“I used to think what I did was not very important. People are building bridges and engaging in medical research, and here I was doing stories about fictional people who do extraordinary, crazy things and wear costumes. But I suppose I have come to realize that entertainment is not easily dismissed.”
do u guys understand how creepy the pledge of allegiance is though like every day when ur a kid everybody just chants how great america is every morning it’s creepy
You do that every morning???
EVERY MORNING.
wait
wait
is this a real thing i thought that was just in the simpsons
no son
Wait, other countries don’t do this.
*whispers* Not even Russia
I remember when my dad had a conversation with me
because I asked him what the Austrian pledge of allegiance was (because he’s from Austria)
and he said “we don’t have a pledge of allegiance”
and I said “why not?”
“honey, think about what training your children to mindlessly pledge to a flag, without really knowing what they’re talking about, sounds like to Austrians”
With great sadness, we say goodbye to long-time Iowa archaeologist and friend, Toby Morrow. Condolences to Toby’s family, his co-workers at Wapsi Valley Archaeology in Anamosa, and his friends and colleagues near and far. There will be a memorial for Toby at the spring meeting of the Iowa Archeological Society next year – details forthcoming.
Toby received his BA and MA from the University of Iowa, and passed his qualifying exams and completed coursework for a PhD at the University of Wisconsin. He worked as a project archaeologist for the General Contracts Program (GCP) of the University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist from 1992 to 1999, working first for Fred Finney and then John Doershuk. Toby successfully completed many CRM archaeology projects large and small as well as several important research projects. Toby’s largest GCP project was the data recovery excavation of 13WD88, the Cowan site, located just outside of Sioux City, Iowa. Cowan is a Great Oasis culture site dating to ca A.D. 1000 which yielded dozens of storage and refuse pits including one Toby excavated that he found contained a remarkable accumulation of carbonized corn kernels. This evidence helped establish that Great Oasis people were active corn farmers. Toby managed the field crew at Cowan, leading 24 archaeologists in a 3 month campaign and then transitioned to the lab and developing the technical report which ultimately was published in the OSA Report series. Toby left the OSA to move to Arkansas and pursue archaeological work there.
The Paradox Machine 