Goddamn, it’s still lovely out. It may feel like August outside, but it’s October, baby, and the Red Sox are playing some baseball! Life is good. Well, actually life could be better for me. I’ve been … more →
Sassy Sundry Thoughtswrote 2 months ago: Here are some October birthdays for Lincoln’s friends and foes. And perhaps a few contemporari … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Chester A. Arthur Sept 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885 Elegant Arthur The Gentleman Boss The Dude … more →
wrote 1 year ago: My associate Ted Mills sent this ad from Craigslist the other day which in my mind raises more quest … more →
wrote 1 year ago: For All Time I read a lot, and as such, alternate history is one of my favorite subgenres of science … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Goddamn, it’s still lovely out. It may feel like August outside, but it’s October, baby, and the Red … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I’ve started thinking of the human mind as a pipeline—a long and complicated pipe that corkscr … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Ancestors Of Chester A. Arthur Chester A. Arthur became the 21st president of the United States afte … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Happy Birthday, Mr. President…Chester A. Arthur, born this day in 1829 in Fairfield, Vermont When pe … more →
wrote 3 months ago: First, here are the answers to last Monday’s Quiz (August 31, 2009) “Garbage Truck is a … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Another in a series of one-year VPs who ascended to the presidency when their president died (in thi … more →
wrote 6 months ago: 1. Ulysses S. Grant-had a mountain man look 2. Rutherford B. Hayes-has a mountain-man look and remin … more →
wrote 7 months ago: CHESTER A. ARTHUR (1829-1886), President of the United States Portrait: Ole Peter Hansen Balling … more →
wrote 7 months ago: BY DAVID H. Here are some facts about me that most likely don’t make me any more unique than t … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Sorry for the increasingly political nature of this blog. Perhaps I should refrain from editing it u … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Welcome to Blogging the Presidents: A Voting While Intoxicated™ Almost Original Series. We will be t … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Thursday Thirteen #52 It was obvious to me that this week called for another list of 13 Presidents. … more →
wrote 11 months ago: …is a term frequently applied to President W. Bush, and it always makes me hot under the colla … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Recent reports from CNN.com, Barack Obama is upset with his pick for Secretary of Commerce Bill Rich … more →