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This will be an outrage free day.\u00a0 Even though Bastille Day is not my idea of a holiday worth celebrating today is a joyous occasion in my house.\u00a0 I will therefore accentuate the positive.<\/p>\n

I think I will initiate a series of posts devoted to various facets of Western Civilization.\u00a0 I’ll range over history, culture, ethnography and geography.\u00a0 I’m tempted to start from ancient historical and geographical facts about the region and then move forward through time introducing the various actors as\u00a0 they appear on the scene.\u00a0 Now do I start with the Neanderthals?\u00a0 Finding out they were red-heads means the Irish may want to claim then for their own.<\/p>\n

I will include information on the Yamnaya who appear to have been the mythical proto-Indo-European tribe that expanded East and West and spawned the languages that now dominate half the planet.\u00a0 Not bad for a bunch of bronze age horsemen from the steppes.\u00a0 I’d like to touch on especially some of the lesser known nations of Europe, the Georgians, the Lithuanians, the Letts, the Finns and others.\u00a0 this will serve the dual purpose of allowing me to produce interesting and upbeat content and at the same time satisfy my curiosity about things I’ve always wanted to know.<\/p>\n

But just to show I’m not an Indo-European chauvinist, (well actually I am), I’ll include information on the Basques.\u00a0 These seem to be the descendants of the oldest inhabitants of Europe from a time before the Indo-European ancestors came on the scene.\u00a0 Or at least before their languages began to dominate.\u00a0 And I won’t neglect our neighbors to the east.\u00a0 The river valley civilizations of the Near East were the source of agriculture that was the basis for organized human life on the planet.\u00a0 So I’ll throw the Sumerians in just to show I’m a sport.\u00a0 Do I have to include the Egyptians?\u00a0 I guess I might.\u00a0 Without them we wouldn’t have had those mummy movies.\u00a0 Well, we’ll see.<\/p>\n

And I mean to trudge on through the third season of Star Trek.\u00a0 I’ve been dragging my feet because it is a terrible season.\u00a0 But I’ve promised myself I’ll finish it.\u00a0 As I’ve mentioned I intend to review Jackie Gleason’s classic 39 episodes of “The Honeymooners” series.\u00a0 But I probably need to at least start into the Star Trek work to allow myself the reward of watching something fun like the Honeymooners.<\/p>\n

The endless rain here in New England continues.\u00a0 I’ve adapted to the annoying reality of it but I do hope that the second half of July returns to the normal hot dry summer I prefer.\u00a0 Well, we’ll see.<\/p>\n

So this may be a slow day.\u00a0 I’ll write what the mood provides and enjoy a dinner out for once.\u00a0 I’m bringing Camera Girl to our favorite Chinese restaurant and we’ll embrace the Orient for a change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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