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Typo or hate? typo... I would I would. I think I can claim I was tired tired tired???

a rubbery shrubbery??

I haven't but if you do, I wouldn't like your opinion

this was just the laugh I needed today... lol thank you.

and I just always wanted to visit Colchester, just because.

Possibly 3 more books added to my wish list. the Teutoburg forest book Clodia Metelli book and the geography/travel book. the list grows every longer.

I fear for the artefacts (clues) to past human history. They are reused, looted, destroyed. on another matter, is this really a popular uprising? or an uprising of specific part of the population orchestrated from behind. (yes my paranoia is alive and well). Curious, what do these uprisers(??) want to put in place of the government they are trying to destroy(I know these governments are oppresive etc.). A vacuum gets filled (at least on earth) and quickly no matter what the destroyers intensions are.. Also any one remember the Domino theory from the before the Vietnam war? I ramble, but reading the newspaper and the news on line etc, I seem to hear many cliches. I have heard them before and as before they resulted no real improvements or changes in totaltarian leadership(now isnt that an oxymoron). The emphasis on who/what is oppressed is changed but oppression is still there. A aah for a Sunday morning, my cyncism is at all time high. (thankfully I can listen Elvis from 50's. lol)

I think it was the Smithsonian that had a series of pictures about Detroit as well. It must have been from the same book, because I recognized some the pictures. I found the pictures incredibly sad.

I have bookmarked these for later reading. thanks for the link.

I am not a coin collector either, nor do I often wear jewelery, but after going the site of coin jewelry, there are few of the coins I would love to have as pendants because they 'spoke' to me.. btw what are the thoughts about wearing ancient coins as jewelery.

Viggen, it is all your fault. here is another Boney M. I love their outrageousness.

I think this is my favourite Boney M song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLNoCVHAN_0&feature=fvw

Because of this post, I started a search for information on the Aksumite Empire. This is what I like about this site. Pebble size ideas grow into boulder size knowlege.

I got the book for Christmas. It's excellent, so I recommend you get it. I found it a lot more interesting, relevant and accessible in comparison to Thomas Bullfinch's books (although he wrote his stuff in the 1800's so it's bound to be less relevent). I also got a copy of the Histories of Polybius. I have now ordered this book. Good thing there are a few online bookshops to choose from.. I got Magic, Witchcraft and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds - a Source Book by Daniel Ogden for christmas. I have been flipping through it. There are lots of on interesting things in it and quotes. (of course translated into Enlish)

shades of Jurassic Park!!!!!!!!!

Scipio Africanus: Greater than Nepoloen by B.H.Liddell Hart Goldsworhty "In the Name of Rome: The Men Who Won the Roman Empire I found both these books very readable and informative. There was another biograhpy of Scipio Africanus I read a few years ago that was very good as well, but seems to be missing from my bookcase. And of course, Belisarius, The Last Roman General by Hughes.

Added only book from this month's list to my wish list. The Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to the Classical Stories

Artorius Castus After reading all this, I googled Artorius Castus. He is an interesting person and enough information is around to make him a mystery. I think a good book can made out of his life - minus the Arthurian legend- okay you authors out there, write me book - in the vein of the Eagle in the Snow or Nineth Legion or the Lost Legion. Would that I could write..

I finally searched for pogs. this one of the sites I found:) Bad fads

I just got the last book in Fourth Realm Trilogy by John Twelve Hawks. I have reread The Traveler and am now rereading The Dark Road. It has been a few years since I read these books and they still are very thought provoking. The last book in the series is The Golden City... ----- Please please make it have at least some rays of light.

I found this thread very enligthening. This is why I stay here. Centurion-Marco's comment: I have been reading John Twelve Hawks series of books about the 'Vast Machine'. This sounds so much like his idea of our history and modern times. What has changed? The techonology used to control society? (rampant paranoia on my part???)

what are pogs??

Carthage the things one finds on the net just by following links. 'wonders what will happen now?'

ArchAtlas I spend a bit of time exploring. Oh to have more time.