Fig Newton

This link leads to the British museum's translation of an ostracon that records the excuses for absence of Egyptian workers during one year of Ramses II's reign.

See Horemwia, month 2 of winter, day 8

...There are actually a lot of that specific explanation.

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He was "four and a half years old" in the summer of 1969 and his birthday is July 8th, so... So Daniel's degrees are not in mathematics, apparently. ;)

But good grief, Daniel at 54 or 55?! Oma must be flabbergasted!

Comment here with Daniel quotes. Or Daniel pics. Or Daniel fics. Or hey, just Daniel squee!

Here's some of my own:

A (very, very) few of my favorite Daniel quotes:

"Don't you ever give up?"
"Not until dead... and sometimes, not even then."

"Anyway, I'm sorry, but that just happens to be the way I feel about it. What do you think?"

"What kind of archeologist carries a gun?"
(Daniel raises his hand) "Uh, I do!"

My favorite screen shot of Daniel in Changeling:



A few short and fluffy Daniel fics of my own:

The Daniel Jackson Theory of Hairy Relativity

A Study of Cultural Behavior

Team Effort

Speaking of Daniel

As for the squee part, well, see my icon. :)

Go forth, fellow Daniel fans, and squee in the comments!

C'mon. With a headline like this, where else could my brain leap?

Ancient, unknown strain of plague found in 5,000-year-old tomb in Sweden

‘Two-way signaling’ possible with a single quantum particle.

...I'm not the only whose mind instantly went there, am I? :)

...Or, I suppose, the cat named after him, which may or may not be alive after the Tollan got wiped out.

(yes that was a bad joke)

Feel free to comment here with recs for fic about Sam's cat. Or the Tollan. Or reread that fic in which Daniel grumbles about Schrodinger's archeologist. Or any kind of SG-1 squee, really. :D

Death Wish Ground Coffee

Possibly guaranteed to bring back the Ascended who are hankering for a good cup of joe?

Also, read the reviews for an extra grin. :)

I mean, come on, SGC. Could you at least pretend to take security a little seriously?

What do you expect when you allow reports of pyramid-shaped mountains glowing on other planets? I mean, yes, we all know Apophis et al aren't particularly careful about leaving their trash around, but...

Fifty, Daniel? Seriously? No one thought you'd get that far!

(Or possibly 49, as defining "four and a half years old" in the summer of '69 when he was born in the summer is, eh, a bit iffy. But 50 sounds better. So there.)

Comment here with your favorite Daniel fic/vid/meta/picspam. Or just general squee about Daniel will work, too. :D I'll post a roundup tomorrow!

To kick things off, some of my favorite Daniel fics:

Son of Endless Sky, by rydra_wong. Yeah, yeah, it's marked as J/D UST, but I think that's mostly because it's a remix of a J/D fic. My gen glasses have NO PROBLEM. :) It is a stunning outside perspective of Descended!Daniel and is just beautifully written.

Daniel of Abydos. by Nightspear. Despite my general dislike for kidfic, I love this AU so much. You get five novel-length books that cover seven years' worth of SG-1. Instead of dumbing down our Daniel, Nightspear rewrites history, so that Daniel is born on Abydos and first meets the rest of the team as a teenager. Events spiral in completely different directions because of that change, and I love every minute of it. The link is for the first 4 books on AO3; you can find the last one here.

Beside me, singing in the wilderness, by Rigel. I love Daniel's relationship with Skaara. This is just so evocative with gorgeous imagery.

And let's not forget Niamaea's gleeful Daniel picspam: Everybody's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man.

I saw this headline and giggled. Oh, SG-1, you really do eat my brain sometimes.

Ancient Viruses Hacked Human Brains

I'm never good at remembering these things. Not sure what made me actually be on time for a change!

So here, have a little appropriate nostalgia. :)

At Least It's Not Poisonous