The Normans ruled England with somewhere between an iron fist and a velvet glove depending on who you ask. The Saxon accounts in general hate them. Robin Hood has become a legendary dogooder throughout the English-speaking world for a reason.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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On this week’s episode of Trump – The Presidency, Season Two… Trump offers the Mexican President to send troops into her country to stop the cartels. Her bosses, the cartels, tell her to refuse the offer. In his role of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Death comes for everybody in time. Every nation. Every person. None of us will live forever, despite our greatest wishes or plans. Don’t get me wrong. I’m still seeking that whole immortality thing, but humanity is shooting at darn near[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Vikings were the most dangerous brigands of the Old World in the centuries after the fall of Rome. They liked to think of themselves as more traders than brigands, but were not above liberating things they wanted from people who[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As the Roman Empire began to fall, chaos ruled the northern edges of civilization. Barbarians waged war both each on other and on Rome, and things did not go well for many. For others, they saw a chance to create[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s been a bit of a hubbub in my State. In one of our parks, one kid reportedly stole something from another child’s bag in the park, and the other mother called the kid a racial slur. At the same[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I did really enjoy the Kentucky Derby. It was fun to watch it again, and it really is amazing to watch those horses run. In the end though, I’m very disappointed in myself. I did not catch the fact that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On this week’s episode of Trump – The Presidency, Season Two… To commemorate Trump’s first 100 days, round two, CNN, an alleged news organization, claims everyone on Earth hates him. It’s as if they don’t remember their cover up of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I watched the Kentucky Derby yesterday for the first time since Mom died. I have an antenna so I turned NBC on early and watched the entire coverage. All the races. The national anthem. The state song. An Olympian saying[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…