(urth) Hunter of the East

[Jeff Wilson]

On 11/13/2011 8:48 AM, James Wynn wrote:
>
>> On 11/13/2011 7:17 AM, James Wynn wrote:
>>> I don't recall anywhere that the sun is associate with nooses, ropes, or
>>> lariats. (Sun as cowboy?)
>>
>> Jeff Wilson wrote:
>> Hello? Sacred cattle of the sun?
>> Sundogs are among several luminous circular phenomena associated with
>> the sun, and could be seen as nooses by ancient peoples.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog
>
> Very clever indeed! You, my friend, are on a roll.

I live in a pretty rural area, so it's often handy to explain how my 
more egg-headed interests aren't so far fetched after all. Just Friday, 
I was wowing 'em with how clowning is actually the oldest part of the 
rodeo going back to Minoan bull dancers 4500 years ago, while stirrups 
and the events that depend on them are only about 1700 years old....

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at clueland.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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