Did You Know? 16

Have you ever perused the Library of Congress?  Fascinating place to visit, where you can find podcasts, maps, databases, pictures, and manuscripts. Check out the Veterans History Project.

Here’s a quick pictorial visit to the Royal Museum of Scotland online, courtesy of Rampant Scotland.

Do you know who your neighbors are? On this site, you can see who lives next door to you.

You know how a good book makes you feel, right? Did you know that it can alter your brain chemistry?

To quote:

“The novel, of course, is an unequaled medium for the exploration of human social and emotional life. And there is evidence that just as the brain responds to depictions of smells and textures and movements as if they were the real thing, so it treats the interactions among fictional characters as something like real-life social encounters.”

I think that explains why readers rarely feel lonely.

What do YOU think?

Cats, Manuscripts, and Bling 21

I was doing research on breeds of cats, and ran across this one on Wikipedia. It’s a hairless Ukrainian Levkoy, a man-made breed. Mr. Bigglesworth, anyone? (Austin Powers, for those who don’t know. Dr. Evil had a hairless cat.)

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I ran across a romantic suspense I wrote in the dark ages. I think I’m going to dust it off and offer it chapter by chapter on my website. What do you think?  It’s a “different” story, in that I’ve never read a plot like it. More details later, but would you be interested? (The chapters would be free, of course.)

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Have you watched My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding? I swear, I’m gobsmacked about the culture.

Women are never to work outside the camper. Attending school is pretty much a waste of time when you could be cleaning (not being sarcastic here). The house/camper is always to be spotless, and the children cared for. It’s perfectly acceptable for a Romany boy to ask a girl to run off with him to be married. There doesn’t seem to be an age restriction. Fourteen? No problem.

However, they’re oddly moralistic. You can’t have sex until marriage, and many times, the first time you kiss a boy is on your wedding day. You can dress as slutty as you want, but you can’t talk to a boy.

Here’s a link to Gypsy dos and don’ts.

What do you think?

Saturday Short 6

This post will be short today, in order to give my brain time to rest. I leave you with this fascinating fact:

Victoria Woodhull was nominated for President in 1870. She was a suffragette who also espoused free love.

Isn’t that amazing – especially since she was born in 1832. You go, girl!