Tag Archives: History

On Pre-Columbian Native American populations

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Josh

As mentioned previously, one of the books that I’m reading right now is Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Society. I just came across this on page 78: Throughout the Americas, diseases introduced with Europeans spread from tribe … Continue reading →

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The Fall of Berlin 1945

Posted on January 7, 2007 by Josh

Title: The Fall of Berlin 1945 [amazon] Author: Antony Beevor Publisher: Penguin Pages: 528 (I am, however, only counting 431 of these as “read” pages. There was a huge amount of notes in the back of the book, as well … Continue reading →

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Icelandic cuisine? Rotten shark.

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Josh

I came across something in one of the books I’m reading right now that made my stomach curl up in a little ball and hide. The book is Viking Age Iceland. Here’s the section, from page 50: When a dead … Continue reading →

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The 19th century blog

Posted on October 22, 2006 by Josh

In Beyond the River, there were a lot of instances where a person* would send a letter to a newspaper, usually with the intent / hopes that the newspaper would publish it. The newspaper would in turn publish the letter … Continue reading →

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Hobbit Vikings!

Posted on October 17, 2006 by Josh

The other day while sitting in a classroom, waiting for my history class to begin, I was doodling and writing in one of my notebooks. While writing, I wrote out the phrase “Hobbit Vikings!” Since then I’ve kind of played … Continue reading →

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Lots of free medieval music MP3s

Posted on October 8, 2006 by Josh

In browsing around various medieval history sites, I came across one in particular that made me quite happy: lots (and lots) of medieval music in MP3 form. A fellow named Jon Sayles, along with some other musicians, basically recorded a … Continue reading →

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A Viking voyage, part 2

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Josh

I posted a couple of days ago about a Viking-style overnight voyage which I was going to be taking part in. The plan has changed a bit; I won’t be attending. After thinking things over a bit more, I decided … Continue reading →

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A Viking voyage

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Josh

I’m a memberof a group that focuses on studying Viking vessels and the Viking way of life. (Viking Age Vessels, if you’re interested, or just want to see some pictures.) We’ve built one boat thus far, Blackbird. She’s modelled after … Continue reading →

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Discarding college notes – why did I do that?

Posted on September 5, 2006 by Josh

When I took a college course on American history, which covered from the initial colonies to 1828, by the end of the course, I had a notebook full of notes, along with the outlines for each lecture (provided by the … Continue reading →

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New Orleans then and now

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Josh

Wow. New Orleans, then (1 year ago) and now. Quite a difference. Technorati Tags: neworleans, new_orleans, katrina

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