The View From Kalamazoo

We buried my Grandpa 9 years ago today.
I miss him something awful.

(Yes, he was a Vet. Marine, Guadalcanal, 1st Division.)

Buh Bye!

Terry Jones diagnosed with cancer. I’m glad to hear the prognosis is good… I hope he is with us a long, long time.

But I must say, a 60-something man with a 21-year-old girlfriend is a lucky bastard, indeed.

I picked up a few things I’ve been waiting on (from the summer ‘out of round’ class) from the glaze kiln. The watering cans were fun (the twisty spouts surprisingly challenging, however), and although I like teapots – I don’t know that I’ll be rushing into another..I just hate making lids. I’m a whiner.

Anything from this term will be a while – still burnishing. Damn Greeks and their terra sig and burnishing and all. 😉

Informative citation-related link.

Time to update the ol’ Chicago Manual!

And there’s more of importance here! Especially the table at the bottom. Oh yes.

Archaeologists find 8800BC building

Aztec Temple Found in Mexico City “Exceptional,” Experts Say

Medieval Jewish cemetery discovered in Plzen

Time Team Archaeologists Find Rare Inscribed Stone on Isle of Man

Fun with archaeology:

Dig unearths evidence of Neolithic partying

Medieval finds of what could be ‘lost village’

Archaeologists find traces of Viking centre

Romanian archaeologists discover Roman stronghold

Interesting bits:

Black Death Solved

EU Could Revive Latin as a Working Language

Virgins? What virgins?

More bits:

Archaeologists: Previously unknown writing system found in Mexico

Canada’s Kootenay Valley on the Path to Returning to Medieval Warm Period Conditions

ROFL:

Prince Charles Interested In Buying Dracula Home