Pointless Anecdotes: Veckans ord: elefantbete

Om man ska ut och meta sjöelefant måste man ha med sig elefantbete.

Recently read

The de Havilland DH.60 Moth S McKay. The women’s plane in its glory.
Handbook on Rigid Class 23 Airships Admiralty Airship Department. An industry fumbles with high-tech.
Barney Barnfather: Life on a Spitfire Squadron A Mansfield. Focussed on the progress of the war from the perspective of Barnfather’s squadrons.
Last of the Ten Fighter Boys J Corbin. A humble pilot, more interested in booze and women than glory and heroism.
A Splendid Little War D Robinson. RAF pilots and the Russian people, both so different from us normal people.
1491—New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, 2nd ed C C Mann. Mann aims to shatter colonial preconceptions, yet at the same time argues US exceptionalism is based on Native traditions.

Places I keep track of

IPMS Stockholm One of the best plastic modelling forums you'll find.
Hyperscale More modelling stuff.
Occasional kvetch Thnidu is a linguist and an old friend.
Another CyborgManifesto Small and large, always with alarming skill.
Aardvarchaeology What kind of archaeologist doesn't have a whip or even a fedora?
Arkland Archaeology and random bits.
Pharyngula Biology, politics and atheism. And eight-legged animals.
Something positive Magical realism in a very cynical way.
Chicken Wings It's about birds…that fly…
xkcd Don't miss the mouse-overs.

Pointless Anecdotes