Hong Kong Market is a grocery store on the eastern edge of Columbia, on the outer road of I-70. They used to be in a cramped barn (yes, an actual barn) but a few years ago they moved to a new building next door. The place has a lot of… Read more“Flying Horse on Earth Brand Fish Sauce, and other Nouns”
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Small Joys
One of my favorite part of dissertation writing is going through the articles I’ve collected and finding little tidbits relevant to my own work. In the past twenty minutes I’ve found something interesting from a review of Inca child sacrifice (they sacrificed the children of elites, probably to cement political… Read more“Small Joys”
SAA, Part 4
I late-registered since I wasn’t sure I was even going until a week prior. My ID didn’t have my school information, and I wanted to represent, so during my lunch break on Thursday I used the wifi at the Renaissance to call up some reference pictures and sketched some MU… Read more“SAA, Part 4”
Classical Band
Warranty Void if Seal is Broken
pinktentacle.com had a post about the Kaikidan Ekotoba, a kind of Monsters Manual from 19th century Japan. One of the illustrations is of a seal, which can be quite nasty. The picture shows it is rather menacing. Coincidentally I had been researching Moche watercraft from the 2nd to 6th century… Read more“Warranty Void if Seal is Broken”
SAA, Part 3
Welcome to part 3 of my SAA adventure! As promised, this one is about my St. Louis culinary adventures. I had so much good food during the long weekend! It seems like I’ve eaten in every restaurant in downtown. Since the conference took a fairly pervasive break from noon to… Read more“SAA, Part 3”
And I Want it Now, Please
My site is worth $2937.6.How much is yours worth?
SAA, Part 2
Except for the Arch and the free museum in its basement, I’ve never been to downtown St. Louis in the nearly ten years I’ve been in Missouri. The week of the SAA meeting, I made up for lost time by spending most of my days there. Getting downtown from my… Read more“SAA, Part 2”
SAA, Part 1.5
Another trend I noticed in the presentations at the SAAs was the prevalence of Google Maps and Earth. While a Google Earth image will appear in my dissertation, I’m sticking with the tried-and-true drawing for my site-locating needs. A drawing allows me to filter out irrelevant details, like clouds and… Read more“SAA, Part 1.5”
Intermission
How come no one told me about this until now?! 56 more iChat effects