Oranges And Forgotten History Orange trees are among the most popular fruit trees grown around the world. But the orange has a unique history that is intimately tied to human civilization and deserves to be remembered. TMC for ek hornbeck
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Jan 01 2021
Blasts from the Past
Posted by ek hornbeck on 1.1.2020. Re-posted by TMC for ek. My YouTube turns up odd things and I’m trying to drive the Klansmen and Neo Nazis who’ve infected it off my History feed. I try and vet for the most part, but I can’t be expected to examine the whole ouvre and what can …
Dec 30 2020
Cartnoon
The Gadsden Pauchase The Gadsden Purchase is a 29,670-square-mile (76,800 km2) region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States acquired from Mexico by the Treaty of Mesilla, which took effect on June 8, 1854. The purchase included lands south of the Gila River and west of the Rio Grande where …
Dec 29 2020
House
Posted by ek hornbeck on 12.29.2018. Reposted by TMC for ek. I didn’t play these at gigs much as they’re a little hard core for my audience. I Love Rock And Roll – Joan Jett Godmother of Punk. Barracuda – Heart Oddly enough most of the band didn’t object to this being adopted by Sarah …
Dec 28 2020
Cartnoon
Posted by ek hornbeck on 12/28/2019. Re-posted by TMC for ek. File under Clio. We are accustomed to regard Athens as a paradigm of Democracy and a center of Philosophy and Science, especially in contrast with Sparta which is widely and correctly considered a militaristic slave holding society of sadism and cruelty. Given this sympathy …
Dec 26 2020
Hessians
Originally posted by ek hornbeck on 12.26.2007. Re-posted by TMC for ek. A reprint from 2007 but as true today as it ever was. From Wikipedia’s entry on the American Revolutionary War Early in 1775, the British Army consisted of about 36,000 men worldwide… Additionally, over the course of the war the British hired about …
Dec 26 2020
Boxing Day
Posted by ek hornbeck on 12.26.2019. Re-posted by TMC for ek. Boxing Day. On the day after Christmas… In feudal times the lord of the manor would give boxes of practical goods such as cloth, grains, and tools to the serfs who lived on his land. Many years ago on the day after Christmas servants …
Dec 26 2020
Oh, sure. Some Specials.
Posted by ek hornbeck on 12/26/2019. Re-posted by TMC for ek. Well, mostly I’m tired of them junking up my tabs. Frosty? Waaay chiller than that All I do is eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. There must be more to a cat’s life than that. But I hope not. These are …