हन्कोक्कियन ठोरी
posted by Tyler Duckworth on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Much has been made, in my immediate group of friends, about my obsession with an event that took place around 13,000 years ago. I'm not going to get into it too much right now, as I'd like to simply present some evidence that SOMETHING happened.
As for the title of this blog post, well, I can't say much other than my blogger site seems to be off a bit. It translates everything into Thai. Why? don't know, but enjoy it while it lasts I guess.
It was meant to read, "Hancockian Theory", after Graham Hancock, a journalist/historian who I follow quite closely. He's dedicated to investigating whether or not there is evidence of a lost civilization, pre-dating dynastic Egypt.
However, that is beyond the scope of this blog post. In the meantime, enjoy this salacious bit of Mammoth-sized Gossip!
Mammoth Mystery
Dec. 18, 2007 -- About 34,000 years ago, a herd of mammoths found themselves at the wrong place at the wrong time. Analysis of seven tusks, purchased from a Canadian fossils vendor, show the ancient beasts were blasted by an exploding meteor.
"The only reasonable explanation is that a meteor exploded somewhere near where these animals were standing," Richard Firestone, a nuclear analytical chemist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory said at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco.
Scientists aren't sure if the animals died from their wounds, although the populations of several ice-age beasts decreased dramatically at about the same time of the suspected meteor strike. At least one creature, a bison, did survive, as its skull shows bone grew in after a fragment embedded, Firestone said.
"It was certainly a bad day," he said.
An amateur scientist, Allen West, got the idea to look at fossils for meteorite fragments in an attempt to find evidence of what wiped out the Clovis people of North America, as well as several large mammals, about 13,000 years ago.
After sifting through thousands of tusks at a Phoenix, Ariz., fossil show, he found one with a burnt hole in it and tested it with a magnet, as many meteors contain iron.
The magnet stuck. West bought the tusk for $200 and asked to look through the company's warehouse, which contained another 15,000 fossils. He found more evidence of micrometeorite impacts in a batch of tusks from eastern Siberia.
Some of the tusks had hundreds of tiny holes, made by burning fragments of the exploded meteor. The punctures all face the same direction, consistent with a blast from the sky. 0 Comments | Leave a Comment
More Digital Love
posted by Tyler Duckworth on Monday, December 03, 2007 So, thought I'd give you some Khorkina, since you guys have been so good to me. But not any old "khorkina" footage. I'm gonna give you the GOOD stuff. We're talking beam routines, stuck dismounts, you name it. Enjoy! Don't say I never gave you anything
A little Zamo, because hey, when life hands you lemons, you make Zamolodchikova.
One more, just for fun...
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Putin's Pride - #5 - The Great Khorkina
posted by Tyler Duckworth on Monday, December 03, 2007
With Putin's recent "Victory" I thought I'd treat you guys out there with some gems from the ol' Soviet Union. That is to say, that, hey, sham elections aside, (oh, he's going there) these are some GREAT floor routines, all performed by our favorite former soviet gymnasts.
On a more serious note, I was told by a friend, who shall remain nameless for the time being, but is actually the Godfather to Khorkina's child. Basically, he's the Godfather of gymnastics really. Think about it. You can't be anyone- unless it involves Sveta...I digress.
So, as the story goes, The Goddess: Khorkina is thinking about running for office. Hmmmm. How'd you like Sveta serving in YOUR legislative Duma? Huh! So, only time will tell. However, if history is any consolaton, we know that Khorkina usually gets what she wants. Watch out Vladimir. She's hungry for POWER! (much like her tumbling in this piece- ZINGGGGGGGGA!) 0 Comments | Leave a Comment
