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Friday, July 15, 2022

The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry S. Strauss. Book 22 of 2022

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I listened to Barry Strauss on a history podcast and wanted to read this book.  History for me is contingency constrained by geography grabb...
Monday, July 11, 2022

Back to Packing Individual First Aid Kits (IFAKs) for Ukraine

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  #RazomforUkraine volunteers at the end of the day Saturday. We set a new record of 3,063 IFAKS made and shipped in one day. After a month ...

Tank Museum Designed as a Warning: Panzer Museum East, Denmark

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Most military museums, particularly tank museums, display the best and most lethal weapons of their country. Part of the intent of these mus...
Sunday, July 10, 2022

A Brave Woman in Trumplandia

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  This morning I was riding east from Lancaster toward New Holland borough, one of the towns that ring the city of Lancaster.  As I rode I p...
Sunday, July 3, 2022

Conferences are Soooooo Much Better in Person. Zoom and Hybrid are a Different Event.

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La Maison de la Chimie, Paris At the beginning of June, I went to a Science and Diplomacy conference hosted by  La Maison de la Chimie, Pari...
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Medical Electronics Technician Travels the World, Retires to Denmark Boat Dock

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The dock at Tues Naes, Denmark The guesthouse where Cliff and I stayed in Tues Naes, had a washer-dryer, but the dryer wasn't working. W...

When a Plan (or a Bone) Breaks, My Mind is Alive with 'What's Next?"

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Yesterday, I checked in for a flight from Paris to Rome, started my train trip to the airport, and got a message saying the flight was cance...