“The portrait of the Dragon King or Yong-wang, as depicted in so-called mudang paintings is far from a hellish demon. However, sometimes he appears elderly and scowling whereas in other renditions he is a handsome regal figure…. “…Human beings are …
Here’s some road trip music for Dance, Emma, and Drin. The landscape is a little dry! But the car looks promising.
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I adore Wikipedia way more than I ought.
I had been discussing the idea of zoomorphs grown for wartime purposes, as “Kiplings”. There are also illegally-grown and modified ones sold for black market purposes, where some of the general rules …
The stereotypes we have about caves are mostly based on caves that have erosion and redeposition of limestone. The Lascaux and Les Frieres caves with the prehistoric art are of that sort.
Lava Tube caves are quite different, but may …
The other day I happened to drive with the radio on. For me, things have been leaping out of bushes and saying, “Hey, you need this bit!” NPR has been having the same random impact effectiveness as Wikipedia, lately. Perfectly …
Resin Ball-jointed dolls, or BJDs, are artistic sculpts that articulate into different positions and appearances. They are one of our common interests and the provocateurs on this story. They tend to assert themselves as characters forcefully, like marionettes or masks …
Wow. Wiki on Ogoun? *Extremely* appropriate.
I think they need to make an offering of tobacco or rum to appease him, first of all.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogoun
repost for typos!
Also, re: old maps & Indian Wars, the Tule Lake OR area has Lava Tubes National Monument.
This is a truly weird and cool place. The ice caves, for instance, are fascinating.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_Beds_National_Monument
…The monument lies on …
Brane is also known as membrane in current string-theory physics. It speaks to one of several possible time/space 4-D surfaces interacting among others. Please recall string theory still has a lot of problems regarding dark matter and it is just …
At one point (I’ve lost track where) I referenced a commercial cream under the brand name “Burt’s Bees.” Nice stuff. At one point their products were all based on bee and honey industry ingredients.
The brand’s logo image is the …