David K Smith
@agingangrily.bsky.social
Historian. Believes in thinking critically and generously.
Uncle Fester is a better match.
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October 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Uncle Fester is a better match.
Damn. I'm teaching my Early Modern France and the Wider World course now and probably won't teach it again before I retire.
September 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Damn. I'm teaching my Early Modern France and the Wider World course now and probably won't teach it again before I retire.
Would the Benny Hill theme song have been a better choice?
September 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Would the Benny Hill theme song have been a better choice?
Their Churchill-mania and disturbing interest in things Nazi would lead the punch to land.
August 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Their Churchill-mania and disturbing interest in things Nazi would lead the punch to land.
Charlton Heston's post-Apocalytic phrase was his best: PotA, Soylent Green, and The Omega Man. Better than anything he did it his epic phase.
July 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Charlton Heston's post-Apocalytic phrase was his best: PotA, Soylent Green, and The Omega Man. Better than anything he did it his epic phase.
Their work on Revolution seemed at cross purposes.
July 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Their work on Revolution seemed at cross purposes.
I once went to an all-night organ recital at Saint-Eustache that was magnificent.
June 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I once went to an all-night organ recital at Saint-Eustache that was magnificent.
The great irony....the guy who directed the film Fiddle on the Roof was not Jewish.
June 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The great irony....the guy who directed the film Fiddle on the Roof was not Jewish.
He can probably just buy the El Salvador prison.
June 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
He can probably just buy the El Salvador prison.
As an old guy nearing retirement, AI is one of the many reasons that I have found teaching in prisons recently very rewarding.
May 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
As an old guy nearing retirement, AI is one of the many reasons that I have found teaching in prisons recently very rewarding.
Have you watched The Two Pope's? And excellent film to counter the silliness of Dan Brown's world and the bizarre ending of Conclave.
April 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Have you watched The Two Pope's? And excellent film to counter the silliness of Dan Brown's world and the bizarre ending of Conclave.
Glad they are doing this. Wish it was the Unis and Colleges signing and not the president's.
April 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Glad they are doing this. Wish it was the Unis and Colleges signing and not the president's.
She can almost convince me to become a birder.
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April 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
She can almost convince me to become a birder.
The stock market is Johannes Kepler. Crypto is Giordano Bruno.
April 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The stock market is Johannes Kepler. Crypto is Giordano Bruno.
Your feet, knees, and hips would like a word.
March 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Your feet, knees, and hips would like a word.
You're more trusting than I am
March 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
You're more trusting than I am
The NoBalls Prize?
February 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The NoBalls Prize?
Having edited a lot of academic prose, I'd be more suspicious of writing that never used them.
February 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Having edited a lot of academic prose, I'd be more suspicious of writing that never used them.
Maybe that's what the JP Morgan gold infusion is for
February 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Maybe that's what the JP Morgan gold infusion is for
Good for Adams, but he took the idea from Montesquieu.
January 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Good for Adams, but he took the idea from Montesquieu.