Academic gratification:

[hmpf]

So, I'd been reading this book on Stonehenge and there were a few things I just didn't get. Being intellectually insecure I figured I must be too stupid or something. So I go to my prof today and ask him about it (I have to write about this, so I better understand it!) And guess what he says? "You're right. That doesn't make any sense. It's a load of... nonsense." (I think he was about to use another word but caught himself just in time *g*)

So, now I feel less stupid. *g*

Fannish gratification:

I won two ebay auctions for more "Finder" stuff today. Together with the amazon.co.uk marketplace transaction I did last week that means I now (hopefully) own three of the five trade paperbacks. I only hope they arrive here and all...

Comments

[maramcc.livejournal.com]

Stonehenge? Where the demons dwell, where the banshees live, and they do live well?


Did it claim that the sinking of the Titanic was predicted there? ("Hewn... into the living rock... of Stone'enge!")

I'm with the folks thinking that it was just a good place to look at the moon, but that's just me being all un-mystical.

Hey, I'm an archaeologist, not a New Age follower!

[hmpf.livejournal.com]

I'm about as un-mystical as they come. ;-)

The book was about the spatial and visual relationship between Stonehenge and the barrow groups surrounding it, and the authors had grouped the barrows according to criteria that I couldn't understand. And my prof just confirmed to me that he didn't get their criteria, either, and that he frankly thought that part of the books was bollocks. *g*

Re: Hey, I'm an archaeologist, not a New Age follower!

[hmpf.livejournal.com]

"book", not "books". Sorry.

Re: Hey, I'm an archaeologist, not a New Age follower!

[maramcc.livejournal.com]

I was quoting Spinal Tap lyrics above, but that be cool (arrrr! Pirate Druids, ARRRRR!). If you've not seen the movie This is Spinal Tap, well... you must.

That being said, I've been to England twice and still haven't visited Stone'enge, much to my friend's horror. She'd make it illegal not to visit Stone'enge, if she could. I didn't go because of sheer laziness. If memory serves it was an 1 1/2 - 2 hour trip by train from London, and apparently there isn't much else to see there. So it'd be 1 1/2 hours down, see the ruins, 1 1/2 hours back.

Of course any southern UK-ers are welcome to jump in and rend me to pieces for my ignorance about the area.

Wer braucht Stonehenge...

[(Anonymous)]

...wenn man Goseck in Sachsen-Anhalt haben kann?!
Ich sehe in meiner Kristallkugel, dass Du in den nächsten Tagen Post bekommst....:)
K.

Ist die Kristallkugel ein Palantir? ;-)

[hmpf.livejournal.com]

It arrived today, but I haven't had the time to read it yet - haven't been at home much today, only just returned! Thank you very much! Heh... L. always looks like a little boy with his toys on pictures like that. *g*

Huch? Sprachwechsel zwischen Überschrift und Text. Ähm... war keine Absicht. Aber ich bin zu faul, das jetzt noch zu übersetzen... bin mir sicher, Du verstehst auch so. ;-)

Re: Ist die Kristallkugel ein Palantir? ;-)

[(Anonymous)]

Yes it might also be a palantir.;-)
Sorry, my english did not work yesterday. I am happy that you already received the letter. I sent it on monday and expected it to reach you on friday/saturday...
Yes, L. looks like a child (obwohl er gestern seinen 66. Geburtstag hatte):)
(((Hmpf)))
K. (Du hörst von mir...)