Apr. 3rd, 2006

lauralh: (hi there)
I finished When They Severed Earth from Sky in a frenzy this weekend. It was totally great, a look at deciphering myths as encoded history for pre-literate cultures. Most of the myths they explained were either about volcanoes or stars. The star myths were fascinating - basically every time a great cataclysm or apocalypse happened in a myth, it was really about the fact that the North Star was no longer North. Our familiar Polaris wasn't always the guiding star. The authors set down a few principles on how to decipher myths, and then they go for it in great detail. Really interesting stuff.

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Apr. 3rd, 2006 06:13 pm
lauralh: (this is my stapler)
I just got a twix out of the vending machine and I noticed that the candy selection is 3 digits, even though there are less than 100 candy options.
lauralh: (cobra!)
Cell-phone-less till Friday. Call Reg or use the intarweb please.

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