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Jeeves In The Academy
Today is the anniversary of the birth of the Dutch Jewish philosopher Baruch de Spinoza, in 1632. I tell you truly that I know next to nothing about Spinoza’s philosophies. According to Wikiped… more →
The Port Stands At Your Elbow
Jeeves In The Academy
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Robbo wrote 3 days ago: Today is the anniversary of the birth of the Dutch Jewish philosopher Baruch de Spinoza, in 1632. I … more →
"'Appy BIRTHDAY, Messieurs Camelids...."
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Robbo wrote 6 days ago: Well, today is the sixth birthday of that crazy corner corral of the blogsphere known as the Llama B … more →
The Missing Link
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Robbo wrote 1 week ago: I was both delighted and appalled to read this article: Children as young as five are simulating sex … more →
Waiting For God, Part Deux
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Robbo wrote 1 week ago: In the comments to my post below on the different assertions of G.K. Chesterton and Francis Parkman … more →
Waiting For God
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Robbo wrote 1 week ago: Recently I have been reading G.K. Chesterton’s The Everlasting Man, his refutation of evolutio … more →
Questions I Wish I Had Asked....
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Robbo wrote 1 week ago: The seven year old apparently watched one of the Jurassic Park movies at one of her little friends … more →
Veterans' Day
Robbo wrote 2 weeks ago: Perhaps just by chance, but last evening I happened to reread George MacDonald Fraser’s Quarte … more →
The Sands Of Time
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Robbo wrote 2 weeks ago: As regular port-swillers will recall, I mentioned a few weeks back that I was rereading my Herodotus … more →
Gratuitous Gunpowder Plot Posting
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Robbo wrote 3 weeks ago: Happy Guy Fawkes Day! Now there are those of you two or three together who may wonder how Robbo … more →
Gratuitous Gunpowder Plot Posting
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Robbo wrote 3 weeks ago: Happy Guy Fawkes Day! Now there are those of you two or three together who may wonder how Robbo … more →
Ahoy, Maties!
Robbo wrote 1 month ago: Our Maximum Leader’s tribute to Trafalgar Day earlier this week has put me in something of a n … more →
It's All Greek To Me - Not That There's Anything Wrong With That
Robbo wrote 1 month ago: I must say that I am an absolute sucker for classical Grecian names, both of people and of places. … more →
Fire As They Bear!
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Robbo wrote 1 month ago: HMS Victory fires a full broadside in honor of Trafalgar Day: Note that this is a “rolling … more →
A Little Touch Of Cliff Clavin In The Night
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Robbo wrote 1 month ago: Flying back to Dee Cee last evening from a whirlwind work excursion out to the great Midwest, I foun … more →
In Fourteen Hundred And Ninety-Two....*
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Robbo wrote 1 month ago: The disappearing of Christopher Columbus proceeds apace: TAMPA, Fla. – Jeffrey Kolowith’s kind … more →
In Fourteen Hundred And Ninety-Two....*
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Robbo wrote 1 month ago: The disappearing of Christopher Columbus proceeds apace: TAMPA, Fla. – Jeffrey Kolowith’s kind … more →
"Wash Dee Cee, Not Constantinople!"
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Robbo wrote 1 month ago: I mentioned the other day that I am continuing my slog (yes, slog) through Gibbon’s Decline an … more →
"These Aren't The Mutineers You're Looking For."
Robbo wrote 2 months ago: “Nelson’s Flagships at Anchor” by Nicholas Pocock (1807) Last evening I watched a … more →
Friday Follies
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Robbo wrote 2 months ago: It’s a rainy Friday morning here at the Port-Swiller’s residence, and you know what that … more →
