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via TeaAtTrianon:
was Downton Abby once an Abby? Yes.
Henry VIII did a "twofer" when he confiscated the monasteries: Got rid of the religious opposition and rewarded his cronies by giving them their land and houses.
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I often put podcasts to play to go to sleep, and the talks usually keep out the noises of dogs and our water pump so I can sleep.
Usually I chose lectures or podcasts that are low on my priority list for this, but last night, when I woke up this podcast was running, and I found it really fascinating.
It a podcast about the place of literature in life, discussing Malcolm Guite’s ‘Stations of the Cross’ Sonnets which can be found HERE.
no, I'm not a poet: like Merry and Pippin I can't live on
such a high plane for very long, but I am glad that it exists and I know a little about such things.
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Military history: Music loving war horses:
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You now can buy a Smartphone controlled rice cooker.
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Marmageddon!
New Zealand is out of Marmite.
(headsup HarryGumption and Dave Barry)
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Beware of the evil refrigerator!
At a summit held by the CIA’s venture capitalist firm In-Q-Tel, the agency’s Director David Petraeus discussed how “smart homes” may someday be rigged to provide intelligence officials with details about someone’s whereabouts by collecting geo-location data.
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