Oetzi the herdsman?

Oetzi the Iceman walked his last steps on Earth wearing moccasins made from cattle leather, according to German researchers who have disclosed the 5,300-year-old dress code of the world's oldest intact human mummy.

The research, based on a hi-tech method of analyzing proteins, established that the famous Neolithic man did not dress like a hunter, but like a herdsman -- in clothes made from sheep and cattle hair.

Although who is to say, at this remove, that the line between herdsmen and hunters was so distinct? From Discovery News.

The no-money-down rule

No surprises in this article -- "The Down Payment Makes a Comeback" (Instapundit hat tip) -- but its mention of lenders' recent eagerness to forgo down payments should remind us all that when you can buy property for no money down, you probably shouldn't.