Blogs1 - 6 of 6 recent posts for tag:"norse myths"
02
Nov
2009
Raising a Nerdy Child: A Catalog of Artifacts, Part One

5 days ago by Lev Grossman

I will love my daughter whatever and whoever she becomes. But yeah, I'm not going to lie to you, it would be cool if she turned out nerdy like her dad. Sadly, neuroscience has not progressed to the point where I can literally force Lily, through a nightmarish barrage of drugs, neurosurgery and post- ...

Nerd World - TIME.com - nerdworld.blogs.time.com · 79 references

16
Oct
2009
Learn why people throw coins into the Wishing Well

23 days ago by benny

Have you ever wondered why you have to toss your coins to a wishing well after making your wish? Ever wondered how to start the wishing wells? Want to have your own wishing well at home? If you answered yes to all these questions, then you’ve reached the right article. (…)Read [...] No related posts ...

Entrepreneur Education - thewalrusspeaks.com · 1 reference

29
Sep
2009
In search of . . . whales in literature

40 days ago by adairjones

To scan the treatment of whales in literature is to track the growing confidence of man upon the harsh and unforgiving seas. Early man’s knowledge of cetacea came first from the observations of sailors. Naturally, the appearance of a frolicsome creature of ten feet or so that seemed to play and smil ...

WORD SEARCH with Adair Jones - adairjones.wordpress.com · 8 references

12
Aug
2009
My Overdue Book Review – Tiivistelma: A Compendium of Viking Stories, ...

88 days ago by Dawna Rand

Tiivistelma - Click the cover to go to Amazon.co.uk For my British, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Danish and yes, American Viking peeps, time for a long-overdue review of a book recommended to me by my pal Paul James McDaid – who’s perhaps better known as “Rogann” of the Dahrg de Belne Viking reenact ...

The Writer's Saga - thewriterssaga.wordpress.com · 2 references

04
Aug
2009
Clash of the Gods

96 days ago by billbuschel

Starting tonight (Monday, August 3) on the History Channel there is a new series entitled: Clash of the Gods. It starts at 10pm. Don’t worry if you see this late–The History Channel replays it a zillion times. See the History Channel website immediately below: http://www.history.com/shows.do?action= ...

Just My Eyes - billbuschel.wordpress.com · Rank: 165,672 · 1 reference

29
Jul
2009
The Epistemological and Metaphysical Case Against Obama’s Birth Certificate

102 days ago by Dan Fincke

Heretical Ideas just rocked my world: It might seem, to the average person, that the “Birthers” must have a tough time proving their case. After all, Barack Obama has released his Certification of Live Birth (pictured above), which meets all the requirements for proving one’s citizenship to the Stat ...

Camels With Hammers - camelswithhammers.wordpress.com · 9 references