I swear to God, this is the best thing you will read all day. Maybe even all week. The Fine Art of Bullshit Killed by Google Thursday Night in New OrleansApril 1994 The lazy ceiling fan spun in the humid Louisiana night. It was weighted poorly, letting out a loud squeak every fifth revolution. Annoying, but fixing
We live in an amazing time. On my desk are my phone, my iPad, two portable batteries that combined will turbo charge four devises, two external hard drives for backup, my laptop, a printer that talks to my phone, iPad and MacBook Pro without having to be physically connected to them, and a 3x5x0.5 inch
HOMEMAKING A happy home is one in which all the members of the family take pleasure in sharing their experiences and their abilities. Your home may be one room, a small apartment, a modest cottage, or a large house with many rooms. Whatever the size, the happiness of the home depends upon the skill and kindliness
Originally posted October 12, 2015. “No other than Christopher Columbus himself.” [image downloaded from cartographic-images] A small map of the world showing Africa as far south as the Cape of Buena Esperansa, and a large map of Europe and Africa as far south as the Congo. The map is neither signed nor dated. But because
Again– reposting from October, 2013 The picture book is for the children. In reading about Columbus over the last few days, I’ve come across this sentiment more than once: Every school kid knows the story of Columbus. That got me to wondering what school children might really have known about Columbus back in the crappy
[Again, from when BigFoodetc was hosted by blogspot so excuse what need to be excused.] That’s correct. Herbert George Wells, the “Father of Science Fiction.” The Outline of History Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind was first published in 1920. (This is the revised edition of 1961. Both sub-titles are correct.) Reviews were
Here’s the first of a series from 2013. Bigfoodetc.com was still on the Blogger platform so I’ve cleaned it up a bit. At the time, I captioned this thusly: “No. It’s not an obsession. It’s a mission.” Michael H. Hart’s The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History has good ole’ Christopher
1967 An analysis and comparison of the writings of historians in the last fifty years. This Laqueur dude was a pretty prolific historian. I wish I knew more Russian history. It’s such a sad tale. Still, given what little I do know, it’s interesting to skim through this crappy old book and see what the
What follows is a post from March 27, 2015. The book of the month was The Romance of the Calendar. I think of the bits I’ve quoted on September 11th. Surveying culture in 1937, Wilson understood. ~~~ That is the title of Chapter 15 in The Romance of the Calendar (P.W. Wilson, 1937). I don’t know about
I was wandering around the junk store this morning and came upon an open wooded box with about a dozen or so small– about two & a quarter by three & an eighth inches– photographs. I looked at a few. I looked at the tag on the box and determined that I could
Civilization is a stream with banks, … . The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what
San Antonio was not what I expected. This was not San Antonio’s fault. It was mine. Had I done more research— which is to say any— I would have discovered that SA purposefully turned itself into a convention center. God, there were a lot of people. Everywhere. I was expecting a Texas version of Savanah,
in old Jerusalem. More as I begin processing a four hour tour covering three thousand years or more. For now now, though, having seen the ruin some folks inflict on other, I found it hopeful that the Jewish State has purposefully set aside some ancient areas for future generations to excavate. In other words, the
From that infallible source: The Works and Days (Ancient Greek: Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι, Erga kai Hēmerai)[a] is a didactic poem of some 800 lines written by the ancient Greek poet Hesiod around 700 BCE. At its center, the Works and Days is a farmer’s almanac in which Hesiod instructs his brother Perses in the agricultural arts.
So Mr. Big Food, The J-Man and I went to this guy’s talk: Sep 13, 2016 Visiting Speaker September 23 – Dr. Gregory Pence Dr. Gregory Pence will be giving a talk in our department on September 23. Dr. Pence is a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of
I’m reading about the Greeks. I’m reading about the Greeks and their literature. And their lives over hundreds and hundreds of years, and of their poetry and the beginnings of Drama. And everywhere I read, I read of Antigone. ~~ Plus we’ve been watching Season 7 of the X-files. Not the best drama on the planet
We had a delightful dinner of soup after having made 25 lbs. of sausage and … . And so I brought the X-Files back to the Den so that Mr. Big Food, Rocky and Missy & I could watch an X-Files. Except that the DVD player back here in the Den does not read BluRay.
The main thing is to understand that in a world dominated by scientific methods and inventions the history of science should be the keystone of higher education. –George Sarton in the Preface to The Study of the History of Mathematics and The Study of the History of Science (second printing, 1957). From that infallible source: George
Via Powerline’s The Week in Pictures
Via Powerline’s The Week in Pictures