As followers of this blog know, I’m a bit of a map nerd. I admitted as much in a previous blog about using GIMP to create your own fantasy map (here). Recently I started posting maps that I consider interesting on my Facebook author page. Since they go live every… Read more“Map Monday – Pangaea with today’s political boundaries”
Category: History
Freaky Friday, connecting equinoxes, calendars, eclipses, and wall street
March 20th 2015 has the distinction of being a double Freaky Friday. I’m not talking about the 1976 movie where teen Jodie Foster and her mother Barbara Harris exchange bodies or the 2003 remake with Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis. FWIW I enjoyed the former and have never seen… Read more“Freaky Friday, connecting equinoxes, calendars, eclipses, and wall street”
How did we get the Seven Wonders of the World?
Most of us have heard of the Seven Wonders of the World. They’ve even crept into common language. Have you ever heard someone refer to something amazing or incredible as the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World?’ I often use this turn of phrase when referring to the ostentatiously equipped newest… Read more“How did we get the Seven Wonders of the World?”