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I haven't tried it with a game cartridge yet, because I'm not sure what to buy. It looks pretty good on a high def TV, not fuzzy as I recall. My main issue thus far is the wireless controllers have very little peripheral range.

I only really do retro/classic games, so here's what I've been on recently:

Interesting, I did not know that about prickly pear and their tunas (which I use to make a delicious prickly-pear infused vodka).

I was reminded of the osage orange (or bois d'arc), which still grow wild in Texas and Oklahoma (among other places), and sure enough it was briefly mentioned in the NatGeo article.

yes, I've heard the same, but there is a difference IMO between a slip of the words and the outlandish claims made by BYU, which honestly caused me to be suspect of their research and methodology.

The distinction that the BYU people made was that some of the bodies are technically "mummified" in that they were dessicated and more than just skeletal remains. However, it's clear the Ministry has a stricter definition involving processing, etc. which seems important in a place where "mummy" evokes a certain

I tried to reply with extreme skepticism (ok, fine, extremely snarky skepticism) to the original post about the "million mummy" discovery but was having computer issues that day. Every single archaeologist I know online was rolling their eyes at that claim, it was just so ridiculously outlandish, to the point that

I love bison, but it is very unforgiving due to being extremely lean. Not much fat to keep the meat moist/tender.

I've only had it as ground meat in chili and as sausage, but it is very tasty. And it's not so much fattening it up as it is changing the flavor by clearing out the bad stuff. Sort of like how true grass-fed beef tastes different from grain-fed.

They're a major nuisance in Texas too, and it's open season on them. Not all are bad meat, especially not the young ones, but odds are against you from what I understand.

Very interesting list! And heritage pork definitely tastes very different (and better) than the common stuff.

It wasn't actually a flight, but a very long bus ride from Mexico City to Oaxaca, and back. It was on each way, subtitled in Spanish, which was one of the most interesting things about it.

That Obi-Wan is just...wow.

A super-efficient electric storage system (battery or whatever), so that the excess power generated by wind and solar systems can be stored until needed. One problem with wind-generated energy is that winds blow strongly overnight, when power demand is low. I suspect that this system could also be used to capture

I hear PETA is envious.

Austin is not full of great jobs and most definitely isn't cool and hip. So no need to move here!

There are so many issues that can affect preservation., as you mention. I've seen cans and bottles where the upward-facing (ie visible) side is completely faded and illegible, while the downward-facing side (often slightly below surface, or at least the leaf litter level) still has print remaining. Bottles hold print

Well, with soda/beer cans we go from steel, to tin, to mixed tin and aluminum, to aluminum. And openings go from church key to pull-tab to pop-top. I suppose there are significant measurements to be had. Of course, the era of mass production has meant even greater amounts of standardization.

As a tangent, archaeologists find condensed/evaporated milk cans to be extremely useful diagnostic artifacts. These are commonly found in the West, left by pioneers and cowboys, among others, along with tobacco tins and other sanitary (food-related) cans.

"Although similar religious motifs can emerge independently of one another, the apparent importance of the single blue bead has led the researchers to speculate whether Nordic religious practices were influenced by Egypt, where the color blue was associated with the sun deity Amun-Ra."