¶ I have always been fascinated by Ozti the iceman<\/a>, whose body was found on an alpine pass between Austria and Italy. I think it was Konrad Spindler<\/a>, an Austrian anthropologist, who suggested that Otzi was fleeing some kind of inter-clan or inter-village or inter-personal conflict when he died. That Otzi bled to death from wounds<\/a> suggests that Spindler was right. This book probably applies<\/a> ¶ So you are interested in Celtic Studies? Here is your starter kit<\/a>. Or maybe you just want this <\/a> ¶ Everybody wants to belong somewhere!<\/a>.<\/p>\n Its message is the eternal comic one since Plautus’<\/a> day: “The grown-ups are silly, but love will conquer all.” Arkin and Theodore Bikel, as the commanders of a Russian submarine, gesticulate and scream at each other like comic-opera Italians, nothing like the careful professionals aboard the Red October<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Next, Johnny Belinda<\/em><\/a> with Jane Wyman<\/a>. 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This blog, however, is ISTP - \"The Mechanics,\" according to a web site that runs a test on your writing.The independent and problem-solving type. They are especially attuned to the demands of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"blogging\"","block_context":{"text":"blogging","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=blogging"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1029,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1029","url_meta":{"origin":915,"position":3},"title":"Process Theology and Feminist Wicca","author":"Chas S. 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¶ Having recently visited the Mendocino coast<\/a>, M. and I are now watching movies filmed there. Last night it was The Russians are Coming the Russians are Coming!<\/em><\/a>, a classic Cold War comedy with Carl Reiner (not one of my favorites), a young Alan Arkin, and Eva Marie Saint as a typical early-1960s perky female lead. <\/p>\n