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Never mind Channel 5 and all that "The druids practiced human sacrifice" malarky - I have found a far more accurate historic record.

There is a programme on TV called “Julius Caesar and the Druids: Revealed.”

Yep that “Revealed” bit makes me not want to watch it either, but the point of the programme seems to be that recent archaeological finds may back up Caesars claims that the druids were not all tree hugging Sun worshipers and in fact practiced human sacrifice and cannibalism.

Well, nobody knows for sure what they did as the inconsiderate buggers never wrote anything down – all knowledge regarding their religious rights was passed along orally, so no one actually knows. And later scholars thought that JC had just portrayed the Druids and ancient brits as savage barbarians to make his invasion seem more valid, when he probably did it to make a political name for himself. Rome was trading with Britain and getting gold and woollen cloth out of the deal so why go kick the crap out of them?

“Because they are savages and eat people that’s why! Lets kick their arses!”

Or summink.

Anyway, may be interesting to watch, but it is on channel 5 so could be a bit heavy on the badly acted “dramatisations”

Just got this from Shipscook.

I know it's childish to laugh at foreign place names but still.

http://www.banfflakelouise.com/experience-the-park/summer-adventures/boat-tours/lake-minnewanka-boat-tours

I'd go just so I could tell people where I'd been.

Hmm, I accepted three invites from bloggers this morning – must be something in the air today. And only one of them did the bad thing of sending an invite and not putting some sort of message with it. Normally this results in instant refusal but today I must be feeling flexible.

I know you didn’t want to know that but I is having the big bored things at work today and have need to distract myself typing total tosh and yes, obviously I could think of nothing good to say.

I will now get my virtual coat and back out of this post while I still have a shred of reputation left.

I have a nasty feeling more rubbish is in the offing.

To her cold northern university town, and I will miss her.

She is after all my favourite Goddaughter.

But I will be up their in the cold place soon-ish to celebrate her birthday with mass curry and booze consumption and to fulfil the role her friends have bestowed on me – “The Vodka Fairy”.

So have a safe trip Moff.

In other news, why do people you have not heard from for ages only decide to call you as you are sitting down to eat?

Bugger.

Happy Tuesday, if it’s at all possible.