The Indelible Virtue of Not Doing Stuff

John Stuart Mill once said, “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing”. That statement couldn’t have been more wrong if someone had dropped it in a big barrel of wrong as an infant. I’m a good man and do you know what you […]

A History of the Telephone

1667: Robert Hooke invents the tin-can-on-a-string telephone, or “lover’s telephone” because people were very fond of tin cans back in the seventeenth century. Sound was transmitted acoustically along a taut string across a distance of a few dozen feet. Considering the deplorable hygiene of the time, putting more distance between yourself and the person you […]

Alboin, King of the Lombards

This one is going into my permanent area but I happen to have a handy link… right… here: Alboin, King of the Lombards

Snippets from Fiction I Will Never Publish

“I am the LAST MAN ON EARTH”, he yelled at the sky. Little did he knew that everyone in the world was, at that very moment, standing RIGHT BEHIND HIM!!! …”Listen carefully”, said Sergeant Hart, “The calls are coming from INSIDE YOUR HOUSE” Anne gasped and looked down, “Oh good lord!”, she exclaimed, “I’ve been […]

Forces of Communism… in Ant Form

I published a new animal essay in the permanent section of my site. For those who read me on WordPress, here’s the link: The Vivacious Armistice of the Weaver Ant If it’s not the best thing you’ve ever read, I’ll eat my hat. If I cannot find any hats I’d like to eat, I’ll eat […]