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"The 2-inch marble bust depicts the head of a man with a short curly beard and almond-shaped eyes who may portray a boxer, the authority said." - a weight for a hanging scale? lavish. that merchant had *style*. - idnan

"Early farmers may have genetically altered the coats of domestic animals for their own amusement, creating spots and stripes in the process ..." - neat! - idnan

reeeaaaaallly? i'd like to see how that pans out. - idnan

i'm so very fond of virtual museums. - idnan

"... archaeology has been on the brink of revolutionizing our comprehension of time since the 18th century, but in each occasion, it has balked and withdrawn to the secure realm of historicism, becoming a mere subdiscipline of history. It is what Olivier calls the 'missed revolutions of archaeology' ..." - dang it! i pretty much have to read that. - idnan

sometimes the titles grab me for unexpected reasons. - idnan

well, alright, but television is non-essential. i believe it was Susan who noted: "there's a wireless and lots of books." wireless in the traditional sense, of course. it would be a REALLY GREAT time to introduce Soma, though. - idnan

"Our investigation into detox products has convinced us that there is little or no proof that these products work, except to part people from their cash and downplay all the amazing ways in which our bodies can look after themselves." where i'm from, if it's not soap and it's not water ... wacky kids and your new-fangled ways to spend money. - idnan

i recommend the blue line (light rail) to 1st st station if you want to use public transit. - LA Transit Master, 8th Level - idnan

a brief and interesting bit about human population structure. very Big Picture. - idnan

those wacky kids and their tech startups ... are fun to watch! - idnan

the US opening ceremony for the IYA is almost an event i'd attend. not quite, since i'm not fond of attending things, but very nearly. - idnan

simon templar preserve me ... what in the world does one ingest to decide a function with 600 parameters is a decent solution to *anything*, and why isn't that substance strictly controlled? i like the naming tweak for the reserved "as" and "do". - idnan

this is pretty neat, but i don't call 1750 CE "ancient" - idnan

*self* control? i kid. but religion is a fascinating thing. - idnan

sweet georgia jenny lee-brown! i wonder if this means, potentially, that my left won't be a problem. likely not, since one factor is non-retinal, but it'd be cool! - idnan

ooooh, i'm so excited! - idnan

oh my stripes and garters ... i almost missed this! neat! - idnan

while i liked the flashy string theory documentary (strongly influenced by the appearance of my hero, Ed Witten, for no reason other than he appeared, which makes no sense, but in my world he's a star and i'm a fan and there it is), i understand where this is coming from. but it was actually more meaty than one would expect a show meant to get ratings to be, in all fairness. now, you want to see a show that fits this even better? try the one with Dr Quantum. what the bleep, or some such. - idnan

DEM STRAIGHT. - idnan

*that's* neat! - idnan

if you're cold you're too naked. - idnan

a pedophile OR a criminal? - idnan

*these* are the pansy-asses who nearly wet themselves because they somehow manage to become stranded halfway across the county while riding a subway covered with large, color-coded maps, who whine and argue with law enforcement when they're ticketed for eating and drinking in defiance of more large and colorful signs, and yell gustily into their iPhones while suffering severe morning breath. they do not blend. - idnan

yes. yes, i am. what am i disagreeing with, again? - idnan

i admit it. i giggled. - idnan

i'm not so much a feminist as an i-can't-be-bothered-ist. think i'm a male from the Philippines? a female from Egypt? a transvestite from Brazil? i don't feel any need to correct you. just don't assault me because you think i'm in the wrong public wc. - idnan