Marching Band Nostalgia II
I've previously post my love of marching bands: the stories I could tell are trivial to most. Scattered across the country - likely world - are 112 people whose story…
Abolish ICE!
As seen on TNT during Unrivaled, someone sitting immediately behind the announcers wearing a very political t-shirt. Absolutely kick-ass. Presuming that TNT wanted to avoid this political maelstrom, I originally…
Scary Times, Predicted
I'm still working my way through Fateful Hours: The Collapse of the Weimar Republic by Volker Ullrich, in which he gives a riveting account of Germany's inter-war history, from World…
Book Review #3
In the translated book Planning in the USSR by I.A. Yevenko, the communist hyperbole and delusion begins immediately with the Author's Notes on page 5: The system of socialist planned…
Book Review #2
A Brief History of Freemasons: the true story of the World's Most Powerful Secret Society: From the back cover: An illuminating and unbiased history of this most enigmatic secret society.…
Random Learnings #65
Reading the otherwise underwhelming The Freemasons: The True Story of the World's Most Powerful Secret Society by Jasper Ridley, the author uses the folk tale Cinderella when discussing the French…
New York City Love Letter
Sunday, my wife and I introduced a Connecticut friend to the main branch of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue. Of course, one must see the Rose Main…
Book Review #1
The cover description of Retreat From Glory by R. H. Bruce Lockhart in tantalizing: By the author of British Agent. Mr Bruce Lockhart continues the fascinating story of his career.…
Goodbye, Old Friend
Music, music, MUSIC After "graduating" from elementary school and entering middle school, sixth graders took a class on good study habits: creating a personal "study area" in your house, ideally…
The New Penny Normal
For decades, amusement parks, gardens, museums, zoos, boardwalks, and anywhere else offer - for a price - to commemorate your visit by embossing their logo or image onto a penny,…