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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jilli, you must post peektures of your dad dressed up!!
Making me happy today: looks like I've found a place to live after my lease here runs out, if not sooner; I went looking for specific things and purchased only those things; having off on a GORGEOUS day; puttering around a bead store; consuming very very good and authentic pain au chocolat and latte from the French bakery. Can't wait to try the baguette!
I'd like to toss that FL state rep... with a trebuchet.
smonster, for your consideration.
Jilli, you must post peektures of your dad dressed up!!
I will, believe me I will. He was asking me about dying lab coats today, and said he's going for a mad scientist ala Tom Swift and His Electric Grandmother. My Dad is such a geek.
Your dad is a gem. And, possibly, a steampunk convention will be the perfect setting.
I think the geekiest we've ever been was when Jake went as Mario and Ben went as Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory. Two of my favorites.
Sara wants to be Cleopatra this year. I think they're on another Egypt unit at school.
Introducing him to other SF geeks with an interest in building improbable and infernal devices? These are his people. Seriously, this is going to make the convention for me.
How about Hatshepsut? After marrying her half-brother and watching him rule (well enough) and then watching his son (by another wife) rule (not so well), she decided she was going to rule. And, when people objected to being ruled by a queen, she announced that she was the king; had a long and prosperous reign.
When I was coming up with cat names back in 2004, I knew I had to get something Egyptian, but Cleopatra was a cliche, and the only other women I could think of were Nefertiti and Hatshepsut, and how do you abbreviate either of those names? So I went with Nefertiti and Ahnknaten's capital city, Amarna.
I think they're on another Egypt unit at school.
They do seem to inspire. My daughter's sixth grade class did a unit and she ended up with the nickname Neferlex for a while.
Do they cover other ancient areas, such as Sumeria and the Assyrians? I remember geeking out over cuneiform writing in fifth grade. That was my first big exposure to archaeology as a whole, and completely grabbed me.