Wolves on the Wing

Ok, this is really cool! Apparently they've discovered Roman jewelry in a tomb dating back to the Fifth Century A.D.  The jewelry in question are tiny blobs of multi-layered glass about 5 mm across, and heavily faded, with most of the gilt completely worn off.

What, you mean you're not impressed yet? What if I said they were found in....

....Japan?

Looks like Rome's arm stretched a lot farther than originally thought, and even though it's the briefest, most insignificant of touches its still awesome that something like that can wind up 6,000 kilos from where it originated, in a place the artisan could never have imagined.

Isn't that awesome?

Links here if interested:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/23/japanese-tomb-found-roman-empire-artifact_n_1621090.html

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/5mm-diameter-piece-glass-jewellery-believed-made-roman-photo-163550349.html

Ok, this is really cool! Apparently they've discovered Roman jewelry in a tomb dating back to the Fifth Century A.D.  The jewelry in question are tiny blobs of multi-layered glass about 5 mm across, and heavily faded, with most of the gilt completely worn off.

What, you mean you're not impressed yet? What if I said they were found in....

....Japan?

Looks like Rome's arm stretched a lot farther than originally thought, and even though it's the briefest, most insignificant of touches its still awesome that something like that can wind up 6,000 kilos from where it originated, in a place the artisan could never have imagined.

Isn't that awesome?

Links here if interested:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/23/japanese-tomb-found-roman-empire-artifact_n_1621090.html

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/5mm-diameter-piece-glass-jewellery-believed-made-roman-photo-163550349.html

Well this is much cooler than the last random friending from Europe I got. :-) 

Say hello to may_k, molecular biologist and artist extraordinaire! Seriously I don't know if my mind is blown more from the pictures, or from the information I get about the building blocks of biology. It's like an art exhibit and a biology course got married and had wonderfully different children.

Welcome to the chaos of my blog may_k . Hope you enjoy!

Not sure everyone can use the link but if you can, check him out. He seems to be doing a great job channeling Kaki King. :)



http://en.video.sympatico.ca/entertainment/viral-videos/watch/unbelievable-15-year-old-guitarist/1336376144001

Not sure everyone can use the link but if you can, check him out. He seems to be doing a great job channeling Kaki King. :)



http://en.video.sympatico.ca/entertainment/viral-videos/watch/unbelievable-15-year-old-guitarist/1336376144001

Apparently a Tenacious D/Foo Fighters concert cause vibrations functionally identical to "volcanic tremors" in New Zealand.  Damn, and I thought Black Sabbath and Megadeth was a sonic assault.

Now to be fair the instruments in question were only a couple of kilometres away, which is a good thing. If they were any further away then that I'd be wondering just how geologically unstable New Zealand actually is.

The link to the article is here:     http://inmusic.ca/news_and_features/news/foo_fighters_cause_volcanic_tremor/4d71ed72

The Al Purdy poem we studied yesterday straddles the lines between poem, prose, anecdote, and SNL sketch so brilliantly I thought I'd share it. For those wondering the actor playing the poet is Gord Downie, lead singer of The Tragically Hip.

Enjoy.

The Al Purdy poem we studied yesterday straddles the lines between poem, prose, anecdote, and SNL sketch so brilliantly I thought I'd share it. For those wondering the actor playing the poet is Gord Downie, lead singer of The Tragically Hip.

Enjoy.

Reposted from Padawansguide, and the sound you heard was my jaw hitting the floor;