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Random Old Photo of the Day: fall, 1981

20 Feb 2023 2 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  constant mayhem always brings a smile to the face I recognized this wood paneling right away, though Mom’s handwritten note on the back help confirms the date. This would have been from the fall of 1981, at a house we had just started rent...

The Peopling of Australia (The World's Invisible People)

20 Feb 2023 15 minute read 2 comments Great White Snark

As my regular readers may know, I have been reading Bill Bryson's Down Under (2001), about his travels through Australia. At various points, he brings up the issue of race relations vis-a-vis Aborigines and white colonists. It makes for pretty upsett...

Yedanasini Temple, Inwa, Myanmar - my journey through Asia

19 Feb 2023 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

  Another temple has appeared on our list to visit, namely the Yedanasini Temple located near the city of Inwa. Na naszej liście do zwiedzania pojawiła się kolejna świątynia, a mianowicie Świątynia Yedanasini znajdująca się niedaleko miasta Inw...

The language of ivrit ( עברית ) Genesis 38, Post #1

17 Feb 2023 2 minute read 0 comments hebrew

Welcome to my Hebrew reading & language series.   Genesis 38:1-8 source Last week we finished with the story of Joseph's betrayal by his brothers. So now that he has begun his life in bondage, we get on with the lives of his brothers who...

What do you know about King Tutankhamun?

17 Feb 2023 2 minute read 1 comment xXanderC

What do you know about King Tutankhamun? King Tutankhamun What do you know about King Tutankhamun? Born over 3000 years old! Tutankhamun was called Egypt’s most famous pharaoh and that was cemented when his intact tomb was discovered by Engl...

Random Old Photo of the Day: January 1981

14 Feb 2023 2 minute read 2 comments jasonmcgathey

My brother’s 2nd birthday. I recently had an epiphany of sorts concerning a bunch old photos sitting in boxes around my house. Looking at many of them now, it’s a bit troubling to think that although often knowing the people in the pictures, t...

Pages from my Scrapbook

14 Feb 2023 3 minute read 1 comment ohdearcrypto

Do you have a favourite app of all time? Maybe, as with books and records, most normal people (remember them?) don't really have a favourite app (computer application) of all time but I do have a strong attachment to my Scrapbook journal. It's actual...

My journey through Asia - Myanmar - small and little known temples - part 2

10 Feb 2023 1 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

  K Continuation of unpublished films from my travels around Asia. Again, we are in places rarely visited by tourists in Myanmar. Around small pagodas, stupas, and above all unbearable heat. Kontynuacja nigdzie niepublikowanych filmów z moich pod...

My journey through Asia - Myanmar - small and little known temples

9 Feb 2023 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

  Our beloved guide to Myanmar temples had no mercy for us. He drove us around all nooks and crannies and stopped at every temple, pagoda or stupa he encountered. Nasz kochany przewodnik po świątyniach Myanmar nie miał dla nas litości. Woził nas p...

My journey through Asia, Myanmar - The Maha Aung Mye Bom Sam Monastery - part 2 (inside)

5 Feb 2023 1 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

  Another batch of unpublished films about Myanmar and its monuments. In today's video, the interior of The Maha Aung Mye Bom Sam temple, where it was pure pleasure to be. Kolejna porcja niepublikowanych filmów o Myanmar i jego zabytkach. W dzi...