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All’s quiet on the western front.
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Odysseus and Emacs
I’ve started a listen-through of Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey on Audible. The introduction alon... -
Day 7: Switch 📷 Mosby went from (probably) planning the escape route used by John Wilkes Booth after assassinating Lincoln to running U S Grant’s Virginia presidential campaign.
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A visit to the Holocaust Museum.
I visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, yesterday. It was sobering. The thing that surprised me most was the d... -
Henry Howe and #Ohio #History
This morning I read an article on the life of Henry Howe, the definitive historian of 19th Century Ohio. I have deep roo... -
Armed mob seizes Capitoline Hill? Time for a Legal Debate! 📚
Today’s observations from reading The Early History of Rome: Books I-V of the History of Rome from its Foundation ... -
The song remains the same 📝 📚
If there’s one thing we learn from history, it’s that people don’t learn from history. — Hegel? I&rs... -
Nihil novi sub sole 🎙️
I’ve been making a third pass through The History of Rome podcast ⌛️. So much of what’s new is old. The powe... -
The TNI is dead, long live the TNI 📝
Today was the day I removed the TNI (Telephone Network Interface) from my house. The last vestiges of our land line. The... -
Changing the world, one side project at a time 📝
Figure 1: “This Phone Is Property of Ohio Bell” by George Jones is licensed under CC BY 2.0 -- It is some...