'Their monuments were not pyramids, which is why they were so hard to find; they were horizontal features. But they're no less extraordinary.''In a cave...Roosevelt made another astonishing discovery: seventy-five-hundred-year-old pottery, which predates by more than two thousand years the earliest pottery found in the Andes or Mesoamerica. This means that...as Fawcett radically argued, the region was possibly even a wellspring of civilization throughout South America-that an advanced culture had spread outward, rather than vice-versa.'
In the words of Bill Simmons, "I thought that was interesting."
Z is a fascinating book that spreads light on the golden era of South American exploration. It was a little tough to get through at times, but it brought to light-for me, anyways-the fascination with a continent that had unexplored areas the size of the continental US as recently as the 1920's, as well as the obsession with discovering what happened to the heroic explorer, Percy Harrison "Don't call me Girod" Fawcett. I'll leave it at that and let the book explain the rest of the mystery and attraction that so many had with the Amazon and Fawcett.
Now that I'm finished with Z, I'm getting into the season and have just started Seth Davis' When March Went Mad. So far so good.
A few days ago, the staff over at Running Down a Dream put together a list of all the blogs he keeps up with. Cool idea, Scott, but it's not like you don't have every one's blogs and websites already linked on the side of the blog. I'm not sayin, I'm just sayin.
Regardless, I do think it's a good idea, especially for a blog such as this. Some of you may remember the mythical creature, Jig, who co-founded JAT with me in December of 2007. While it was fun at the time, Jig lost interest and hasn't gotten around to give me his password or make me a blog administrator, so that I can update the site, and make it a little less bland and more reader-friendly. In an email to friends, I vowed not to bother him about the password thingy for the rest of Lent, so I'm not saying anything to him until Good Friday. Or Easter. When does Lent end? I'm afraid I skipped 'Catholic Holidays 101' too much at ACU.
All that to say, I'm gonna link to the blogs and websites I make sure to hit up as often as possible, so hold on to your seats. If your a fledgling blog like this one, expect a jump in page views by 3. It may be time to purchase more bandwidth.
That's it folks. In a few weeks, I may be able to finagle a way to get these links up permanently, but honestly, don't hold your breath.
And yes, that was a Dido reference in the title.
2 comments:
Very astute observation that I have links on the right side of the page, but I intended that list to be a "Who's Who of the Running Down a Dream associated world".
An illustrious list, I know.
Speaking of the mythical Jig, I almost killed one once, but its hair was just too beautiful. I killed a wild Goak instead.
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