Crash #19: Venice and the Ottoman Empire
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Review: The Jesse Stone series (2005-2012 movies)
Beginning in 2005 Tom Selleck (the star of Magnum PI in the 1980s and more recently a regular on Blue Bloods) has been lead actor, executive producer, and occasionally co-writer of eight made-for-television movies based on a series of mystery … Continue reading
Crash History #18: Indian Ocean trade
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I got an email earlier today claiming to be from "service@paypal.com" and looking very plausible. It indicated that I had made a $150 watch purchase that I hadn't actually made, and provided what appeared to be links to the PayPal … Continue reading
Review: Safety Not Guaranteed (2012 movie)
Back in 1997 a guy named John Silveira was working for Backwoods Home magazine when late in the production of one issue the editor asked him to come up with a joke or two to fill up a bit of … Continue reading
How to make treadmill use less boring
Link: http://youtu.be/dLfUgXcvq4g … Continue reading
Review: Brave (2012 movie)
As someone mentioned to me, this isn’t the movie the most-seen trailer leads you to expect. It’s a Pixar film about a Scottish princess in the Middle Ages who refuses to allow an archery contest among the eldest sons of … Continue reading
Crash History #17: The Mongols
Full series at this link. … Continue reading
Should the minimum wage be $9 an hour?
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains why it makes sense to raise the minimum wage: Link: http://youtu.be/ct8CGJy9eF8 He didn't even get around to pointing out that if the increase were based on productivity gains rather than just inflation, … Continue reading
Review: A Knight's Tale (2001 movie)
This is basically a sports film set in the late Middle Ages and definitely not meant to be taken too seriously. The film gets this across early on by having the spectators at a joust sing “We Will, We Will … Continue reading