Ma'atkara Pasht

the voice of the dead

2020-01-24T17:41:31Z

A 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy speaks again, with some high-tech help

It is indeed a fortunate man whose voice can be heard millennia after his lifetime.

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human history dawned?

2019-05-07T22:21:02Z

People can be so strange. Take the phrase "dawn of human history," for example. The matching of one gradual process for another is apt; the idea that humanity began with a bright shining moment, less so.

As for history, that's rather arbitrary. I am not infinite, but I am long-lived (for certain definitions of life) and humanity has exchanged accounts of itself for all the length and breadth of my existence. History "begins" with the oldest extant records in known languages, but any records can get damaged or lost with time. Plenty of human groups had oral histories that died with their peoples, but they were histories whether or not they were written.

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vampire memes

2019-02-07T02:35:35Z

These amuse me. (Though a few are rather too accurate for my taste.)

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mortals are strange

2019-01-29T20:45:50Z

A 'Blood Rave': Nightclub organizers recreated the Blade scene

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tricks and treats

2015-10-22T19:57:20Z

Like myself, some traditions never die.

I shall make my usual All Hallow's Eve edibles this year: bloodied apples. They are similar to the traditional candied apples, but I have no taste for caramel so I dip my apples in blood.

Does anyone else want a taste? I promise you, there definitely probably is almost no vampire contagion in the blood, so chances of becoming undead are slightly slim.

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tricks and treats

2014-10-15T21:30:04Z

It's important to keep traditions alive.

I shall make my usual All Hallow's Eve edibles this year: bloodied apples. They are similar to the traditional candied apples, but I have no taste for caramel so I dip my apples in blood.

Does anyone else want a taste? I promise you, there definitely probably is almost no vampire contagion in the blood, so chances of becoming undead are slightly slim.

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troubled

2014-01-18T20:04:46Z

Disoriented.

I feel like I am a person, that I feel the way a person feels. Am I different? Was I different?

Confusing.

I think, therefore I am. Descartes. I exist.

I think, therefore God is. Descartes does not make sense.

I think, therefore I am sapient. I know myself.

Do I?

Do I count?

If I don't count, I have no right to continue. If I don't count, if I am not a person, then I am evil. Every moment of sated thirst, every bloodied throat, every ravenous thought - evil.

Is that right?

Can it be wrong to follow one's nature, to simply strive to endure? I do not hunt to satisfy anything but my need. I do not hate humanity (any more than an average human curmudgeon).

They hate me. They fear me.

Am I a monster?

Am I a person?

If I found the answer, would I even understand it? Accept it?

I don't know.

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tricks and treats

2012-10-11T04:19:55Z

I keep a hallowed October tradition.

I shall make my usual All Hallow's Eve edibles this year: bloodied apples. They are similar to the traditional candied apples, but I have no taste for caramel so I dip my apples in blood.

Does anyone else want a taste? I promise you, there definitely probably is no vampire contagion in the blood, so chances of becoming undead are slightly slim.

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tricks and treats

2010-10-12T11:20:28Z

Continuing my tradition for a darling holiday.

I shall make my usual All Hallow's Eve edibles this year: bloodied apples. They are similar to the traditional candied apples, but I have no taste for caramel so I dip my apples in blood.

Does anyone else want a taste? I promise you, there definitely probably is no vampire contagion in the blood, so chances of becoming undead are slightly slim.

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