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IAN: May 28, 2023 - The unofficial start of summer. wheee [1]
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Date: 2023-05-27
No real plans for the weekend. If I get invited to a cookout, it will most likely be all the way across the parking lot.
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Why modern humans have crooked teeth when our ancestors didn’t.
What can be learned from an ancient Mayan board game.
California might have another gold rush.
Archaeologists have found two skeletons of men in Pompeii who they think were killed by the earthquake that pretty much coincided with the famous Vesuvius eruption.
A new group of butterflies has been officially named after Sauron.
Humans were controlling fire thousands upon thousands of years before investigators had thought.
The European Space Agency’s newest satellite took its first picture of the Earth. This is it.
Two shipwrecks in the South China Sea are providing clues about maritime trade routes in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Fibers from coconuts are being used to help stop coastal erosion.
Archaeologists have been puzzled by rings found at various prehistoric archaeological sites in France. They may be finger loops from spear throwers.
How music hijacks our perception of time.
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It’s been a fairly slow week, though I have managed to actually get some walking done outside — I have a nice treadmill, but outside is a fine change.
I went across to get my grandson to take him to school Thursday morning and found out that my second and her husband had stopped for the night — they had a wedding to attend in Seattle on Friday. They hadn’t told anybody they were coming, and my granddaughter didn’t tell me they were there during our standard morning call. Dinner was takeout Thai for six — I paid for it.
I tried to make a couple of appointments on Friday. The people scheduling for colonoscopies are working their way throught the list — they’ll call when they get to my name. The person who could help me with the appointment to get my ears cleaned had gone home early — somebody will call on Tuesday.
I have a little over a week to get my clutter under control. I need to start with laundry.
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Love you guys!
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