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Tim Severin and the Voyage Series?   Tim Severin   25 September 1940 – 18 December 2020 I first came across Tim Severin in a video about voyage of St Brendan. It was on YouTube - part one ,  part two . I thought it was a fascinating video about the voyage of Saint Brandan. I was unaware of this existence till I saw the 2 videos. I learned about how the attempted and succeeded with their attempt to recreate his journey.  I searched for a book on the St Brendan voyage. I found one on Amazon (actually a few on Amazon). Since I have a Kindle (or did since (  it is now non-functional) and the app on my tablet (it started to fail so I am using the Kindle app on my phone) and bought a copy. After doing so, I found out he had a series of voyage books; all on different trips he recreated (built similar ships to those of history and made the trip himself plus a crew).  1: The Brendan Voyage (1976-1977) The Amazon site for this book.  2: The Sinbad Vo...

 I have seen the Disney Elemental movie on Disney Plus.  I read that it didn't do well at the theaters. I don't know how well it would do at the the streaming service. It is how I watched it.  I have read that one of the characters was supposed to have been 'non-binary'. I didn't notice that in the movie. It is either because I try to watch the movie without being too critical of it or because it might not have been there. Perhaps it failed because someone pre-judged the movie from what others have said about it?  I really enjoyed the movie. It seems to be about immigrants trying to blend in but having reservations because of previous experiences leading to certain biases or prejudices. It shows how they overcome those biases and judgements by getting to know each other. It shows - at the end - how they can overcome prejudices and biases one might have for other groups. It shows one cannot condemn the whole group because of the few (something that happens a lot toda...

 I came across something that is truly unique. It is the Zero Euro Banknote. It resembles money but it isn't money. It is printed like money but one cannot use it as money. It does seem to be used as a souvenir. It seems it is available in places that don't use the Euro as their currency.  Zero Euro Banknotes at Banknote World . It has some information on it at this site.  NumisMag has some good information on it. It shows the history of it at this site. It also shows some nice photos / pictures of the zero Euro.  O Euro Collector Banknotes. -  This site has a page - zero Euro lists -  where they list all the countries that have the zero Euro bank notes and the different years. There is a gallery page that shows what they look like (just click on the country on the left). I am not sure what the map is for but it is very interesting. Here is their page with some interesting information .  NumisMag article 'MDM's Album of Zero Euros Banknotes: 30 ...