Eurk.

My job this week has mostly involved dealing with already published history textbooks. Which was interesting! I spent most of yesterday thinking "Ooh! Polynesian navigation!" and "Ooh! Vikings!" and "Ooh! Mongol golf tournaments!" and wishing I had time to just read.

Today, though...

Today I was dealing with Columbus discovering America. So I spent an hour growling at Columbus for slaughtering people.

Then... I moved on to the people he'd been slaughtering. Specifically - the Aztecs. And after a couple of hours editing stuff on human sacrifice, I was very squicked out and starting to be on Columbus's side.

But eventually I stopped having to read about Aztec sacrifices! ...and started reading about the Black Death. In excruciating detail. *sighs*



(Poor Black Death people. I kinda want to build a time machine just so I can go back and teach them hygiene. They were all so baffled about them dying!)