Dr. M.A. Davis
@mikedavis.bsky.social
Historian in WNC
working on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
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working on THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
home of #wrightposting
read at https://tinyurl.com/meinabookwow
listen at https://tinyurl.com/meonnprwow
cited here: https://tinyurl.com/meandsantawow
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my wife misread my copy of the first book and refers to it as "Dr. Sam: Johnson Detector"
February 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
my wife misread my copy of the first book and refers to it as "Dr. Sam: Johnson Detector"
okay, one more that's out of your time range - Lillian de la Torre wrote a large series of detective stories that took the "Johnson-Boswell" relationship of Holmes and Watson and just made Samuel Johnson a detective. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian...
Lillian de la Torre - Wikipedia
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February 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM
okay, one more that's out of your time range - Lillian de la Torre wrote a large series of detective stories that took the "Johnson-Boswell" relationship of Holmes and Watson and just made Samuel Johnson a detective. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian...
this doesn't fit your recency requirement but:
"Dutch diplomat attached to Chaing' people during WW2 translates a Chinese 18th century detective novel, then writes his fan continuation of the series for another 18 books" is a fun story.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebra...
"Dutch diplomat attached to Chaing' people during WW2 translates a Chinese 18th century detective novel, then writes his fan continuation of the series for another 18 books" is a fun story.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebra...
Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee - Wikipedia
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February 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
this doesn't fit your recency requirement but:
"Dutch diplomat attached to Chaing' people during WW2 translates a Chinese 18th century detective novel, then writes his fan continuation of the series for another 18 books" is a fun story.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebra...
"Dutch diplomat attached to Chaing' people during WW2 translates a Chinese 18th century detective novel, then writes his fan continuation of the series for another 18 books" is a fun story.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebra...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sano_Ic... this series is pretty fun - think PD James/Dashiell Hammett but they're in Tokugawa Japan.
Sano Ichirō series - Wikipedia
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February 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sano_Ic... this series is pretty fun - think PD James/Dashiell Hammett but they're in Tokugawa Japan.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_Su... I've only grown more interested in the Roman Sub Rosa series after learning that the author's other professional life was writing gay erotica (some of it set in Rome) in the 80s and 90s
Roma Sub Rosa - Wikipedia
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February 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roma_Su... I've only grown more interested in the Roman Sub Rosa series after learning that the author's other professional life was writing gay erotica (some of it set in Rome) in the 80s and 90s
www.goodreads.com/en/book/show... the translation is from the 21st century and I recommend it (Sherlock Holmes fanfic from Republican China, set in Shanghai during its 20th century Golden Age)
Sherlock in Shanghai: Stories of Crime and Detection by…
Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s--the Paris of the Orien…
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February 4, 2026 at 3:41 PM
www.goodreads.com/en/book/show... the translation is from the 21st century and I recommend it (Sherlock Holmes fanfic from Republican China, set in Shanghai during its 20th century Golden Age)
Brother Cadfael then counts, as the series made it into the early 1990s.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Brother Cadfael then counts, as the series made it into the early 1990s.
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how recent we talkin
February 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
how recent we talkin
many Protestants claim that
February 4, 2026 at 2:18 PM
many Protestants claim that
I genuinely assumed there was some "it takes a thief to catch a thief" logic in the original appointment.
February 4, 2026 at 1:06 PM
I genuinely assumed there was some "it takes a thief to catch a thief" logic in the original appointment.
mm. can we just keep calling it "the patriarchy"? that's a good term!
February 4, 2026 at 12:32 PM
mm. can we just keep calling it "the patriarchy"? that's a good term!
you know what big organization famously used non-carceral solutions to deal with pedophiles, unless backed into it by circumstance? its current head is a guy from Chicago who lives in Rome!
February 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
you know what big organization famously used non-carceral solutions to deal with pedophiles, unless backed into it by circumstance? its current head is a guy from Chicago who lives in Rome!
The Church of the United Brethren, w/roots in German Anabaptism and American Methodism, was a radical anti-slavery church - its 'political' nature being what had attracted a young Milton to it years earlier.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_...
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Church of the United Brethren in Christ - Wikipedia
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February 4, 2026 at 12:27 PM
The Church of the United Brethren, w/roots in German Anabaptism and American Methodism, was a radical anti-slavery church - its 'political' nature being what had attracted a young Milton to it years earlier.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_...
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you can safely assume that Black Charley looked how you think he looked. I wish I knew what he and Milton talked about. (If you're wondering about the spelling, Milton uses it freely for Charleys of all races in the diary.)
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February 4, 2026 at 12:25 PM
you can safely assume that Black Charley looked how you think he looked. I wish I knew what he and Milton talked about. (If you're wondering about the spelling, Milton uses it freely for Charleys of all races in the diary.)
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Milton Wright
February 4, 1857
I went in the afternoon to Miles Conway's, and lodged there. The next morning, I had a talk with Black Charley on religion.
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February 4, 1857
I went in the afternoon to Miles Conway's, and lodged there. The next morning, I had a talk with Black Charley on religion.
#wrightposting
February 4, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Milton Wright
February 4, 1857
I went in the afternoon to Miles Conway's, and lodged there. The next morning, I had a talk with Black Charley on religion.
#wrightposting
February 4, 1857
I went in the afternoon to Miles Conway's, and lodged there. The next morning, I had a talk with Black Charley on religion.
#wrightposting
at what point are we Peter Falk
February 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
at what point are we Peter Falk
as I am a middle-aged father of a sixteen year old, I can confidently assert that it's CONCLAVE.
February 4, 2026 at 1:18 AM
as I am a middle-aged father of a sixteen year old, I can confidently assert that it's CONCLAVE.
I was scrolling down this, embarrassed I couldn't think of a movie my late father loved, then I remembered watching this with him (he was a lifelong teacher and almost wept at the end). Thank you!
February 4, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I was scrolling down this, embarrassed I couldn't think of a movie my late father loved, then I remembered watching this with him (he was a lifelong teacher and almost wept at the end). Thank you!
There are millions of us!
February 4, 2026 at 1:10 AM
There are millions of us!
I can't remember the neologism's definition.
February 3, 2026 at 9:49 PM
I can't remember the neologism's definition.
Oh yeah - the fact that Newsom is the worst the Dems could plausibly do is good news!
February 3, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Oh yeah - the fact that Newsom is the worst the Dems could plausibly do is good news!
I worry a bit about what might happen under a Newsom Presidency, but -
A. he's not POTUS yet - not even the nominee.
B. if he becomes the nominee, it's our job to teach him the error of his ways.
A. he's not POTUS yet - not even the nominee.
B. if he becomes the nominee, it's our job to teach him the error of his ways.
February 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I worry a bit about what might happen under a Newsom Presidency, but -
A. he's not POTUS yet - not even the nominee.
B. if he becomes the nominee, it's our job to teach him the error of his ways.
A. he's not POTUS yet - not even the nominee.
B. if he becomes the nominee, it's our job to teach him the error of his ways.
you know who else doesn't want recordings of people on their side doing crimes
February 3, 2026 at 8:07 PM
you know who else doesn't want recordings of people on their side doing crimes
a lot of famous 20th century mystics - Edgar Cayce, Jeane Dixon, etc identified strongly with various factions of Christianity. (not to mention those of previous generations) even as Catholic a book as THE EXORCIST has a sympathetic psychic character.
February 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
a lot of famous 20th century mystics - Edgar Cayce, Jeane Dixon, etc identified strongly with various factions of Christianity. (not to mention those of previous generations) even as Catholic a book as THE EXORCIST has a sympathetic psychic character.