Co-wink-i-dinks...

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I have talked about going to my mom's to visit her on mylot before. One of the things I take my mom to is a get together called "Great Courses." One of the more recent shows we saw was on Ancient Egypt - a subject I and my roommate are very interested in. We watch all the specials on the subject - some more than once. So, this course was being instructed by Bob Brier of the "Murder of King Tut" fame. Nnnnooowwww, when he came up with this theory, he didn't have the up to date information, and the course was videoed in like 2001-2, so he didn't have the new info. So, when he got to Tut, he had to go on about his pet theory. After that course - they are 30 minute video instructions and we do 2 a session - I had to get up there and tell the old folks that while he had this pet theory, it had since been proven wrong. Info in the last few years prove that Tut broke his leg and had malaria, so he wasn't murdered after all. Okay, cool, I'm getting up there and disputing one of the top men in the field, but I did know that what he was saying had since been disproved. And if I hadn't always been interested in ancient history, and Egypt, these old folks might've left thinking old Tut (actually he was very young when he died) was murdered. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun Now, we get to the next course - Vikings. I'll concede that of all the ancient folks, I probably knew the least about the early history of Scandinavia - very interesting stuff actually... This guy was talking about the myths and stuff of the area. That they believe the world was created as a tree, that there are 4 branches, the one with Gods, the elf lands, the midlings (middle land), and the lower lands for other, lower creatures. At the same time, I was listening to a book in my car called "Summerland" http://www.amazon.com/Summerland-Michael-Chabon/dp/B000BBS9C4 that is actually strongly pulled from these Norse myths. With a big chunk of baseball thrown in for good measure. I was saying to myself **that sounds like the book I'm reading** over and over while listening to this course. And I was right too. Right now, we did the lectures 3 and 4 on Wednesday, now we are doing ancient China - I'm loving it! I actually started it myself since the staff person that came with the stuff didn't know how to do it and the person who does run the series had cataract surgery the day before. I had taken an survey course on the Far East in college many, MANY moons ago, and this was all new stuff for me, since its going into far more depth than my class did. So, do you sometimes find yourself having something happen that is like something else from a totally different angle? (I know about you and words Maggie...)