podfic! Bones! I've had too much coffee!

[aesc]

Okay, I got this new fair trade coffee and it is some powerful stuff. I had a cup earlier this afternoon and my heart is still going "eeeeeeee!!!" and zooming around in my chest.

rhea314 podficced The Aquarians (PG13 John/Rodney, total AU), which I wrote ages and ages ago. It's a 2006 vintage fic, if you can believe it. You can download rhea's podfic here ♥

Tonight's Bones: Her hair! Poor stoned Booth. (Also, not all medievalists end up making period weapons and going crazy and killing people with them! WE ARE SANE AND NORMAL PEOPLE MOSTLY). You may also notice that I have a new header, from the episode that got me hooked into Bones in the first place. Oh, those two ♥

I have stuff to work on tonight, some fics, some art, a tutorial, my, uh, dissertation... But really, all I want to do is jitter and hum and smile vacantly while turning pretty pictures through my head. Zooooooom.

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[aesc.livejournal.com]

OH OKAY OKAY FINE I DO.

BUT I NEVER USE IT.

EXCEPT ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

[sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com]

I totally had to google it to make sure i understood what was being said in that scene, because I wasn't entirely sure whether they'd used it during sexy tiems the night before. Or not.

You'll be happy to know knowledge about the pear of anguish is available to anyone who searches for 'medieval anal device.'

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Ohhh google, what would TV writers these days do without you???

(You'll be happy [or disappointed?] to know that before tonight I, in all srsness, had no idea that such a thing as the Pear of Anguish even existed. Maybe there should be an advanced grad seminar in medieval torture... Clearly this is a gap in my education, heh.)

[sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com]

I can say, for sure, that your students would perk right up if you included more torture. I know mine do - torture and physical punishment. Also syphilis. Somehow my classes always end up including a discussion of syphilis.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Heh, in my introductory lectures on early medieval culture, I'm always sure to include material on trial by ordeal, and some of the more spectacular punishments you can find in the law codes.

One my favorites is from a 5th/6th century code which stipulates that, if you are convicted of stealing someone's hunting falcon, you have to let the falcon eat a certain amount of your flesh. Like, they plunk the falcon down on your chest and the falcon goes to town.

Also, if you are convicted of stealing someone's hunting dog, you can either pay the person restitution or kiss the dog's ass in public.

[sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com]

I was reading earlier, when reading about the pear of anguish, about the box of fire, where they put you in a brass coffin and set it above a fire, and the brass heated and heated until you burned to death. Slowly. And apparently they made "improvements" over time so that they could hear people screaming better.

Also I learned why Vlad the Impaler was called that. OUCH.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

Humans are so awesome. I love humans.

*sigh*

[sheafrotherdon.livejournal.com]

I went to the Art Institute in Chicago in like, oh, 1992? And after looking at paintings for a wee bit I spent HOURS looking at the armour in the basement and marveling at the ways humans had thought up to injure and kill each other.

We are SUCH a classy species.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

YAY REASON AND OPPOSABLE THUMBS!!!

[monanotlisa.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I just watched the ep and NEEDED TO KNOW.