A Commonplace Book

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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The second edition is significantly expanded. I don’t have a final page count yet since I just turned in the index, but it looks like it wi...

This is one of the major reasons my blogging has been light lately. I've completed the index and sent off my corrections to the page pr...

An event in Media, PA. La Belle Compagnie will attend. So will I. Update: Venison marinated in red wine and roasted on a spit. Mmmmmm. Ther...

MESSENGER, our robot proxy near Mercury, has taken a stunning picture of the crater Machaut, named after the 14th century poet and composer...

Got Medieval has a splendid post on an extended and erudite joke expressed by a grotesque figure in the margins of a medieval MS. If you hav...