hypnogeist

Those are even worse!

If I ever decide to give all my money away, it won't make anyone very rich.

Check out the 6 new R. S. Connett pictures in the Miscellaneous album (scroll down to the bottom right area of this page to find the album, for some reason it started appearing way down there recently). What wonderfully weird works they are! If you like them be sure to visit the artist's website at www.vomitus.com.

I seem to have missed your birthday. Sorry. Hope you had a good one.

Online poker? Crumbs! It strikes me as pretty well the same as giving your money away. (Give away my money? I hadn't thought of that. What a good idea!) In my novels, bankrupts are enslaved (one way to pay off their debts). Someone describes gambling as "the great slave catcher".

Hope you have a great time today!

"Votive Offerings to Hathor" is listed at £40 on UK Amazon:


Is that less than the price at which you found it? Mind, it says "Temporarily out of stock." Could be that the book is out of print, but Amazon is unaware of the fact. Someone in America is offering a very expensive used copy on UK Amazon. £137.84!

Worth looking out for, anyway.

Funny you should say that Hat-hor might have had a taste for blood. According to a myth recounted in the Book of the Cow of Heaven, Ra sent his eye in the form of Hat-hor to slaughter rebellious mankind. When Ra changed his mind, the goddess wouldn't stop. So Ra had the land covered with a mixture of beer and red ochre. Mistaking the mixture for blood, Hat-hor paused to drink it, fell into a drunken stupor, and forgot to continue the slaughter.

As to what was offered to the goddess in ancient times, you should take a look at book called "Votive Offerings to Hathor" by Geraldine Pinch. Some of it might surprise you. The wooden penises? Ancient sex toys, perhaps.

Challenge accepted...

The disc is the sun... No blood sacrifices (I'm not a Christian!!)... but I sometimes make an offering of red wine, and more often of flowers.