August 30, 2023 | "Egypt imposes new restrictions on Canadian travellers"
According to the article (and reiterated on Canada's travel advisory website), "As of Oct. 1, Canadians travelling to Egypt will have to visit Egypt's embassy or a consulate in Canada to apply for a visa before they leave the country." Previously, Canadians could obtain a visa online or upon arrival at the airport.
[Screenshot of article on CBC.ca]
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Went to The Met's Egyptian wing to draw jackals, for my agonies.
9B pure graphite pencil on sketchbook.
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Everything is fine!!! Tech and Omega just got back from the aquarium they had a great time and saw some turtles!!!!! They’re tired tho so they’re taking a quick Power Nap before everyone else gets home!!!!
(Modern au?????)
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Do you remember what the first piece of mythology was that you read?
What is your favorite myth?
and today it is probably "Coyote and the Mouse Girls", a Koryak story I read in Barry Lopez's wonderful "Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping with his Daughter, even if the Coyote in it isn't really Coyote but Kutkh, the Koryak Raven-Spirit who sometimes created the world, and who has a lot of back-history with the mice, at least according to the Wikipedia entry.
Tomorrow it will be something else.
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September 17, 2022 | Bata Shoe Museum
The Bata Show Museum is a museum of footwear and calceology (the study of footwear) in Toronto, Canada.
At the lowest level of the museum is its permanent exhibition, All About Shoes, which takes you through over 4,500 years of history. It begins with Ötzi’s shoes. Ötzi is the naturally mummified remains of a man who lived some time between 3350 and 3150 B.C., and the shoes he wore were made of bearskin and stuffed with hay. The museum had a recreation of these shoes.
Next in this exhibition is about the Ancient Egyptians and their shoes. A label reads:
Egypt’s hot climate meant that sandals were the most common type of footwear. Typically, they were made from leather, straw, or plant leaves, but privileged individuals wore sandals constructed out of precious metals.
The second photograph is of a cartonnage (Ancient Egyptian, 300 B.C.E. to 1 C.E.). Cartonnage is a type of material used in ancient Egyptian funeral preparation, and it is made of layers of linen or papyrus covered with plaster. In this specific piece, “the underside depicts conquered enemies painted on the soles of the sandals.”
The numbered footwear are described as such:
Cartonnage made of linen and gesso and depicting sandaled feet for the mummy (Ancient Egyptian, 1–200 C.E.)
Pair of sandals missing its original thong (Ancient Egyptian, 1500–1200 B.C.E.)
Coptic mules from Upper Egypt made from red leather and embossed with geometric designs (Coptic, 300–500 C.E.)
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Solider boy is the type to say he's not gay even when your cock is deep inside him
You could have your hand up his ass and he'd say it ain't gay 💀
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Peter: He is just flirty like that!
MJ: uhuh
Peter: Come on, Ned you know it right?
Ned: Bro, he flirts with you in a real way
Peter: Ugh he would flirt with a door! It is no different than anyone else.
MJ and Ned know damn well that he tries to get Peter's attention in any way he can: Sure
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