Latin folks!

Those of you who know Latin, what does Arcadiae vias peregrinentur mean? It was the epigraph to Dragonhaven.

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Ok, so last night I had a horrible nightmare about getting some sort of fungus on my foot and needing to have it amputated. Only when I got to the hospital none of the anaesthesia worked, and they were talking about having to do it anyway, which freaked the hell out of me. Did I mention this was my *left* foot? Of course I woke up to stabbing pains all the way down to my big toe, so no real stretch to figure out where the dream came from.

daily post

Sleep: 1am to 3am, 4am to 8:30am

Pain: 7

Weather: cloudy, 92F, 48% humidity, high 91F

Daily BPAL: MR. NANCY
Description: Sugar cookies with bay rum, tobacco, and lime.
In bottle: Sugar cookies and rum, with an afterscent of tobacco and a hint of lime.
On me: Rum and sugar cookies, with an afterscent of tobacco and the tiniest hint of lime.

Daily Tarot: King of Wands, Reversed: Intolerant, prejudiced, ill-natured. High-principled to a fault. Severe and ruthless.

Reading:
Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City by Jed Horne
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Sir Isaac Newton
Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess' Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Hawk identification

A question for any birders out there -- I'm trying to identify a bird I saw this morning. Unfortunately I only saw it from below, and I can't get the markings to match any of the pictures I've been able to find in the books. It was a small hawk or other raptor, about the size of a pigeon, and it was hovering in the air above the highway near a lake. The underparts were mostly white, with scattered dark markings that looked to be black, but might have been dark brown or even reddish. The wings were relatively short, and not sharply angled like a falcon. The tail was spread and rounded, and I don't remember there being any conspicuous bands or dark marks on it. There were, however, dark lines along the underside of the shoulders.

Anyone have any ideas? I'm in South Louisiana, by the way.

Meme

Yanked from puddock who got it from others.

1. Go into the archives of your LJ.
2. Find your 42nd entry ever. Yes, this may require some counting and basic math. Deal with it.
3. Link to that entry in a new entry. This is the meaning of your life.

And doesn't it just figure. It's a post about me screwing up. Ah yes, the story of my life.

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Great article on pain and why it might be worse for women than for men

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Ancestor of the domestic cat found

Apparently they've discovered a subspecies of wild cat that is genetically indistinguishable from the domestic cat. There's a picture here, and doesn't that just look like the tabby next door?