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Oh, yes. I have some very cute little low-key, eccentric dot patterns that I think would work great for a lot of different page layouts. Go take a peek.
And now, by popular demand (that would be you, anan), How I Ended Up In The Ancient Celestial Chariot: well, you remember yesterday's romp around the web in search of Hermitage cats? It turns out I found two completely separate references on a single blog called Panabasis - one regarding "Hepburn", a gorgeous Russian Blue cat (See July 20, mid-page), and the other regarding the Mirabilis post about the Hermitage cats.... So I started sniffing around the journal, generally, and ended up following a link to this rather amazing page that talks about "Vimanas," or ancient flying machines described in Hindu Vedic literature, around one or two thousand years B.C.
So, that was the surreal conclusion to my travels yesterday. And speaking of surreal, I also took the opportunity to have a good look 'round the Janus Museum site where Panabasis lives, and read all about Allan Janus, the irrepressible itinerant tintypist and freelance dirigible pilot who mysteriously disappeared sometime after 1915. I'm still giggling. (...And this is why I love the net.)
Posted by taz on June 14, 2004 at 03:51 AM in History, Weblogs | Permalink
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ok, i asked for it!
Pretty fascinating, isn't it?
In our own sacred texts, there is reference to a war with 'the people from the skies' at the end of time, where 'people will throw their projectiles into the sky and blood will come down.' Interesting.
Ain't the internet wonderful? Thanks again for the usual unusual and thought-provoking links!
Posted by: anan | Jun 14, 2004 8:21:14 AM
