51 Headless Vikings Found in English Execution Pit?

Naked, beheaded, and tangled, the bodies of 51 young men—their heads stacked neatly to the side—have been found in a thousand-year-old pit in southern England, according to carbon-dating results released earlier this month.

The mass burial took place at a time when the English were battling Viking invaders, say archaeologists who are now trying to verify the identity of the slain.

The dead are thought to have been war captives, possibly Vikings, whose heads were hacked off with swords or axes, according to excavation leader David Score of Oxford Archaeology, an archaeological-services company.

The coolest thing about this article is a section titled "A Mere Flesh Wound"....

Random photo o' the day: [link]

I say put Matilda in bed with Emmett. She's a flailer who wants to be in bed with someone, and he, being a (nearly) teenage boy, presumably sleeps the deep and zombie-like sleep of the teenage boy. And they love each other. How could it go wrong?

Mom's photos (incomplete, I have to find another card.) [link] She's got a nice one of me and Sonam, one of the guides, at the eclipse, here: [link]

Loving all the photos, sarameg!

The Vancouver Winter Olympics has a fever, and the only prescription:

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I did get another room right down the hall, and almost immediately went to sleep. Flight this morning went smoothly, and I'm waiting for my luggage and my husband.

Yay HOME.

Yay on new room, home and smooth flight.

Boo on the recent events leading up to it.

And now I have my bag. The small airport thing has its drawbacks, but the small part is nice. And the free wireless.

http://www.vancouver2010.com/store/new-arrivals/vancouver-2010-white-stick-cow-bell/prodOL5902.html

This one looks like some sort of "marital aid".