general update

[rivendellrose]

Anthropology link of the day - More on Homo Floresiensis, or Of Course The Hobbits Were Cooks.

Sorry, but I don't think that joke's ever going to get old - best common name for a species ever.

Otherwise, not a lot to report except that someone (not hard to guess, since I'm only on close terms with one professor, really) nominated me to be part of the Senior Gift Committee. I think I'm going to do it - much as I bitch, I like the notion of giving something back to the university, and I'm honored as all hell to be suggested for anything like that. Besides, might be fun.

Edit: I wish people wouldn't fuck up mythological references in academic articles. It makes me a tad bit uneasy about everything else they suggest, because... well, if they list Baldur as the German god of war when as near as I can tell he's really the god of joy and innocence, there's just something a little wrong with the way they work.

Comments

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

Wasn't he the Norse god of love and sunlight? That is very odd indeed.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Exactly! He was the god of good and happy things, not war! Stupid people. The article was good (it's about early 20th century Japanese sex education, basically), but after seeing that I had a real hard time taking them totally at their word. Anybody who mixes up Baldur and Tyr... well, how can you trust them?

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

What does someone in the Senior Gift Commitee do?
(you spelled it with two t's, is that right, I thought it was one t.)
Mixing up the God of War with the God of Joy and Innocence is QUITE a blunder in my mind, the two could hardly be further apart.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

It's for planning the graduating class' gift to the university. Beyond that, I guess I'll find out. And I thought it had two Ts.... *Ponders*

Exactly. Silly person.

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

You're probably right about committee, for some reason yesterday it looked funny with 2 t's and today it looks right.
Have you ever had that happen?
What an honor to be selected to be in that group. Congrats.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

All the time. I forget what word it was yesterday, but it was something really obvious and common, and no matter how much I stared at it, it didn't look right.

Thanks!