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History teacher, SciFi geek. Friend to dogs and cats.
Once again I have decided to turn down the company's generous offer of savings if I just signed on for autopay:
April 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Once again I have decided to turn down the company's generous offer of savings if I just signed on for autopay:
Cincinnati area friends: I'll be speaking at Bockfest on March 9th at Moerlein.
February 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Cincinnati area friends: I'll be speaking at Bockfest on March 9th at Moerlein.
....and now, for no particular reason, Harper Lee the cat and her opinion on the weather.
January 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
....and now, for no particular reason, Harper Lee the cat and her opinion on the weather.
Still coming down.
January 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Still coming down.
I get the feeling Gillian is either expressing her disappointment or judging me. Of course these two things are not contradictory.
January 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I get the feeling Gillian is either expressing her disappointment or judging me. Of course these two things are not contradictory.
I often start a semester by asking students a simple question: why should they study history?
One of the myriad of possible answers is often overlooked.
If you study history you are less likely to make yourself look stupid.
Hint: look up Berlin Olympics, 1936.
One of the myriad of possible answers is often overlooked.
If you study history you are less likely to make yourself look stupid.
Hint: look up Berlin Olympics, 1936.
January 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I often start a semester by asking students a simple question: why should they study history?
One of the myriad of possible answers is often overlooked.
If you study history you are less likely to make yourself look stupid.
Hint: look up Berlin Olympics, 1936.
One of the myriad of possible answers is often overlooked.
If you study history you are less likely to make yourself look stupid.
Hint: look up Berlin Olympics, 1936.
Harper Lee is impressed
December 27, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Harper Lee is impressed
Soldiers of the Central Powers celebrate Hanukkah (1916). As I was researching for class I also found out Habsburg troops were deployed in small numbers to the Ottoman front. Then I stumbled across this image of Jewish soldiers of Austro-Hungarian army at the Wailing Wall. I think it is also 1916.
December 25, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Soldiers of the Central Powers celebrate Hanukkah (1916). As I was researching for class I also found out Habsburg troops were deployed in small numbers to the Ottoman front. Then I stumbled across this image of Jewish soldiers of Austro-Hungarian army at the Wailing Wall. I think it is also 1916.
I have the best friends!
December 21, 2024 at 9:47 PM
I have the best friends!
After several years of work, and some bumps along the way, this has finally arrived.
December 19, 2024 at 7:55 PM
After several years of work, and some bumps along the way, this has finally arrived.
Mensch on a Bench and Hanukkah Gnomes, take that Elf on a Shelf!
December 14, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Mensch on a Bench and Hanukkah Gnomes, take that Elf on a Shelf!
A fun aspect of researching SciFi hist is reading the works of lesser known writers who produced a huge volume for the American pulp magazines. Ex: Vargo Statten, psud. of John Russell Fearn (1908-60) an Englishman who wrote several dozen Westerns, Mysteries, and SciFi stories.
December 13, 2024 at 8:32 PM
A fun aspect of researching SciFi hist is reading the works of lesser known writers who produced a huge volume for the American pulp magazines. Ex: Vargo Statten, psud. of John Russell Fearn (1908-60) an Englishman who wrote several dozen Westerns, Mysteries, and SciFi stories.
SciFi Hist: future war scenarios tell us a lot about the anxieties of a particular era, and the expectations (or lack thereof) of technological change and it's impact on war.
December 13, 2024 at 3:45 PM
SciFi Hist: future war scenarios tell us a lot about the anxieties of a particular era, and the expectations (or lack thereof) of technological change and it's impact on war.
SciFi Hist: Hugo Gernsback (1953) suggested that nuclear bombs be used to defend against a communist "air armada." Gernsback apparently missed the meeting which described the R & D of the Jewish Space Laser. TBF, the laser only came to light thanks to the ravings of a certain member of congress.
December 13, 2024 at 3:08 AM
SciFi Hist: Hugo Gernsback (1953) suggested that nuclear bombs be used to defend against a communist "air armada." Gernsback apparently missed the meeting which described the R & D of the Jewish Space Laser. TBF, the laser only came to light thanks to the ravings of a certain member of congress.
Excuse me, what did you say the wind chill temperature is this morning?
December 4, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Excuse me, what did you say the wind chill temperature is this morning?
When's does spring training begin?
November 29, 2024 at 11:05 PM
When's does spring training begin?
Anyone else think that reality is outpacing the Onion?
November 26, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Anyone else think that reality is outpacing the Onion?
Now they tell me....
November 24, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Now they tell me....
Wow, what an incentive to go to auto pay:
November 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Wow, what an incentive to go to auto pay:
Saturday book recommendation (will probably post any day of the week but felt I needed a header): Samuel's restores Dreyfus to the center of what contemporaries called or just "The Affair." The Affair mainstreamed Antisemitism into French politics & brought the republic to the brink of civil war.
November 16, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Saturday book recommendation (will probably post any day of the week but felt I needed a header): Samuel's restores Dreyfus to the center of what contemporaries called or just "The Affair." The Affair mainstreamed Antisemitism into French politics & brought the republic to the brink of civil war.
End of a busy week. Hope all are safe and well.
November 15, 2024 at 11:50 PM
End of a busy week. Hope all are safe and well.
How I feel some mornings
November 14, 2024 at 12:45 PM
How I feel some mornings