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Well, so much for Facebook.
Yeah, finally got around to setting it up. But now, I think it's choking on my 1500+ address book. When I tell it not to bother looking through all that, I get an error message anyway.
And now ... it no longer recognizes my email address when I log in. Terrific.
Look, I know that social media tend to broadcast drama, but they're not supposed to be ( Read more... ) -
And more stuff ...
I've been adding more pages to the 18th century linkspages at larsdatter.com -- a lot more on the "material culture" side of things, now that I'm getting to a point where I'm scrambling to think of clothing-related topics that I haven't already covered. (Though, come to think of it, I think I'll do a page on shoe-buckles next. Yeah, that sounds ( Read more... ) -
1765 Encyclopedie entry on Virginia
From Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 1765:
Virginia, region in North America. It is bounded on the north by Maryland, on the south by Carolina, on the east by the North Sea [Atlantic], and on the west by Louisiana.
Raleigh, the plague and the victim of Spain, set up the first English colony in Mocasa, ( Read more... ) -
This will mean something to somebody.
The commander does not like the "Wraiths"- he's got a firey sword
- we're apparently dealing with druids
- he's got a firey sword
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Patio furniture options
So, now that we have the lovely patio, we're thinking about patio furniture. ( Read more... ) -
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The Boy's first poem
UP ON A DIESEL!
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So.
Oregon!
Thirty-third state of the union.
Happy 151st birthday! Alis volat propriis, and all that.
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