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[gwydion]

* Deusabscondum, the civilization I was thinking of was Phoenician. I have no idea why I blanked on the word. Phoenicans were originally from the Palestine area and their civilization included Tyre of the famous purple. They were sea traders and as a result traveled pretty far and wide setting up little trading missions, often in other civilizations. Carthage descended from them. I no longer remember the context of our discussion, but at least my brain finally pulled up the word i blanked on.

* I love that y'all knew the answer to the tapeworm question!

* I finished Feed. Final count was only 3 out of 5 major plot twists guessed which is the first time in recent memory anyone's had two surprises for me in the same book. I want to grab people and tell them to go read it, it was that clever on multiple levels.

* Monogamy and alcohol: http://wine-economics.org/workingpapers/AAWE_WP75.pdf

* "German Archeologists Uncover Celtic Treasure": http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,736942,00.html

* When typos really count: Time traveling Christians! http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90777/90854/7246633.html

* Bwahahaha! http://community.livejournal.com/metaquotes/7489807.html?style=mine

* O.O http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/mark.png

* Momment of Zen: Dr. Seuss Bible: