End of Sumer 020918

Not a typo: Sumerians lived in Mespot. The fact that you know buggerall about them is because you haven't been told <conspiracy warning>. Anyway, It's Labor Day weekend in the USA, which is when folks have their last family barbecue. You might reflect on how high the flames were when the Elamites sacked Ur of the Chaldees in 1940 BCE.

So what else has been happen'?

• End of the world bin happen'
• Graphic illustration of worldwide temperature anomalies it's gotten hot since 2000AD
• Food bin happenin'
• Barack Obama has dinner with four ordinary Americans.
• Coconut oil? Pure p'ison
• When woo-wha is not wellness
• Chicken curry with a LOT of butter . . . and love
• Miscegenation bin happenin'
• Californian woman (white) and her black partner agree to sustain a surrogate pregnancy for a Chinese couple. Early scan reveals 'identical' twins. After birth, scrutiny [and later DNA] cries: not identical. This looks like a genuine case of superfetation a word much bandied about during the Kerry Babies case. Everyone finished up with their genetic parents and the lawyers have had their pound of flesh too. via MeFi where everyone and his dog feels able to sit in judgement in a nature vs nurture debate.
• Inventin' 
• of the iPhone
• airbag impact explosive bike helmet
• Bodgin': Make A Chair From A Tree In A Day
• Playin' Pingpong in Bryant Park NYC.
• Hilarity: Do not, like me, attempt to read this story aloud to your partner <drain alert>
• Returning lost property found by snorkel
• This guy is a magnet for sunglasses, car-keys and smart-phones. Is it all for real? Seems to have a bottomless source of lost property.
• Singin'
• Annual Camáron Parade Collins Bks Dublin 2016. Irish FFL know the words.
• Jim McCann: sings about Grace [Gifford]
• Adiemus Goenlo, NL
• Long Road Mark Knopfler - white horses, waterfalls etc etc
• For anti-vaxxers: herd-immunity explained
• Candid camera wasted water
• Lego 
• Tuned mass dampers [prev] explained with Lego rockets
• Built a whole car out of bricks