DNA, carbon dating and all that jazz.

Oh, I find it exciting. And the programmes about it are great. It's the news reports and write ups of the documentaries that are pissing me off.

I guess it's fair enough...they're writing in shorthand and aiming to sensationalise, and they're probably not medievalists :P

Any talk of cloning him? Now that would be sensational.

That and the fact that it's in the right place. There was a priory (I think) on that site at the time, and the body was in the section they'd have expected to find royal or important burials. Given that some of the accounts talk of him being buried there, it all suggested it. They then confirmed it with other techniques including DNA testing against his descendents.

a priory or a priori?

Now they lay his body down
Sad old men who run this town
I still recall the way
He led the charge and saved the day
Blue blood and rain
I can hear the bugle playin'

[Chorus:]
We seen the last of Good King Richard
Ring out the past his name lives on
Roll out the bones and raise up your pitcher
Raise up your glass to Good King John

While he plundered far and wide
All his starving children cried
And though we sung his fame
We all went hungry just the same
He meant to shine
To the end of the line

[Chorus:]
We seen the last of Good King Richard
Ring out the past his name lives on
Roll out the bones and raise up your pitcher
Raise up your glass to Good King John

scoliosis, bound wrists, sliced skull, sword in the backside. He's our man!

Umm...not his descendant...a descendant of his family.

Media stupidity aside, the find is pretty cool. How many missing dead kings are there? This is similar in scale to finding King Tut's tomb. I'm sure there was lots of media stupidity back when that happened, too.

Smarty

Intellectus a posteriori.


Smart ass.

Ha!

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/richard-iii...122834889.html

the possibly penultimate resting place

Good point.

Jinx had to avoid milk protien like whey and casein. You could pm her and see if she can offer advice?

Well. In our defense, they had 600 years to look. By that scale, Jimmy Hoffa just stepped out.

I like the way you think outside the box, Pete. :)

And we never did find Lord Lucan.

Where were you when you saw him last?

IKEA

People should learn to always put things in the same place each time
... keys, glasses, cups, coats, umbrellas, crooks, princes, lords

It's hard to keep lords in one place, they do leap about so.

It's a life skill.

I thought that was only at Christmas?

I didn't know who Lord Lucan was until I googled him, but you all had me cracking up. IKEA. *snicker*

King Dick deffo needs a thread of his own....

That was an excellent DanaC joke. I had to google it also.

I went to a party last night. I've been isolating myself pretty much for the past few months so I thought I better get out and have a change of scenery.

Had a few beers, not enough food (this was a problem) Then some folks went outside to have a small smoke and I joined them. Maybe for the first time in 10 years? Went back to the party, a few more beers, the next thing I knew I was going outside for some air and couldn't even stand up. I had a little lie down in the snow for about 10 minutes then managed to get back into the house. I moved everyone's guitars and mandolins off the couch and fell asleep.

I didn't drink that many beers, all told and they were over the course of hours, I didn't even feel the smoke. My best guess is that where it says on the Buproprion bottle "Do Not Use Alcohol" they actually mean it. I don't feel hungover at all, but I was profoundly and surprisingly incapacitated last night.

And somehow I bit the living shit out of the side of my tongue.

That is what is meant by :buzzkill:

:eek: You know that little lie-down in the snow will lead to very bad things. Glad you made it back into the house.

You're talking about the aliens and the probes right? Yeah, yeah, I hear ya sister.

The aliens and the probes would be the least of your worries ...

maybe you were roofied?

I did wake up eyebrow shaved and with a dick drawn on my face...

No, I'm pretty sure it was the Buproprion/Beer combo and the late introduction of food.

Emotional state, alcohol, meds, and dope, I think your brain was asking for a system reboot. Be careful dude.

Yeah. Very good point. I often over look the obvious.

After ten years, the smoke mayhave hit harder than it once would have, added to alcohol...always a potentially heavy hit. Then add in tablets...

Like Griff says: be careful :p

If my blood sugars are too low, I can get seriously, deliriously drunk off one beer. Add meds into the mix... wozers. I don't smoke anything... but I can imagine that would zing me too. Its amazing what lack of food can do. Perhaps the meds lower blood sugars? Maybe thats why they say don't mix with alcohol. Glad you are ok. :) and I am glad to see you went to a party, and had some fun!

All im sayen on the matter

I have a cold. So does Max. I feel exhausted. :(

I've been working on academics since 8:30 this morning. I'm SO done, but I still have work to do.

Been fighting a fever and headache cough/cold/flu for 4 days, today no fever just a cough that wont quit. I cough so hard I feel like I'm going to pass out, or my head is going to explode in pain. My throat is so sore and my voice is gone. I'm ready for this to go away. On the twisted upside, I am still not working from the pain in my hip.. so at least I am not losing out on pay or trying to function this ill, like I would normally try to do.

Sometimes, I just really don't want to teach...

Y'know, one of those days when you just don't want to interact with other people to any great degree...when words seem to go missing from your vocabulary and everything feels like too much effort? When you feel a bit raggedy looking, hair won't do as it's told, skin unhealthy and generally a bit too self-conscious.

I'm not in the mood to teach a 1 1/2 hour seminar. I just want to go back to bed. Or play with Carrot.

Ah! My normal!

went to the dog park yesterday (twas muddy I tells ya) and Scout had a wonderful, muddy, messy time. he seemed happy.

wait---is this the bitch thread? Ok, I'm really effing tired after all that dog stuff.


I think I may have MS. seriously. My balance is way, waaaaaay off.

I get this way but instead of fighting through an hour and a half, I have to grind through two 3 1/2 hour programs with an hour lunch/planning period between, all with humans. I keep thinking I'll acclimate...

Three midterms this week, two of them tomorrow. I need my memory back! Long-term memory and problem-solving are not an issue, so clinical work is fine. Putting hundreds of pages of notes and text into new memory and organizing the info so as to be able to write essay questions on midterms - not so good.

But on the upside, I'm not throwing up anymore. It's best to submit exams that are clean and dry. Professors prefer it.

On the contrary---I see vomiting on exams as a bold, bloodless coupe for those of us who are sick and suffering AND managing school.

And most exams would be improved by a bit of vom anyway.


have at it, woman~!

Does chemo destroy neural pathways or make your hippocampus lazy? What's the memory issue? Do things like fish oil and Gingko help? What about placebos? They are supposed to be very effective, maybe your doc can give you a scrip?

j/k
sorry about ur braincell, glad you're not feeling ill.

It's not quite clear how it does damage ... PET scans show major differences in brain function and location of activity during and after chemo. I suspect the brain has to be trained to use new pathways afterward. So forcing myself to keep at the academics is good, sort of intensive physiotherapy for the brain, but like most PT it's bloody uncomfortable. I'm definitely doing fish oil and other supplements. Hoping things come back. :(

Thanks for the good wishes.

If you end up dumb there's always blonde hair color...

Make sure your vitamin levels are ok. Especially B12, D, and Potassium - they are major players in your energy level.

Yeah...not smoking pot every day would probably also help ... and getting enough sleep...and yeah, better diet wouldn't go amiss:P

@ Tril: i think it's probably my normal too...but I only notice it when I have to interact with people at a deeper level than going to the shop. Fortunately, as it stands I only have to interact in a professional capacity a couple of days a week :p

@ Griff: 7 hours plus a lunch break with people ....*deep shudder*

Y'know, I think I am just incredibly lazy. I just really prefer to muck about at home with my dog and my interwebz. I never really fancy anything that isn't ,mucking about at home with my dog and my interwebz...even if I do end up enjoying myself when I have to...

Oh and, as is often the case whenI am really not looking forward to a class, the lesson went quite well and fair zipped past.

I still have a cold. My voice is leaving me. :( (the kids are happy)

And if my brainpower comes roaring back and I end up twice as smart? What color then?

Tchuh...Auburn.

;)

Mais oui

I think I lost a Q-tip bud in my left ear.

:(