Current state of affairs

( This is about my Black and White game, so if you don't care to hear me blither about a videogame, you can skip this post. )

w00t.

Experts hope to emulate Chinese Columbus

BBC News Online: Plans are afoot to try and emulate the travels of a Chinese eunuch who is believed to have discovered America more than 70 years before Christopher Columbus.

Admiral Zheng He is extremely well known in China, where he is considered one of the pioneers of marine exploration. . .


It really doesn't take much to make me happy, some days. (Mind you, somewhere my Italian ancestors are huddling together, edging away from me, muttering to each other about hospital mix-ups and similar things...)