"the fields are bright with silver light / the stars are wild and full on this gigantic night"

[larryhammer]

Against the Grain, on the gluten-free movement (for lack of a better word) and a hint at what the real sensitivity might be. (via)

How Farming Almost Destroyed Ancient Human Civilization. Or rather, about the large cities that grew and died thousands of years before the ancient city-states. (via)

Bible Verses Where the Word “Philistines” Has Been Replaced with “Haters”:

Genesis 26:14: "He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the haters envied him."

---L.

Subject quote from "As Fast As I Can," Cheryl Bliss.

Comments

[mount-oregano.livejournal.com]

Thank you for these links.

[larryhammer]

De nada.

[houseboatonstyx.livejournal.com]

I got part way through the comments at the farming article, without seeing anyone bring up my favorite theory: "The agricultural revolution made the world safe for stupidity."

[larryhammer]

Heh heh heh.

A few thousand years to discover stupidity, though? Hmm. I tend to have a little more faith in the ingenuity of idiots.

---L.

[houseboatonstyx.livejournal.com]

But only then could it reach maturity.

[larryhammer]

Heh.

---L.