Daily Mail article on Angelina's latest adoption. I'm charmed by the mention of Maddox trying to comfort his newest brother. Not sure what you say in a situation like that (ignoring the language barrier for now) other than "It's okay. Mom does this all the time. At least you're big enough to play with, unlike the last one. No idea which country they got
her
from."
I seem to have outgrown Ambien weirdness. Either that, or my friend's lying to me. But I have been successfully not merely awake but out and conducting conversations and business transactions. When compared to some of the strage postings I'd make under the influence, it's quite a big jump.
I had never heard of Akhnaten before and what I read just fascinated me.
Pharaoh right before Tutankhamon (maybe one between), husband of Nefertiti. For all that he looks pretty weird in his neo-realistic portraits and sculptures, he had one damned hotty of a wife. Also, the father of Tutankhamon's wife.
t / Ancient Egyptian geekery
no, another tag that never closes
Oh, hey, happy Ides of March.
New Testement
I'm sorry, I'm going to hell, but I can't help snorfling.
The cats are attacking!! Cats Invade Neb. House, 3 Injured
This is not news -- well, I can't speak for Nebraska. But cats first invaded our house years ago. And conquered it shortly thereafter.
From what I've read, there's some scholarly support that Judaism became monotheistic (ie, became Judaism rather than generic tribal religion attached to teh people of Abraham) in Egypt wiht at least sonme influence form Akhenaton. Moses=Akhenaton is a new one on me, though. That would cast a whole different meaning on his conversations with Pharoah. Not to mention the heart hardening. And drowning.
Akhenaten=Amenhotep IV (or one of the Amenhoteps, anyway), yes?
I named my cat Amarna after Akhenaten's capital city
t /another ancient Egypt geek.
My mother had a children's illustrated Bible at one point, written in modern prose
We had a great one that's still in print (but I can't find it on Amazon right now). It was the only book my mom would let me bring to Mass and read while the priest was going on (and on...), but that ended after my First Communion--then, I was supposed to pay attention.
In my sophomore high school English class, my teacher took us through Billy Budd line by line to catch all the various allusions, which is when I figured out how vital knowing the Bible was going to be in English class. Considering I was a post-Vatican II Catholic kid, I probably knew more about the Bible than Mom did (Bible study wasn't a big part of the Baltimore Catechism taught in Sunday school prior to Vatican II).
I thought Akhenaten was really Akhenahmen, but changed his name to - aten because of the one god thing. And then when Tutankahmen came to power, he actually changed his name from Tutankaten. But I think I read this in the second grade, so I may be craxy.
Late to the conversation, but I teach pieces of the Bible. I have to--most of the students I teach are completely unfamilar with the stories, and they are alluded to consistently in much of Western Lit.
