Postscriptum: Wisdom

Mother says: “sleep, count sheep, count amphora”

Awww. Duly noted. Thanks.

Whack-A-Hoard

“Many people using metal detectors do not know the law. In England every piece of land belongs to someone and you need to get permission from the landowner.”

Stop stealing, folks. Yes, hoards (and hordes) are nifty. But oddly, laws don’t recognize the But It’s Awesome principle, which is why Louboutin makes shoes for a capitalist, greedy world, and why Greece is suing the pants off every country who got a postcard with a temple on it in the 19th century. (I kid, because I care.) But fields? Not a toy. The seeds in a pouch, the charcoal from a pit, the condition of the soil in which the gold is in- it is priceless.

…also, illegal. So basically bullying farmers. They have plagues and pesticides and sunshine to worry about. Nighthawkers? Just gratuitous.

See? Do it legally, and the archaeologists are mostly happy, you get to be stupidly wealthy and minorly famous, and everyone gets to see ridiculously nifty…things!

The art of losing isn’t hard to master

Perhaps ironically, given the wild and ranging questions I asked about the whole deal of excavating technology, I managed to erase, or at least dissolve, precipitate and collect only scattered bits of, my entire photography collection from the last three years, from over five thousand to under eight hundred.

Kind of horrific. If I can later rescind that, it will be due to the fantastic powers of a certain superman in my life, and his technological savvy. So, a public safety announcement: for the love of all things archival, check your external harddrive’s root folders and interior ones, don’t just assume they’re tucked in and cozy.

Ps: If you read this, and you have at any time in the last three years wandered through excavations, museums or life with me- please, I will mail out cds if you’re willing to send copies of your photo files.

Jujitsu for the “weaker sex” — 1930s British newsreels – Boing Boing

Jujitsu for the “weaker sex” — 1930s British newsreels

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Notice: she keeps the heels on. Advice for anyone traveling with, nearby, or into the territory of Objectionable People.