Mèdici’s Garden

[Manon]

Yeah...but is it as good as The Metabarons?

:)

That's a long audio book...I wonder if it'd be good to play in the background while drawing...havent really dived into the audio book game yet. I tried World War Z ...that was ok...

At ~6 hours a week, it was great for my painting course.

[Adam Lucas]

Your penis will wither away if you don't read Dune. It's a scientific fact! Each year you don't read Dune, your penis shrinks a little bit, untill there's nothing left. That why people who have read Dune have mamoth penisses. Because reading Dune makes you more of a man.

so THAT's what's wrong....I was wondering why that was happening.

[End of Time]

Audiobooks...

I've tried them, but they just don't stick. By the time I've reached the next chapter I forgot what the whole thing was about. It's annoying to constantly rewind the thing when I've missed a thing.

[snarkbunny]

Completely random, but I thought this article was interesting...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6099961.ece

I think it is very interesting, especially if the tomb is not looted and descecrated. I wonder if it would capture popular imagination the way Tutankhamun’s tomb did? I've always wondered why the Scythians or Moche haven't captured the popular imagination the way the ancient Greeks and Egyptians have.

[Pro]

I think it is very interesting, especially if the tomb is not looted and descecrated. I wonder if it would capture popular imagination the way Tutankhamun’s tomb did? I've always wondered why the Scythians or Moche haven't captured the popular imagination the way the ancient Greeks and Egyptians have.

Neither of them had a writing system I think.

Also western civilisation is largely christian based and both egyptians and greeks are big influences on christianity whereas the Moche and Scythias are not.
At the time archeology established itself as a science christianity still had a strong grip on science and western society so any discovery dealing with finds related even teniously to the bible would have more of an impact on western popular imagination than tribes that didn't ahve a big role in the bible.

[snarkbunny]

Neither of them had a writing system I think.

Also western civilisation is largely christian based and both egyptians and greeks are big influences on christianity whereas the Moche and Scythias are not.
At the time archeology established itself as a science christianity still had a strong grip on science and western society so any discovery dealing with finds related even teniously to the bible would have more of an impact on western popular imagination than tribes that didn't ahve a big role in the bible.

The Moche didn't, although there are arguments that both the symbolic pictures on the pottery or the inscribed lima beans could be forms of proto-writing. There is some evidence that the Scythians adapted a writing system from the greeks.

Good point on the christianity aspect, and possibly timing as well. The Tutankhamun discovery certainly happened at a time where the discovery would be covered in many papers/radio and before they would get lost in a sea of too much information. Mind you, I'm pretty sure that any discovery the size and richness of Tutankhamun's would probably get that coverage.

Pity though, Scythian and Moche art is amazing.

[howyadoin]

Your penis will wither away if you don't read Dune. It's a scientific fact! Each year you don't read Dune, your penis shrinks a little bit, untill there's nothing left. That why people who have read Dune have mamoth penisses. Because reading Dune makes you more of a man.

I should point out that I've read the series 4 times now, and the first book probably a dozen times.

Reading the first 3 prequels probably counteracts that, though.

[mattbib]

Audiobooks...

I've tried them, but they just don't stick. By the time I've reached the next chapter I forgot what the whole thing was about. It's annoying to constantly rewind the thing when I've missed a thing.

I listen to them at night as I'm going to sleep. It takes forever to get through a book because I only process about ten to fifteen minutes at a time.



Anyway, I'm stuffed. Tonight was the Evening with the Masters, a fundraiser here in Wilmington for Meals on Wheels. I volunteered for a couple hours then got to sample all the food and drink. Though I actually didn't have anything to drink.

[crazyredlady]

omg, I am so on creativity overload right now it'll be a relief just to finish one project.. .
anyone happen to know where I could get myself cloned?

[Gene M.]

wooooooooooooo.

Suck it, Flyers fans.

[snarkbunny]

wooooooooooooo.

Suck it, Flyers fans.

Now, now they have a right to mourn too. Mind you, stupid penalties are their traditional downfall. So are you rooting for the Pens?

[Gene M.]

Now, now they have a right to mourn too. Mind you, stupid penalties are their traditional downfall. So are you rooting for the Pens?

Big time Pens fan. I also hate the Flyers with a passion, except for John Stevens. He's a solid coach, minus the crap he let his team pull the other night.

[LewMoxinsghost]

I think it is very interesting, especially if the tomb is not looted and descecrated. I wonder if it would capture popular imagination the way Tutankhamun’s tomb did? I've always wondered why the Scythians or Moche haven't captured the popular imagination the way the ancient Greeks and Egyptians have.

I think the popularity has something to do with Greek and Egyptian being tied more closely to the dominating Roman culture than those other cultures. The US was loosley modelled after the Roman empire, so it kind of makes sense. Moche, Aztec, Anasazi, and Inca stuff really get short shrift, just like tons of ancient African and Middle Eastern civilizations that the Western World knows very little about.

I have to wonder if such a fantastic discovery is just an elaborate scam to get more money though- like it could be a made-up treasure or something just to get the cash flowing and jobs created.... but if it really does exist and is discovered in good shape then this could potentially change a ton of perceptions. Tutankhamun's tomb discovery came at a time when popular culture hadn't yet fallen in love with Egypt.. you could say that discovery and exploitation started it and not be wrong, I think. With this discovery, people already have lots of preconcieved notions about how things were and they are likely to not welcome the discovery with such enthusiasm, which is really a shame, because Tutankhamun was not very important in the grander scheme when he was alive, but Cleopatra was infinitely more significant.

The Moche didn't, although there are arguments that both the symbolic pictures on the pottery or the inscribed lima beans could be forms of proto-writing. There is some evidence that the Scythians adapted a writing system from the greeks.

Good point on the christianity aspect, and possibly timing as well. The Tutankhamun discovery certainly happened at a time where the discovery would be covered in many papers/radio and before they would get lost in a sea of too much information. Mind you, I'm pretty sure that any discovery the size and richness of Tutankhamun's would probably get that coverage.

Pity though, Scythian and Moche art is amazing.

Crap. I just read that Pro pretty much beat me to the answer.

[Adam Lucas]

Speaking of discoveries...have you guys seen this?

http://thegoldilockszone.blogspot.com/

[atoningunifex]

That why people who have read Dune have mamoth penisses. Because reading Dune makes you more of a man.

That's gotta be pretty weird for female Dune fans.