March 2005

Chariot find is a victory for Scots

Interesting that so many of the chariot burials found in the UK have been in Yorkshire (19 total, all of them, except for one found near Edinburgh , according to this article). No pictures in the article, unfortunately. 2400 year old grave. Chariot find is a victory for Scots by Martin Wainwright, Thursday March 10, 2005 The Guardian The centuries-long tussle for prestige between England and Scotland may be about to end in...

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Online silliness…

From that last post, you might think I spend a lot of time online. Well, yes. The greater portion of my day is spent connected (i.e., online) in some form: logged in to IM via cell phone or sitting at the computer with Trillian running. Why anyone would want to be online and that easy to contact? I guess that depends upon where your social contacts are. If you spend more time going...

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Silly blog quiz…

I don’t normally go for these things, but this was just too silly to pass up. So what is my addition? Probably being online. I get twitchy when I’m not connected. This quiz was about the signs you know when you’re addicted to being online. You Know You’re Addicted to Internet When… You kiss you girlfriend’s home page. Your bookmarks list takes 15 minutes to scroll from top to bottom. Your eyeglasses have...

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Amazing Mare

Isis hates needles. She despises spring vaccinations and has let her displeasure be known through body-slamming me into the walls. With her powerful neck set, she pushes me out of the way to move away from that nasty thing poking her. One vet I had tried twitching her with a chain and rope. I was not happy. The second time he came out, she smelled him enter the barn (ode de vet?) and...

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