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Well, Rats.
Jan. 20th, 2006 09:19 amDenver Fabrics has failed me. After a looonnng wait, they now tell me that they can only send the black silk in a maximum of 2-yard pieces. I'm going to have them send it, and see, but I'm thinking now that I need to make a different plan for Birka.
Crap. I expected this fabric to be here by now. If I drop $150 on silk you'd think it would take less than two weeks for them to *ship* it. Grrrr.
In Other News
Medieval Irish warlord boasts three million descendants
"Up to three million men around the world could be descended from a prolific medieval Irish king, according to a new genetic study.
It suggests that the 5th-century warlord known as "Niall of the Nine Hostages" may be the ancestor of about one in 12 Irishmen, say researchers at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Niall established a dynasty of powerful chieftains that dominated the island for six centuries."
Painting found in London may be the only surviving portrait of Lady Jane Grey
I think a better headline for this would be "Painting recently noticed in London may be the only surviving portrait of Lady Jane Grey"
What a Viking's smile revealed
"Viking warriors may have filed deep grooves into their teeth to indicate class or military rank.
Caroline Arcini of Sweden's National Heritage Board analysed 557 skeletons from four major Viking-age Swedish cemeteries and discovered that around 10 per cent of men, but none of the women, bore horizontal grooves across the upper front teeth."
(Thorson, don't you be getting any ideas....)
Crap. I expected this fabric to be here by now. If I drop $150 on silk you'd think it would take less than two weeks for them to *ship* it. Grrrr.
In Other News
Medieval Irish warlord boasts three million descendants
"Up to three million men around the world could be descended from a prolific medieval Irish king, according to a new genetic study.
It suggests that the 5th-century warlord known as "Niall of the Nine Hostages" may be the ancestor of about one in 12 Irishmen, say researchers at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Niall established a dynasty of powerful chieftains that dominated the island for six centuries."
Painting found in London may be the only surviving portrait of Lady Jane Grey
I think a better headline for this would be "Painting recently noticed in London may be the only surviving portrait of Lady Jane Grey"
What a Viking's smile revealed
"Viking warriors may have filed deep grooves into their teeth to indicate class or military rank.
Caroline Arcini of Sweden's National Heritage Board analysed 557 skeletons from four major Viking-age Swedish cemeteries and discovered that around 10 per cent of men, but none of the women, bore horizontal grooves across the upper front teeth."
(Thorson, don't you be getting any ideas....)
