Sunday Confession of a Lapsed Priest
Category: Introspection
"I was moved by the humanism of Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II, to pursue theological studies."
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 100 Comments •
Aardvarchaeology
Martin Rundkvist's blog. Archaeology, skepticism, Sweden. And books and music and stuff.
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Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, skeptic, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.
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November 30, 2008
November 29, 2008
You Gotta Listen To These Two
Category: Music
Driving home from our auto mechanic shop (notable not only for its brisk service, but also for being run entirely by first-generation immigrants, which is rare in that business) yesterday, I heard two new songs on the radio that...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 8 Comments •
November 28, 2008
Ploughed-Out Bomber Airbase
Category: Archaeology
From 1942 to 1946 it was an RAF bomber airfield, and then it reverted to farmland.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 2 Comments •
November 26, 2008
When Am I Researching Now?
Category: Archaeology
Here's my graph: not as pretty as Chris's, but hopefully legible.
Posted by Martin R at 1:26 PM • 4 Comments •
November 25, 2008
Affiliation
Category: NOIBN
You know the Iggy & Stooges track "Penetration"? The one where Iggy sounds like he might be the penetratee rather than the penetrator? Now, I want you to imagine me singing that song, only with the word "affiliation" rather...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 15 Comments •
November 24, 2008
Science Fiction Is Where I'm From
Category: Books
Sf is good when it's gripping and exciting: emotionally, artistically and intellectually.
Posted by Martin R at 10:55 AM • 17 Comments •
The Ethics of Overpopulation
Category: Biology
Our goal should never be to rid the planet of humans.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 91 Comments •
November 23, 2008
The Onion: "Not All Christians Are Meek Pinko Weirdoes"
Category: Humour
I'm here to tell you there are lots of Christians who aren't anything like the preconceived notions you may have. We're not all into "turning the other cheek." We don't spend our days committing random acts of kindness for no...
Posted by Martin R at 4:24 AM • 2 Comments •
November 22, 2008
A Window into Winter
Category: Sweden
Our kitchen window on the first day of winter....
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 8 Comments •
November 21, 2008
Bones of Copernicus Get Positive ID
Category: History
Polish bishop asks archaeologists to find the unmarked grave of Nicolaus Copernicus under the floor of Frombork Cathedral. Archaeologists find a damaged burial including a jawless skull, and note that it's a male of the right age and with signature...
Posted by Martin R at 10:25 AM • 10 Comments •
November 20, 2008
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Archaeology
The fifty-fourth Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Moneduloides. Catch the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology! Submissions for the next carnival will be sent to me. The next open hosting slot is on 17 December. All...
Posted by Martin R at 3:57 PM • 0 Comments •
Commanding English
Category: Humour
So you're the principal of an English-language high school in Stockholm, Sweden. And you decide to put some serious money into an advertising campaign in the city's subway. Now, you want to express what we in Sweden call att...
Posted by Martin R at 12:49 PM • 28 Comments •
November 19, 2008
A Blurred Pornographic Vision, Sir
Category: Music
Here's a brand new and particularly fine piece of world-weary goth rock from prolific Uppsala decadents Kurtz. Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you "Sex Cult 10". And don't miss the band's RSS feed!...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 1 Comments •
November 18, 2008
Email Ghosts
Category: Tech
I correspond with a lot of people and my email program remembers them all. Every time I type in the first few letters of an address, Thunderbird suggests a list of people it thinks I might want to write to....
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 3 Comments •
November 16, 2008
Only Population Size Really Matters for the Environment
Category: Biology
There is no way of life that is ecologically sustainable for a global population of more than a billion.
Posted by Martin R at 5:17 AM • 68 Comments •
November 14, 2008
One Laptop Per Child and One For You
Category: Tech
I instantly desired the tiny XO. That's the kind of size my next computer will have.
Posted by Martin R at 5:08 PM • 6 Comments •
November 13, 2008
Non-Chicken Laid First Chicken Egg
Category: Biology
Somewhere, sometime, the first bird that fulfilled a genetic definition of chickenhood hatched.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 22 Comments •
Wikipedia Academy, Lund
Category: NOIBN
I'm at the first Swedish Wikipedia Academy conference in Lund. Yesterday I did a talk on inclusionism vs. deletionism (vs. mergism) on the online encyclopedia (text available on-line in Swedish). Above is my audience who asked a lot of...
Posted by Martin R at 5:37 AM • 8 Comments •
November 12, 2008
Respectful Vandals
Category: History
Kids in Visby are defacing the town's jail from 1857 but respecting the Medieval town wall.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 5 Comments •
November 11, 2008
Tåby Figurine
Category: Archaeology
When was it made? Where? For what purpose?
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 7 Comments •
November 8, 2008
Lad Lit: Ninjas and Pirates
Category: History
Seeing constant mentions of ninjas and pirates on the web, I became curious about the historical reality of these matters.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 9 Comments •
November 7, 2008
Erich von Däniken: Twilight of the Gods
Category: Skepticism
German SciBling Florian Freistetter of Astrodicticum Simplex offers a report from von Däniken's recent lecture.
Posted by Martin R at 3:03 PM • 44 Comments •
November 6, 2008
Anthro Blog Carnival
Category: Archaeology
The fifty-third Four Stone Hearth blog carnival is on-line at Archaeoporn. Catch the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology! Submissions for the next carnival will be sent to me. The next open hosting slot is on 3 December. All...
Posted by Martin R at 5:06 PM • 1 Comments •
November 5, 2008
Skamby Boat Grave Paper Published
Category: Archaeology
The title is "A Viking Boat Grave With Amber Gaming Pieces Excavated at Skamby, Östergötland, Sweden".
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 17 Comments •
November 4, 2008
Talks in Lund and Linköping
Category: Archaeology
Next week I'm scheduled to give talks in two venerable Swedish cathedral towns. On Wednesday afternoon the 12th I'll speak at the Wikipedia Academy Conference in Lund under the heading "Inclusion/exclusion. How obscure subjects can you write about in...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 2 Comments •
November 3, 2008
Royal Medals Copied
Category: Archaeology
I wonder if these clay copies may have been made by the sculptor, as a kind of backup copies?
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 9 Comments •
November 2, 2008
The Huge Fish
Category: NOIBN
Great images of my childhood are appearing on-line from an unexpected source. My dear Connecticut nanny Lynn Leavey is scanning choice pix from her time with us in Sweden in 1978-79. Here's my India-goin', safety-match-pushin', ABBA-accountin' grampa Ingemar with...
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 3 Comments •
November 1, 2008
Norwegians Grade Archaeology Journals
Category: Archaeology
While ERIH recognises three impact grades, the NDS has only two grades.
Posted by Martin R at 8:20 AM • 6 Comments •
