiction to. Found something that made me think of DAW. Their submission guidelines are clear and useful.

Here is an article on ancient Egyptian ships, from 1500 BC. This would have been after Calista, in the novel, but about the time of Tiglat. “Inside they found a network of larger rooms and an assortment of nautical items, among them ropes, a wooden bowl, and a mesh bag. She also found two curved [...]

Uncle Toban in my novel is from Loulan (China). Here is a discussion of digging up graves there, from his grandfather’s time period. BEIJING, Mar. 18 — About 330 ancient tombs have now been discovered at the Xiaohe Mausoleum compound in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. They contain dried corpses still preserved inside their [...]

This is a great list of the worst jobs divided by eras. Some eras are a lot closer together than others. Here’s the one for terrible Medieval jobs.

This blog entry gives lots of good discussion on the topic.

WASHINGTON, March 15 – The Department of Homeland Security, trying to focus antiterrorism spending better nationwide, has identified a dozen possible strikes it views as most plausible or devastating, including detonation of a nuclear device in a major city, release of sarin nerve agent in office buildings and a truck bombing of a sports arena. [...]

National Review Online has an interesting article about Israel’s future. It’s entitled “Collapsing Gaza Temples” and begins with a reference to Samson. It argues that there is a good possibility that Israel will have a recall vote after the March 31 election when Sharon’s Gaza recall is supposed to be voted on in parliament. I’m [...]

The Palestinian Authority has not changed their ways. They are still working to get mothers to “celebrate martyrdom.” See the Palestinian Media Watch here.

These books are all ebooks: Cherokee Christmas Silk Petals Mind Games Night Magic French Kiss Mason’s Kiss Wife for Real Manhunting Masquerade Found some great books about love coming to old friends: Heartstorm Hot Flash Spicing it Up Walk on the Wilde Side There were also some about getting together with old lovers: Rock and [...]

According to this article in the BBC news, women have more genes, about 1020 more than males. But only express about 15% more than males. Also, it mentions that men are more likely to be retarded and are also more likely to be geniuses.

According to an Oregonian editorial on the new SAT essay test: In truth, the 25-minute test measures teenagers’ ability to write glibly at length in a free-associative, unresearched and self-referential manner. In other words, it seems the newest measure of college-worthiness is: Can you write a blog entry? I think this is not what most [...]

I was reading on Joanne Jacob’s site about a doctorate of Education. It says what most people in the academic world think. Read it here.

Discovery News has an article on a 4000 year old perfumery, next to an olive press. Remains include “clay perfume bottle fragments that contain 14 perfumes of varied fragrances and ten odor essences.” “So far, Belgiorno and her colleagues have identified fragrances of cinnamon, laurel, myrtle, anise, citrus bergamot and pine.” In his “Natural History, [...]

An article with picture about the Bronze Age ship carrying jewelry found off the coast of Devon.

Here’s a plague story for you. Four thieves survived the plague, and their plundering of bodies and homes, by using a special concoction. When they were arrested, somewhere in England or France, sometime between 1500 and 1722, they were offered life in prison instead of the death penalty for their formula. “Some recipes call for [...]

This site has an archaeological news item on the Medicis. The 16 and 19 year old sons and the mother were rumored to have been victims of foul play and a broken heart. However, new evidence suggests it was malaria.

Around the Roman Table is a book about eating in Rome. With recipes for such appetizing dishes as chicken galantine with lambs’ brains and fish relish, according to the editorial review. Eight of the recipes are here. “Who can resist that? There are recipes for Columella Salad, Soft-Boiled Eggs in Pine-Nut Sauce, Lentils with Coriander, [...]

An ancient ship recreates a voyage on the maritime silk route six hundred years later. It was a century earlier than Magellan. The Muslim eunuch from the Imperial Dynasty of China sailed to West and East Africa.

This is why I am opposed to the hate crime laws which include speech. The Canadians have said that it is okay for a Muslim to say that Israelis are legitimate targets of terrorism, even when they are civilians. But it is not okay to say that Islam is a religion which has a lot [...]