That's it. I have had it. My patience is completely exhausted. Smithers, release the Hounds.

Whatever turns you on: Giant Dino Feces Excites Researchers.

Zanabazar's Sitasamvara in the Choijin Lama Museum

Wandered up to the Gandan Monastery this morning and ended up in the Kalachakra Temple. Much to my surprise the Kalachakra Thangkas Which Were Once At Shankh Monastery are now here in the Gandan Kalachakra Temple. These seven thangkas, which depict the 722 Kalachakra deities and much else, are to my knowledge unique. I have not even seen such thangkas in Tibet, although the 722 Kalachakra deities and associated images are depicted in wall paintings at the Kalachakra Temple in Dharamsala, India, where I saw them a few years ago.


Chenresig Temple at Gandan

Statue of Amitabha, by Zanabazar, the First Bogd Gegen of Mongolia.

For the best blog from Iraq see Baghdad Burning.

Brouhaha in Nepal: see Dispute Sends Goddess Into Hiding.

Just got an email from Rahila, who I met while in Urumchi, Xinjiang, a few years ago. We spent a weekend at Heavenly Lake, in the Tian Shan Mountains outside of Urumchi. It was truly heavenly.


Gorgeous Rahila (right). Honey, Nefertiti can't hold a candle to you!

Just when you thought it was safe to go back outside: Asteroid Heading for Earth, May Hit in 2014. (But see When To Cancel Armageddon for an update on the downgrade.)

"Look at me! I'm a Burkhan!

Bavsai taking cover under a space blanket on my recent Khangai Mountains trip. Ms. Thanh gave me this space blanket during our Tibetan sojourn last winter. Both Bavsai and I thank you, Ms. Thanh! See more photos see Khangai Mountains.

For the latest on the Iraq's missing WMDs see Weapons of Mass Destruction. See sure to read the message carefully. Buy Weapon of Mass Destruction Boxer Shorts.

Was Nefertiti a Drag Queen?: see Mummy Thought To Be Nefertiti May Be A Man. Nefertiti, all of you Egyptologists will recall, was the wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten.


My photo of Nefertiti from the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, Germany

An emailer has pointed out that the trekker in the photo below does not really look like me. You are right, it is not me. I would never wear such a goofy-looking hat.

Why I never got married, Part II, see Wife Kills Husband In Testicle Attack.

Why I never got married: see Hell Hath No Fury - Bride Erupts. (The brides's tattoos tell the whole story.)