Miscellany from Past and PresentMiscellany from Past and PresentA historian's tumblelog. Various film clips, images and links. Just for fun, but mostly related to the past. Articles
Some more rockin’ Sesame Street!
2008-01-12 03:15:00 Some more rockin’ Sesame Street ! More About: Sesame Street
Since I’m already doing charming and ridiculous with the...
2008-01-11 01:01:00 Since I’m already doing charming and ridiculous with the tank, here’s “Please Check My Blog” [hat tip] More About: Ridiculous , Armin
source ? reblogged from szymon
2008-01-10 16:02:00 source ? reblogged from szymon More About: Source
"I?m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will."
2008-01-10 00:44:00 “I?m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.” - Antonio Gramsci, Letter from Prison, reblogged from Ain’t a Pod More About: Intelligence
If we spoke and thought in tweets.
[more twitter]
2008-01-09 18:14:00 If we spoke and thought in tweets. [more twitter] More About: Thought , Twitter , Spoke
Old poster/ad from here. ?reblogged from dailymeh
2008-01-09 17:37:00 Old poster/ad from here. ?reblogged from dailymeh More About: Poster
The Lazysphere and the Decline of Deep Blogging
2008-01-09 01:49:00 The Lazysphere and the Decline of Deep Blogging Steve Rubel on the self-made plight of (some) tech bloggers. I really like the term ‘deep blogging’. ? reblogged from skelliewag
The Daily Coyote
2008-01-08 22:41:00 The Daily Coyote “Charlie came into my life when he was just ten days old, orphaned after both his parents were killed. He lives with me and a tomcat in a one-room log cabin in Wyoming.” [hat tip]
via vintage_ads ? didyouevernotice ? atherdiscretion
2008-01-08 21:24:00 via vintage_ads ? didyouevernotice ? atherdiscretion
On the Subway with Sesame Street. Psychedelic!
2008-01-08 16:54:00 On the Subway with Sesame Street . Psychedelic ! More About: Sesame Street
Legal Fictions: The Bush Administration's Dumbest Legal Arguments of the Ye
2008-01-06 18:01:00 Legal Fictions: The Bush Administration's Dumbest Legal Arguments of the Year[hat tip] More About: Legal , The Bush , Stration
"Aren?t things supposed to get better from one generation to another? Aren?
2008-01-06 15:27:00 “Aren?t things supposed to get better from one generation to another? Aren?t people supposed to ever learn? Or maybe it?s another thing altogether: maybe by repeating the mistakes of the past we learn to accept the limits of our predecessors and acknowledge their humanity, and as a result, we are able to forgive ourselves for inevitable repeated mistakes” - People in the Sun More About: Things , Generation
Classics from the Atlantic Monthly
2008-01-06 13:48:00 Classics from the Atlantic Mont hly More About: Classics
Back from vacation. Catching up on news. Enjoying the Iowa results.
2008-01-06 05:41:00 Back from vacation. Catching up on news. Enjoying the Iowa results. More About: News , Results , Vacation , Back
I’ve decided to take a little break over the holidays. I will not be
2007-12-19 04:24:00 I’ve decided to take a little break over the holidays. I will not be reading and moderating comments during that time either. See you in 2008! Happy holidays everyone! Happy New Year! More About: Holidays , Break , The Holidays
Do you recognize the voice? Yep, Gene Wilder.
2007-12-16 01:53:00 Do you recognize the voice? Yep, Gene Wilder. More About: Voice , Recognize
Helping out at my CSA (community supported agriculture) sorting food for di
2007-12-14 22:33:00 Helping out at my CSA (community supported agriculture) sorting food for distribution to members later today. More About: Food , Community , Agriculture , Sorting , Unit
"unliterate: a person who appears to know how to read and/or write however
2007-12-14 22:01:00 “unliterate: a person who appears to know how to read and/or write however refuses to do so either knowingly or unknowingly.” - Urban Dictionary [hat tip] More About: Write , Read , Person
"The greatest miracle is that the true, genuine miracles can and should bec
2007-12-12 17:53:00 “The greatest miracle is that the true, genuine miracles can and should become ordinary.” - Nathan in Lessing’s Nathan the Wise, talking about how what we attribute to miracles is often the work of real people, whose actions are no less miraculous for being human.(from p.29 of the translation by Ronald Schechter, published by Bedford/St. Martin’s) More About: Miracle , Genuine , True , Miracles , Greatest
Reading http://phdinhistory.blogspot.com/ on the depressing state of econom
2007-12-12 17:28:00 Reading http://phdinhistory.blogspot.com/ on the depressing state of economic and job prospects for historians. More About: Reading , State , Http , Blogspot , Depressing
Wondering why I can’t find an ombudsman listed in Georgetown Universi
More articles from this author:2007-12-12 08:09:00 Wondering why I can’t find an ombudsman listed in Georgetown University’s directory. Another example of poor communication? More About: Find , Ombudsman , Listed , Erin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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