It belongs in a museum!

The day I left SK Tech one of the office ladies was passing around catalogs of things her son was selling for school. Since one of them was for magazines, and I moved to a land without bookstores (srsly, there are 10 bookstores in the phonebook, one is a comic book store, 4 are Hallmarks, 3 are other gift shops, one is really a coffee shop and the last one is the Cutting Edge Discount Christian Bookstore) I thought a few magazine subscriptions would be just what I needed.

And yesterday I finally got my copy of Archeology magazine. I haven't had an actual subscription since I was 13 and was selling magazines myself and seriously wanted to be an archaeologist myself. At the time I remember finding the magazine mostly dry and uninteresting, and that I mostly looked at the ads for history-adventure-sightseeing. But as a grown up I've gone back and absolutely loved it, and bought it religiously every other month at the bookstore.

You have to love a magazine that can include sidebars like the Indy Spirit Awards, Or think to put detailed well researched articles like this on their website, for free! But seriously, this month they have an interesting Crystal Skull tie in story about the historical trade in fake Mesoamerican artifacts.

It's a shame that I didn't keep any of my old copies of the magazine. I'd love to go back now and find out if the magazine has really gotten more accessible and fun, or if I've just grown into it.

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come

Today is Shakespeare's birthday (or, rather, recognized birthday) so of course I must celebrate! Awhile back I babbled to flidgetjerome about my own Shakespeare theory. I'm certainly no scholar, but I have read a lot of biographies on him, (Sorry, the picture is huge. And I have actually added another bio since) and knowing how little we know and how much conjecture there IS. I am totally comfortable throwing my own hat in the ring. Shakespeare theories are like cupcakes, everyone should have one.

( My Theories, let me show you them )