Avalon

I bought a stuffed ALF. I have him sitting in the rocking chair I had as a little boy.

Thank-you! :):)

I saw the movie. I thought that it was boring. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_in_Venice_(film)

I have never read them. Remember I am a dinosaur!

I admit to being Eurocentric. My favorite writers are Homer, Virgil, Ovid, Dante, Shakespeare. I have no white guilt. I don't believe in collective guilt only individual responsibility.

Of course not. Though I'm a 5th generation American I'm of English heritage. I pointed out that one reason Claudius gave for invading Britain was because the Druids practiced human sacrifice. It was an evil and I believe the Romans were justified. Are there any English people today who have animus today over the Romans occupying the land for centuries? And only today a few sadly admire the Druids. Yet I see some Mexicans admiring their Aztec ancestors.

I don't believe that all cultures are worthy of admiration or emulation. Civilizations rise and fall. No Egyptians today could build the Pyramids.

I know the Mayans had a superior calendar. Europeans and natives fought. The Europeans won. History happens.

Natives exploited natives. Europeans exploited Europeans. Asians exploited Asians. Africans exploited Africans. Just the way humans are. And when they came into contact with each other they continued on.

Regarding Mexico's "flourishing" civilization - I don't know what kind of civilization it is where people practice human sacrifice and cannibalism. And regarding "theft". There have always been battles and wars. The indigenous fought each other in the Americas and Europeans fought each other in Europe. Now the two fought each other. There are winners and losers. One of the reasons Claudius gave for going to war in Britain was because the Druids there practiced human sacrifice. Some think the natives here in the New World lived in peace and harmony with each other and with nature. Nonsense! One of the reasons Cortes was able to conquer the Aztecs was because he had native allies who readily joined him because they had been oppressed by the Aztecs.

YES!!!

Nothing came of the Viking's brief presence and it was soon forgotten. However Columbus opened up a whole New World for colonization.

Imo what killed "Enterprise" was the Xindi storyline. I thought that Archer and Tripp should have been lovers; met at the Academy.

With that reasoning can anything truly be said to be discovered?

Gay Star News

Too bad it's not two males dancing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Acfzc4xVWng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PEMALdcTrE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQyCbksqTW0 This is the kind of act I like! Doesn't hurt that the two performers are good looking!

Ever participate in one? Today on the British soap opera "Hollyoaks" Harry was invited to join in one.

Another version

I know it's a bit long (@30 minutes) so no one will watch it but there is another side to all the negativity said about Columbus today. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ So did Columbus discover America? It all depends on what one means by America. If one means the USA then no. But the islands of the Caribbean are considered a part of the continent of North America then yes Columbus did discover America. He sighted South America on one Voyage and he also sailed along the coast of Central America. So yes indeed one can say that Christopher Columbus discovered America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Gavaris I only know him from the series "Take Two". I thought he might be gay and he is. And his boyfriend is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_Graye

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Finale I saw a promo for this movie coming out at the end of this month. It's about the hunt for the nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. Should be good!

21 August. Mine's the next day. I'm the last of the Leos.

I think so too. But clever.

https://nationaltoday.com/august-holidays/