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News Briefs 10-06-2005

By Katon

Happy Birthday to Isis over at The Book of Thoth, and congratulations on making it through two server changes in the past 9 days. 😉

  • More Rivers Spotted on Mars.
  • Ocean Food Chain Upended.
  • Scientists unveil clay robots that will reshape our world.
  • Just off the Isle of Jura is a terrifying natural phenomenon.
  • The science of chance.
  • U.S. scientists say they break the rules.
  • All painkillers in the same class as ibuprofen and naproxen could be linked to an increased risk of heart attack.
  • Meditating Buddhist monks show clarity of attention in optical illusion tasks.
  • Land bridge clue in ancient croc’s family ties.
  • Chapter One, in four parts, of A Monument to the End of Time: Alchemy, Fulcanelli, and the Great Cross. Amazon US.

    1. Fulcanelli and Mystery of the Cathedrals.
    2. A Mysterious Alchemist Adds a Chapter.
    3. Alchemical Legends and the Reality of the Cross. Where Rennes enters the picture.
    4. A Lodestone of Pure Weirdness.

  • Did Chinese Mariners Land on Australian Shores Before Europeans?
  • Ancient Civilisations: Six Great Enigmas by Will Hart & Robert Berringer, authors, respectively, of The Genesis Race: Our Extraterrestrial DNA and the True Origins of the Species Amazon US & UK, and Ancient Gods and Their Mysteries: Will They Return in 2012 AD? Amazon US.
  • The Temple at Jerusalem – a new Revelation, by John Michell, author of The View From Atlantis.
  • A Detailed Astronomical Star Chart in an Ancient Japanese Tomb. Not to mention the still brilliant Red Bird of the South.
  • Hieroglyphs – Introducing the Sacred Language of Ancient Egypt.
  • Two recently translated poems by an ancient Egyptian Scribe from Amarna, circa 2750 B.C., give a rare glimpse into the life and heart of an ordinary citizen of the time.
  • With more soon to come, exclusively at The Book of Thoth, enjoy Seshat’s other beautiful Heiroglyphic translations: The Oneness, Not a legend, Voyager.
  • Egypt, Land of Mystery: A new gallery of photos at TBOT. You can copy and re-size those enlargements for spectacular detail. A special prize for anyone who can identify that little beastie for me in Red Sea Reef, pg 4.

Quote of the Day:

I’d move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack.

Russell Crowe

Kat
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15 Comments

  1. The Wee beastie on Pg 4
    Appears to be an Octopus. They are renowned for their ability to change not only their coloring to match the surrounding reef, but also thier texture to better blend in with their surroundings.

    1. An Octopus — Right You Are!
      Congratulations, midian! You’ve won a free trip to my favorite online art gallery, Lapizmoon Studio.

      Just place your cursor over each picture to see it in color. If you click for the enlargement, you’ll be asked to download a very small, free program which prevents copying — a small price to pay, especially for a metaphorical glimpse of our favorite TDG pagan, gallery 2, lower right.

      And for the record — I’m still convinced Octopuses are actually intelligent aliens!

      Kat

  2. call home eating crow
    Dude, if you despise the USA so much quit comming here to make your millions. Mr Crow you are a self-centered ego-centric dreamer of illusions. Ok, now I feel better. Shine forth brave souls, Dennis

    2. Maybe that should be – eat seagull
      I don’t know if the Quote of the Day had anything to do with the U.S. or politics, but I suspect his objections to living in Los Angeles have more to do with paparazzi, smog and traffic jams. I just couldn’t find an internet source for the Russell Crowe quote I really wanted to use. Here’s a paraphrase for you…

      Russell Crowe was on The Late Show with David Letterman Wednesday night, and as he and Dave talked about their 17 month old sons, Russell said, it’s impossible to explain the joy a father feels when he’s on the beach with his 17 month old son, and his son points up at a seagull and says…
      .
      …”duck”.

      1. Not care for LA
        I know I don’t personally care much for LA even though I have to go there regularely for particular reasons.

        That does not mean that I can’t stand going in the US!

        For instance, I did enjoy San-Francisco a lot and its Nothern sububs.

        Unfortunately, in most of California, if you want a quart of milk, you will only get it if you have a car.

      2. foot in mouth; phone in face
        Having lived in Los Angeles for 29 years now, I can only hope that about 5 million locals would adopt Mr. Crowe’s feeling about la-la land and promptly leave. The place would be so much nicer. I nominate all actors to be first in line to depart. I’ve worked with and met some big stars, and while a few are decent, most are the biggest jerks one can imagine. The late writer Garsin Kanin made a great quote, something along the lines of “most people in Hollywood (show business)are not the kind of people you would want to have over for the weekend.”
        But I can’t believe a pseudo-macho man like Crowe would be put off by L.A. traffic; ever been to Rio? Rome? Seoul? Now that’s some serious traffic.
        Pollution? Please, grow up. Mexico City is the worst and all big cities have it. Try taking a deep breath in Beijing sometime. Or Ulan Bator.
        Anyway, he’s just another Hollywood phony, even though he doesn’t live here. Smashing a phone in the face of a hapless hotel clerk and then blaming jet lag, etc. He has a long way to go to become a real man, mate.

        2. traffic pollution
          Hi Ed,

          You’re right — I’ve never been to Rio, Rome, Seoul, Beijing, Ulan Bator, or Mexico City. And based on your descriptions, I’m glad I haven’t.

          My first trip to a large city, about 20 years ago, was to L.A.. Completely unaccustomed to anything other than rural fresh air, my most vivid memory of that trip is of being so nauseated by the smog of rush hour traffic that I’m still astonished I managed to control my desperate desire to vomit all over the interior of my car. I vowed, never again!, and so far have had no reason to regret that decision. 😉

          Regarding you living there for the past 29 years, even if you’re inured and so believe it unnecessary, you have my sympathy.

          Kat

          1. Geographic chauvanism
            Thanks for your sympathy, Kat. I need all I can get. I hated L.A. the first time I came here, too. Over the years I managed to upgrade the hate to love/hate. So how “rural” are you?

          2. How rural?
            >>So how “rural” are you?

            I grew up in a small town in east-central Mississippi — so small, in fact, that ‘main street’ and ‘back street’ were only one block apart, and there was only one red light. haha

            I’ve lived within the city limits of Denver for the past 6 years, and have previously lived in several other cities, most notably Memphis, where I was in graduate school in the late ’80s.

            But for a few years just prior to moving to Denver, I was living in my mom’s family’s ancestral home – in Hale, MS. (Try looking that one up on a map! It can be done, but it ain’t easy.) I love that old place — a sprawling farm house that, in stages over the past hundred+ years, was built around the original two-room dog-trot constructed by my great-great grandfather, and where the nearest neighbors are still a quarter of a mile away.

            Kat

        3. L.A.
          Los Angeles is more like a country than a city.

          I lived in San Diego for a long time, one of the nicest places on this planet. A curious, but common behaviour you see about people is that they move to a nice place, and then they decide the nice place is full now.

          I love California, it is one of the few societies that has been leading us to make the world better. And I believe more progress will come from there.

  3. Seshat’s translations
    Seshat’s page at The Book of Thoth was updated today with more of her recent Heiroglyphic translations. Feast your eyes on this love poem from the Middle Kingdon:

    “The earth trembled as you passed by
    Turning everything sacred as you walked
    And you set your blue eyes upon me for the first time
    speaking at me with the depth of the night
    like a nightingale who doesn’t need its wings to fly
    what a bless it is to be worthy of your look
    I have seen rain on the desert
    and all impossible things coming true
    All of my prayers carry your name
    I wish to be pure so that I can desire you
    Take me as you will
    Your slave, your priest
    Oh woman, Oh goddess”

    Who among us can’t identify with the plight of the author of another love poem from the Middle Kingdom, who humorously concludes,

    And when I am sleeping
    Well, I am not…

    Ahhh, romance — such a perennially pleasant insanity… even when vicariously experienced.

    Kat

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