Well there is new news from the world of Mayan Archeology this morning.

“A jade figurine, partly uncovered from a tomb in the Pyramid of the Moon near Mexico City, appears to be carved in a Maya style.” -The New York Times

This means that the two cultures of Teotihuacan and the Mayans had contact with each other. Up until this point, Archeologists were looking to find a link, if any, between the two. This is very exciting news for me, since I am interested in all things Pre-Columbian.

On a somewhat weirder note, yesterday my neighbor left a piece of mail out for me that had been mistakenly put in with hers. It was a letter that turned out to be from an inmate at a prison (delivered to my home address!) asking if I would write to him. He said that a Deacon at my parent’s church had given him my address and so he sent the letter. I called my mother right away, and she called the deacon, and the deacon said that she had never given out any home addresses, but then they realized that in the Church bulletin they print change of addresses. And the church bulletin is sent to everyone, including these inmates at the prison that are associated with this letter writing program. My father writes to someone, but the letters get sent to the church, and then passed out to the respective people. Nothing is ever mailed to his home. Well, this was quite scary for a while last night, but I guess I’m not supposed to worry because he doesn’t get out of jail until 2015. Small consolation when I think about what he must have done to be put in jail for so long in the first place. WEIRD.