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1635: The Papal Stakes by Eric Flint and Charles E. Gannon Went back into the fiction pile. After reading the immensely depressing book on the slave trade, I needed something far more light-hearted, and this certainly fit the bill. For those who are familiar with the Ring of Fire series...

It appears that we don't know if this particular strain leaves the patient with an immunity or not. https://time.com/5810454/coronavirus-immunity-reinfection/ Some viruses do, some for only a limited amount of time, some do not. Hell, they found out that measles actually wipes your...

The official stance of the Assembly is that the expulsion of any bird from the organization would violate the bylaws concerning legacy members. Seeing as how those rules were set in place by the previous Assembly headmasters (the dinosaurs), we do not feel that it is appropriate to arbitrarily...

"All cats are inherently unlucky by their very nature. Something needs to be done about them." -- a spokesrodent for the Rodent and Avian International Assembly

Does you massive flat screen come with the built-in options of getting out of the house and away from the people that are driving you nuts that day? Also, even if you aren't dealing with someone getting on your nerves or the need to just get out for a while, does it come with a built-in Andy's...

A quick and easy bachelor-chow: 1 package of boxed cous-cous that uses 1 1/4 cup water 2 good sized boneless chicken breasts 1 tablespoon olive oil 2-3 good sized carrots, sliced 1/2 green papper, sliced 1 stalk celery, sliced 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 small can of sliced...

iirc, one of the few times flaming arrows were actually used in warfare was against ships. Turns out, using a large amount of pitch and tar to waterproof your ship made it fairly flammable. However, the explanation was less using the flaming arrows to set the ship on fire (you could pull it...

Lurk, lurk, lurk lurk. *lights come on* "Crap! I've been spotted! Cheese it!"

I have a number of books I've meaning to get to. Also have quite a few DvD's I haven't watched in quite some time. Looks like it's time to binge-watch Babylon 5. :D

Sins of the Fathers: The Atlantic Slave Traders 1441-1807 [originally published in 1967 but this is a reprint from 2004] by James Pope-Hennessy. Well, this book was both severely depressing and enlightening at the same time. Written during a major push of the Civil Rights movement, the...

Finally finished Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson by Gordon S. Wood [2017]. This one took much longer than expected because I've managed to fall into some serious time-wasting games this month. So anyways, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were both major players in the...

Just caught They Shall Not Grow Old on TV tonight. Peter Jackson put together film, colorized movie footage, and photographs with recordings of interviews with World War I veterans. It was an incredibly interesting way to describe the nature of trench warfare from the first "big one" and bring...

And here I was going to post a joke about going in for a hemorrhoid operation and leaving with a nerve-gas dispenser.

Well, the book I just finished was a bit of a slog. Took quite some time to finish, not only because of the constant distractions of the holiday season, but because the subject matter and writing were work to deal with. Strangers In The Land: Patterns of American Nativism 1860-1925 by John...

I polished off another of the older books I have on my shelf. This one was When Egypt Ruled the East by George Steindorff and Keith C. Seele [1942], a book that struck me as interesting in the used-book shop. As a general primer for ancient Egyptian history, it's serves its purpose well...