Personal Notes
Reflections the night of the Boston Marathon explosions. And when I first learned my legs I ran to see how fast they could go And when my friends called games I ran to laugh, to win, and (yes) to grow And when my youth waned I ran to rule out paths that could not be…
Flags up, stay safe!!!
Today: September 11, global change, evolution, economics, 17th amendment, gold standard, and a boughten electorate… all to a purpose.
It may have been noticed that I’ve been MIA for about a month. So, for those wondering, I learned on St. Patrick’s Day that when an eyeball (my left one, in this case) collides with a soccer ball traveling 80+ mph, the soccer ball will win. Thankfully, there was no damage to my retinal nerve,…
We lost power. We still don’t have power. It’s ok. We didn’t have flooding. We have gas/hot water and septic (good thing we’re holding off on hooking up to city sewer–no grinder pump problems for us). No tree damage, no house damage. I was lucky enough to obtain a power inverter prior to the storm,…
I was gone for a couple weeks and nothing unexpected really happened. A debt deal was made, whereby we are told we’re going to “cut” the Federal budget by spending, say, 6% more over the next decade than the previously assumed 7% or 8%. Well, at least there were no tax increases (for now). Central…
I’m finally sorting through the piles of papers and magazines with stories about which I’d intended to post. Put together, the stack would be fully two feet high, and the dates on some of the papers provide evidence of something that surprised me, although of course I knew it to be the case on some…
Old history in a new format: I’m happy to announce that my historical book Burgundians in the Mist is now available in a variety of e-book formats–including Kindle, Epub (supports Nook, Sony, etc.) and even PDF–for only $2.99! The neat thing about the Kindle version is that the footnotes are hypertext, so you can select…
As mentioned previously, I’ve had a book in the works. Not political; history (and ancient at that!). It’s now out. Buy a copy today! Thanks!
In the first half of the 2000’s I attended Providence College and earned an M.A. in History from that fine institution. Finally, after a few years, I’ve decided to formalize a portion of my studies by publishing a monograph. It’s a historical work that focuses on the Burgundians of the period popularly called The Dark…
