"As soon as you land, you are greeted with crocodiles, though fortunately not by them."

Haven't posted for a bit, partly because I'm studying Ancient Egyptian religion at Macquarie Uni - not formally, but as a continuing ed thing where I get to sit in on the lectures. Huge, huge difference between the firm, thorough, comprehensive, structured nature of the course and my bewildered, meandering autodidactic jumble.

Speaking of which, in my stumblings, I came across this lovely quote:

"At the guardian's gate by which you go in there sits not a watch dog, nor yet a crocodile, but a watch cat, small, but very determined, and very attentive to its duties, and neatly carved in stone. You try to look like a crocodile-worshipper. It is deceived, and lets you pass. And you are alone with the growing morning and Kom Ombos."
- Robert Hichens, The Spell of Egypt, 1911