Book review: poll

[Poll #708213]

I deliberately haven't specified the medium of the review -- could be LJ, printed magazine, respectable website, misspelt rants in 'customer reviews' section of Amazon. Does that make a difference to you? Should it?

Potentially stupid question re dates

The month 'July' is named after Julius Caesar. (I know this because I read it on a cracker motto. E&OE excepted.)

So what does 31 July 1036 BCE actually mean? Are they talking about the 212th day of a year? (And when does the year start?) Do they mean the 31st day of the 7th month? Or the last day of a month that is generally agreed to correlate to the modern 'July'?

I will not get onto how Bishop Ussher knew it was October when, er, Creation was Created.

(The date's from this website about eclipses in history, if you care.)

Positive Things for Tuesday

1. Getting up at 6 and getting to werk horridly early as per requirement.
2. Persuading mentor / colleague to leave on time as he was clearly quite exhausted. (Hence, lift to Horsham station.)
3. Sorting out paperwork.