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kattahj has a really interesting post on Agatha Christie's approach to leading men. Warning: contains *major* spoilers for Taken at the Flood (also known in some countries as There is a Tide).

And an interesting (to me, anyway. YMMV) article about how Homo Erectus skulls found in Georgia. Georgia the former Soviet republic, not the US state.

Brother has finished His Majesty's Dragon/Temeraire, and asked to borrow Throne of Jade (book #2 in the Temeraire series). So much for my fear that he would find the books too "girly". Do I get a toaster with a dragon on it for successfully introducing him to the works of Naomi Novik?