Apr. 19th, 2009

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.....Almost forgot! Happy Birthday, [livejournal.com profile] signoregio and [livejournal.com profile] krazyfiberkat!!!

.....There are things that I should be doing, but instead I'm sitting here vegetating and pondering on things. I'm also day-dreaming of a life in England. [livejournal.com profile] aelianora gave me a copy of her PhD dissertation yesterday and I've been reading through it.

....."Roman Soldiers and the Roman Army: A Study of Military Life from Archaeological Remains". It is FULL of information and lots of historical facts of Roman England. It was an interesting juxtaposition yesterday as when I sat down to read it I happened to flip on the Tele and the History Channel was showing a special on the history of King Arthur (as narrated by Patrick Stewart). Normally I would just soak in the 'stuff' thrown at me by the History Channel and add it to my stockpile of information on a subject that rather fascinates me. But when the speculation of romantic history was thrown at me, it felt like a McDonalds calorie bomb when compared to the rich information I was reading in this dissertation.

.....I had never realized just the simple history of how many documented Roman Governors there were in Roman Brittain, and that was just a little tidbit of the information in this paper. I thought it fascinating to read the history of Roman conquest, what went into the building of Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall, not to mention the lay-out of the 'typical' Roman fortification. When I first was interested in reading this, I thought that maybe it would be so scholarly that I wouldn't even be able to understand it, much less find myself fascinated by it. But I'm actually finding it to be a good read, with good information in it that really is fascinating to read. I think that if you get the opportunity to browse it, you should.

.....Great work, [livejournal.com profile] aelianora! I'm impressed as all hell. I absolutely would love the opportunity to go on a tour of Hadrian's Wall with you sometime. I'd have a absolutely FANTASTIC time, I know.

.....Yesterday was the great Gold Key purge. It was every bit as painful as we all thought it would be. I was prepared for it and it still wore me out, as I think it did [livejournal.com profile] brighidross as well. I tried my best to stay out of Her way as She dictated what we kept and what we threw away. But my mind kept going to the great purges of the past and my fingers kept itching towards the purge pile to take things off of it and put them back into the keep boxes.

.....I kept remembering the past offices I've held where files and research information and historical 'stuff' would pass from me to a successor only to disappear two or three successors later. It has happened a number of times now, to my great sadness, and I keep feeling the need to hoard stuff at the house in some sort of safe-keeping mode. Hey, the Swedes are creating a bank of all things that grow on this planet in a bid to keep a botanical library on the chance that these items go extinct. Why can't I do the same with Baronial Historical stuff?

.....I know that is not the right approach, but it is part of what I fight a lot internally.

.....Hey, TBT just called and it is time for dinner. Gotta run.

.....Aaron / Arontius.

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