A Momentary Taste of Being

History according to the History Channel via a friend, thanks for the laughs

Sorry, fell in love with the History teachers-- To the tune of "Because"--Copernicus And Then There's Aquinas inappropriately enough to Bananarama's "Venus" Oh, and I won't embed--but can we resist Beowulf to 99 Luftballoons?

History featuring Canterbury Tales ("California Dreaming") and Attila the Hun (Here Comes the Rain Again.) History for Music Lovers But for real literature-- The Divine Comedy to Blondie's Rapture

I bring attention to today's day in History because of my recent experiences in Dublin . I note this because in my recent trips to Dublin there had been a good deal of rumbling to the north.  Several people expressed to me the concern that "the Troubles"  as they are referred to were returning to Ireland.  There had been at least one incident in Dublin over the summer, and while I was there, pipe-bombs had been found in at least one Belfast school and reported for several others (I never did find out if the reports had been verified).  Troubling economic times brought on by the spectacular failure of the Anglo-Irish Bank is thought to have been a precursor event if not a cause for some of this.  But, lest we repeat, it is good not to forget.  For so small a nation, Ireland has had enough of terrible times and oppression.  Again, we need only look back 150 years to witness one of greatest acts of barbarity and cruelty among western nations in the reac...

The 1906 Earthquake in film

An interesting and sad portrait of the royal heirs examined

Olympe de Gouges--fascinating How in the world did such a person survive the revolution?

Mao's Great Leap Forward It will be interesting to see if Mr. Dikötter continues to have access to the recently reopened archives after this little bit of information.  One would suspect that those doors will be pulled rapidly closed in our researcher's face.

We're up to Salamis You would really do yourself a favor by bookmarking A Common Reader and keeping up with the thoughts and considerations there.

Today's Today in History blurb was worth making more of-- The First Defenestration of Prague.