He just yelled "TESSERACT!" from the other room. That was a little unnerving.
Should you go check to make sure he's still there?
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jessica - May 18, 2017 5:10:02 am PDT #24597 of 28342
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Calli - May 18, 2017 5:14:49 am PDT #24598 of 28342
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Thanks for the link, Sophia. I've passed it along to my niece.
juliana - May 18, 2017 7:49:43 am PDT #24599 of 28342
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
From what I understand, a lot of the European version of Mongol history is wildly inaccurate. I haven't studied it in depth, but I find that plausible (even trying very hard to set aside my deep-seated Mongols! My people! bias)
Correct. Much like the European/American version of Vikings-as-ravening-berserkers, or the mental picture of Medieval peasants wallowing in their own filth. I blame the Victorians (mostly because it's fun to say).
(M is most probably descended from Mongols, as well, so I get the My people! reaction.)
Toddson - May 19, 2017 7:13:28 am PDT #24600 of 28342
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
In re Vikings, I remember several years ago someone teaching a college-level course in medieval Scandanavian history (yes, Vikings) found that at least one of her students had done a search and found a site by Viking recreators (not the SCA) and had used that as their primary source for a report ... it did not turn out very well, since they were not as accurate as one would wish.
Connie Neil - May 19, 2017 7:19:12 am PDT #24601 of 28342
brillig
Should have gone with the SCA, we regularly publish pamphlets with full documentation. One of them at least was used as someone's Ph.D. dissertation.
-t - May 19, 2017 8:05:39 am PDT #24602 of 28342
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
::Fistbump of Mongol solidarity with M::
Dana - May 23, 2017 8:11:46 am PDT #24603 of 28342
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
bennett - May 23, 2017 9:31:54 am PDT #24604 of 28342
Thanks, Dana.
smonster - May 23, 2017 3:41:00 pm PDT #24605 of 28342
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Purchased! Thanks for heads up.
hippocampus - May 23, 2017 4:28:35 pm PDT #24606 of 28342
not your mom's socks.
He just yelled "TESSERACT!" from the other room. That was a little unnerving.
Should you go check to make sure he's still there?
ILU Jess