Monday, March 8, 2021

The Flying Yachts of the America's Cup

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The 2021 America's Cup is being held in New Zealand. The "boats" this year are a new class called AC75: monohulled, with soft ...

Dothraki Hordes vs. Actual Hordes, or, Human Societies as Multi-Species Communities

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Mongolian archer on a steppes pony, 189 5 One of my favorite bloggers, Unmitigated Pedantry , has put up a multi-post series on the way the...
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Sunday, March 7, 2021

Meanwhile in Catonsville

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So, the cat. You have to imagine him scrabbling at the window, his little claws scratching across the glass, yowling the whole time. Not sur...
Saturday, March 6, 2021

The Sorceress of Fyrkat

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Fyrkat Grave 4 by Thorhallur Thrainsson Those of us interested in past beliefs about magic do a lot of hoping and wishing. Like, it's tr...
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Friday, March 5, 2021

Links 5 March 2021

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Stone bowl with lion's head, Syria, 900-700 BC. Now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Dragon Witches of Renaissance Germany: ...
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Thursday, March 4, 2021

John Singer Sargent's Charcoal Portraits

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In 1907 John Singer Sargent announced that he was through painting portraits in oils. After all he was already rich beyond reason and saw no...

Germany's Crazy Monarchists

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 At Bloomberg, the sad and crazy story of Germany's self-proclaimed king: Presented with a recorder, Peter talks and talks. He talks abo...
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Today's Place to Daydream about: Merida

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I've been in a Roman mood, so today my thoughts take me to Emerita Augusta, known to moderns as Mérida, Spain. Today Mérida is a modest ...