Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Stuff below the fold

ButtercupMiniaturesBlog discusses the various traditions of spring cleaning.

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A long but interesting article about everything you wanted to know about Vinegar, including why ladies carried a bit of it with them when they went outside, an be found at Jane Austen's world

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The Royal Museum in Ontario has two podcasts on the Maya:
Download mp3 | Written Transcript
Download mp3 | Written Transcript


If you scroll down, the museum has some podcasts on ancient China, and talk by Jane Goodall too.

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this Japanese webpage sells you a clock that acts as a seismometer.

they also sell an LCD geigercounter. and a pet evacuation jacket.


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bookmarked for later reading: Ralph Peter's testimony to Congress about Pakistan/Afghanistan.

We cannot hide in Kansas because, as on 9/11, the world comes to us. But we also cannot embark upon spendthrift nation-building efforts where there’s no nation to build.


a thoughtful read...

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