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Thursday, May 7, 2020

Gettysburg: Corona Movie Seven

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The next movie in our Corona Virus Film Festival at home is the movie Gettysburg.  Clocking in at more than four hours, we split the view...
Sunday, May 3, 2020

Movies in the Time of Corona: Blue, White, Red--A Trilogy

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As part of my personal Corona Film Festival, I watched the trilogy Blue, White, Red:  Three Colours.  These magnificent stories of lo...
Saturday, May 2, 2020

Birthday Rides!!! 67km of Fun at 67 Years Old

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The Ben Franklin Bridge, connecting Philadelphia and Camden For my 67th birthday, I rode 67 km in four separate rides, mostly on hills ...
Thursday, April 30, 2020

Three Tankmen, Три Танкистa--A Soviet Song About a Tank Crew

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There are not a lot of songs about tank crews.  The 75th Anniversary of VE Day is very soon. Here is a song about those of us who are Tan...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Two Rides, Two Days, Same Time of Day, Completely Different Rides

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Riding the same route, the exact same roads, every day on a bicycle can be an entirely different ride each time.  This is certainly true o...
Monday, April 27, 2020

Salary as an Expression of Equality: Democracy in America

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I was listening to a translator of "Democracy in America" talk about how carefully Alexis de Tocqueville chose words to express ...
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Two Rides in Paris; Two Decades Ago

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In September 2000 I made two trips to Europe to attend several business meetings.  Both trips took me to Paris, first for three days, t...