Friday, July 24, 2009
no lol cherch again. and heathens rejoys! off to marquette.
RANDOM HOARD
hey, i already have a mexican painted egg, SIGNED, with an owl!
.jpg)
Q!wB2k~%24(KGrHgoH-CcEjlLlzSkuBKP-)wdH9g~~_1.JPG.jpeg)
Thursday, July 23, 2009
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
DUBUQUE-name from a french-canadian who settled in 1788, but 1st settlement in 1833. pop in 1850-3,108, 1873-22,151
DULAS, MICHAEL- greek historian under constatine XII, 1450ish, b + death unknown. illustrious family, some emps, said to have held high office at constatine XII's court. after fall of constantinople(ISTANBUL!), he was employed in diplomatic missions by princes of lesbos, where he went until 1462, when it was taken + annexed to turkey by sultan mahomet II, D survived, but he has no record after. his history started w/ death of john palaeologus, to the capture of lesbos. prelim chron from adam to john P, but done by later writer. although barbarous in style, it is judicious + trustworthy + valuable source for the end of the greek empire + spoke turkish.
DUCHESNE, ANDRE(latin-DUCHENIUS or QUERCE-TENUS) 1584-1640. french geographer + historian. 'father' of french history. educated in his earliest years devoted to historical + geographical research + his 1st work Egregariarum sen selectarium liber, pub when 18. patronage of cardinal richelieu, appointed histiographer + geographer to the king. died getting run over by a carriage. published a lot + varied. blah blah geneology
DUCK- dutch, duyker, german, tanch-ente, bavaria/duck-ante blah blah 1+ pg, no illustrations.
DUBUQUE-name from a french-canadian who settled in 1788, but 1st settlement in 1833. pop in 1850-3,108, 1873-22,151
DULAS, MICHAEL- greek historian under constatine XII, 1450ish, b + death unknown. illustrious family, some emps, said to have held high office at constatine XII's court. after fall of constantinople(ISTANBUL!), he was employed in diplomatic missions by princes of lesbos, where he went until 1462, when it was taken + annexed to turkey by sultan mahomet II, D survived, but he has no record after. his history started w/ death of john palaeologus, to the capture of lesbos. prelim chron from adam to john P, but done by later writer. although barbarous in style, it is judicious + trustworthy + valuable source for the end of the greek empire + spoke turkish.
DUCHESNE, ANDRE(latin-DUCHENIUS or QUERCE-TENUS) 1584-1640. french geographer + historian. 'father' of french history. educated in his earliest years devoted to historical + geographical research + his 1st work Egregariarum sen selectarium liber, pub when 18. patronage of cardinal richelieu, appointed histiographer + geographer to the king. died getting run over by a carriage. published a lot + varied. blah blah geneology
DUCK- dutch, duyker, german, tanch-ente, bavaria/duck-ante blah blah 1+ pg, no illustrations.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
RANDOM WTF
was checking out zappos shoes for somebody. i already posted those ugly supid wedgies and then i spotted the ugliest pair. and another. $1,050 for the leopard print ones! $999 for the other. are women INSANE???
.jpg)
RANDOM 341 OBJECT
large old photo of a renaissance bronze door.
RANDOM MINI RANT
AHA! so that's why grassley has become a HUGE dick. he's one of the 'family'! a C streeter.
they let an iowan in?
AHA! so that's why grassley has become a HUGE dick. he's one of the 'family'! a C streeter.
they let an iowan in?
WEDNESDAY FELINE EXPLOITATION BLOGGING
it was so cool last night, basil was in the sock drawer.
