"You got to learn how to fall
Before you learn to fly..."
- Paul Simon
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Monday, September 06, 2004
Article: Hair analysis could reveal recent travels�| New Scientist
Article: Hair analysis could reveal recent travels�| New Scientist
Tracking the recent whereabouts of suspected criminals or uncovering the true origins of asylum-seeking immigrants might come down to a single hair, says a UK researcher.
Stuart Black and his colleagues at the University of Reading are testing a new method of determining where people have lived by measuring the ratios of oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in their tissues or fluids. They presented their results at the British Association for the Advancement of Science Festival in Exeter, UK.
Tracking the recent whereabouts of suspected criminals or uncovering the true origins of asylum-seeking immigrants might come down to a single hair, says a UK researcher.
Stuart Black and his colleagues at the University of Reading are testing a new method of determining where people have lived by measuring the ratios of oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in their tissues or fluids. They presented their results at the British Association for the Advancement of Science Festival in Exeter, UK.
Mail and Guardian Online: King Mswati falls in love again
Mail and Guardian Online: King Mswati falls in love again
"Swazi King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch, has picked a 16-year-old girl as his new wife, bringing to 12 the number of official spouses, sources in the royal household said on Sunday."
Nubility rules.
Only in Africa...
"Swazi King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch, has picked a 16-year-old girl as his new wife, bringing to 12 the number of official spouses, sources in the royal household said on Sunday."
Nubility rules.
Only in Africa...
Thursday, September 02, 2004
On gods and worshippers
From: Bryan P Hayward (bryan.haywardAThs.utc.com) via the AWAD (A Word A Day) newsletter.
Subject: Theanthropic tickled a quote
One of my favorite quotes was brought to mind by today's word.
Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child. -Robert Heinlein
So in my mind, there is certainly an ironic twist on the loftiness people using the word wish to confer on the depictee.
On a tangential note, there have been fantasy novels in which a god/dess is actually worth worshipping because they do embody the qualities normally ascribed to deities by their worshippers (loving, caring, involved, tolerant, merciful et al) but oddly I don't think they'd get anywhere if someone started a religion around them. For most people, their god has to have some sort of vengeful trait before they bother paying any attention.
This guy’s take on gods is very much like Terry Pratchet’s.
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