Oh, the Georges. Each dynasty has its own internal familial dynamic – think of the Stuarts, of when brothers Charles II and James II would get up early to race their yachts against each other. Or the Tudors, pacing about […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Newton’s “Shoulders of Giants” comment, made in a letter to Hooke during one of their attempts at reconciliation, has been interpreted in all manner of ways. To all appearances, it was Newton attempting to give Hooke credit, along with other […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As a kid, I was always fascinated by Iceman’s form of locomotion on Spider Man and his Amazing Friends. At the time, I didn’t have an Iceman action figure, so Darth Vader had to stand in with a sort of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had the sublime experience last night of wandering onto the TVTropes page for Frederick. I didn’t realize such a thing existed (and has since May) until I stumbled into it. Thanks go to troper (and, presumably, Frederick fan) Moogi. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Suffice to say that Lincoln and Pierce both felt strongly about preserving the Union, but had entirely different ways of going about it. We’ve talked about that before, though, so I won’t prattle on about it, and INSTEAD I’ll prattle […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, last week I promised to talk a bit about the new Feynman graphic biography by Ottaviani and Myrick. I first saw the book advertised in Scientific American, and then later they did some guest panels for Kate Beaton, so […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Marx and the French were often not on great terms (though that sentence loses some of its impact in that you can replace “French” with any group of more than 3 people sharing a common interest and it would probably […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s a long proven fact of nature that rumbles between Vaudevillians and Silent Screen Actresses attract others of their kind to the scene, regardless of the distances involved. There’s a branch of astrophysical information theory devoted to it, I’m pretty […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s easy to focus on Emily Dickinson’s history of lost connections (both friendly and romantic) and assume that her descent into seclusion was driven by despair, and that, if only one of her attachments had stayed with her, life might […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Count’s arc has come and gone. Time for me to take the driver’s seat again. I’m ready to go. –Geoff