A Commonplace Book

It did but slumber.

This past summer, at Pennsic 2008, we recreated a tournament using Belgian longsword rules as part of an anthology of tournament styles at t...

TRAYTESE OF THE POYNTES OF WORSHIP IN ARMES BY JOHAN HYLL, ARMORER SERGEANT IN THE KINGE’S ARMORY 1434 Bod. Lib., Ashmole. MS. 856, art. 2...

Hedge fund manager Otto Spork has been charged with bilking investors of millions of dollars in two fraudulent glacier investments.

Just in time for Christmas! A recreation of a medieval field flask in lead free pewter.

Shooting at rovers was a form of medieval archery, reported in the 15th century and described in 16th. Like sporting clays, a group of shoot...

I’ve been playing with the idea of how I would rewrite the ill-fated Discovery mission with the benefit of hindsight. I’m assuming an altern...

The Obama campaign has been shamefully deceptive in describing the tax consequences of McCain health proposal. Because of the associated ref...

Some time in the past week this blog passed 30,000 visits, not counting those of you that read this by way of a feed. Woohoo! The last 40 in...

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