Friday, December 10, 2010

The Australasian Gang That’s Taking Over the World

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Blue jay Ravens, crows, jays, magpies, jackdaws, rooks, nutcrackers, treepies, and choughs.  What a rowdy gang.  Their ancestors came fr...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010

The Art and Mystery of the Kushans

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An early Mahayan Buddhist pentad,  2nd-3rd century CE. From l to r:  a Kushan devotee, the Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha, the Bodhisa...
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Purity and Prurience

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Sweetness is to woman what sugar is to fruit. It is her first busines to be happy - a sunbeam in the house, making others happy. True, she w...
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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

The Making of "Merry"

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“If I could work my will…every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled in his own pudding.”               ...
Monday, December 6, 2010

Good Vibrations

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Once in a while my husband and I try to weird each other out by renting offbeat DVDs.  Usually we like them; sometimes we love them.  Genghi...
Friday, December 3, 2010

A Logophile's Escape

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I’m sick, I’m tired, and I’m fed up.  The traffic!  The crowds!  The incessant, repetitive, holiday songs!  The schlock!  I need a vacation!...
Thursday, December 2, 2010

Giving giving gifts...

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Tired of the holiday shopping crowds?  The traffic?  The endless miles of crap?  How about giving gifts that give – something that won’t end...
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Rodents and Dinosaurs...

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Winsor McCay Long before there were rodents, there were dinosaurs.  Likewise, long before there was an animated rodent, there was an anim...