I hope Sushi gets some kick-ass drugs to take care of her lungs. I wanna see the photos (well, plus I want her to be better....but I wanna see the photos too)!

This morning in geology I have to do a presentation about my poster project. Yesterday, to prepare for this, I reread my notes while sitting outside on the porch steps. I now sport a sunburn across my chest and arms. Well, at least I remember the stuff about my project, too.

And I snuck in some research on Roman history, specifically about the Late Republic. I'm doing a seminar about faking one's way through history, which I'm hoping won't come across like History 101. Still, I feel its important for folks who want to roleplay living in Ancient Greece that they know at least passingly what's going on in the world around them at the time. Mostly I want to talk about mythology as it ties in more with the mystical aspects of our game, with a smidge of "current affairs" in Greece circa 46 B.C.E.

Did you know that somewhere in the past few years, they changed plain B.C. and A.D. to "B.C.E" and "C.E."? I'd had no idea and after reading dates with those designations started wonder what the heck they mean. Apparently, for the non-Christians' use, "B.C.E." is "Before Common Era" (what we used to call "Before Christ") while "C.E." is the "Common Era" formerly known as "A.D." So now you know :)