An archaeological dig in Italy has turn up a ‘witch’ buried with seven nails driven through her jaw. The story places the burials at about 800 years old, so around 1200ad. Interesting the ‘witch’ was buried on consecrated ground, probably meaning she was from a high status family. I wonder if her family was even [...]
Facebook games are an interesting thing. They could be all types of games, as any web type game will work on Facebook, but the popular ones have headed to a “Farmville” type model and they are all identical to one another other than the theme. They set up a pool of themes, hope one will [...]
So they are heading into summer in South America and it looks like once again Piranhas will be a leading contender. Can they really skeletonize a cow? Don’t know, but they are pretty hard on a duck.
I walked in the DC MS Society walk this weekend to raise money to fight Multiple Sclerosis and just wanted to post up an inspiration I saw on the walk. A woman with MS who could no longer walk, so she was doing the walk on her scooter. She had a younger lady with her [...]
So bears are making my point for me now. Bear attack halted by horse wrangler and wonder horse. Face it the bear in this story just doesn’t come off well at all. Nice to see a warhorse used in modern day though.
It looks like the tigers are not taking their loss this year well at all. On the other hand this is a great start for my noir novel on the life of tigers, so I guess there is that if nothing else. Still, bad show, poor sportsmanship and all that.