Stori3d Past
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Harold Johnson. Maine (from away!). Bookseller. Pilgrim. Word Guy. Skeptic. History & Archaeology. Tolkien. Trek. Italy. Old English. Used to make YouTubes, now I make typos. 19th C antiquarian — Sideburns included! 🏺📖🧙🏻♂️
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· Nov 18
Just thought you should know.
Norse and Danish mead-horns sometimes had feet.
Norse and Danish mead-horns sometimes had feet.
Can we talk about English architect names? No one nation deserves an Inigo Jones, a Capability Brown, AND an Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
November 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Can we talk about English architect names? No one nation deserves an Inigo Jones, a Capability Brown, AND an Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
I turned to this page days ago, and I'm still absorbing the fact that this is a painting. Made 350+ years ago. The Baroque insight into light, shadow, texture, atmosphere - it was truly next level.
November 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I turned to this page days ago, and I'm still absorbing the fact that this is a painting. Made 350+ years ago. The Baroque insight into light, shadow, texture, atmosphere - it was truly next level.
New read: "Northland" by Porter Fox. A coast-to-coast journey along the US's 4000-mile northern border. Among wild landscapes visited by few, deep history known by fewer, and communities where blood & heritage blend across borders and memories are long.
November 28, 2025 at 3:48 AM
New read: "Northland" by Porter Fox. A coast-to-coast journey along the US's 4000-mile northern border. Among wild landscapes visited by few, deep history known by fewer, and communities where blood & heritage blend across borders and memories are long.
Pushing a Pushing a
Manicule to Manicule past
the breaking the breaking
point point
Manicule to Manicule past
the breaking the breaking
point point
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Pushing a Pushing a
Manicule to Manicule past
the breaking the breaking
point point
Manicule to Manicule past
the breaking the breaking
point point
An Apollo experiment in 1969 proved that the moon is moving farther away from the earth by about 1 1/2 inches a year. At the time of the first Thanksgiving the moon was 50 feet closer to us than it is today.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
An Apollo experiment in 1969 proved that the moon is moving farther away from the earth by about 1 1/2 inches a year. At the time of the first Thanksgiving the moon was 50 feet closer to us than it is today.
Learning today that 17th "emblem books" like this tie right into the Baroque. The emblems were in general allegories & metaphors, just as the wildly popular 17th C still life paintings. They work on a superficial level as objects to admire, but also hold deeper levels of meaning & reflection.
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Learning today that 17th "emblem books" like this tie right into the Baroque. The emblems were in general allegories & metaphors, just as the wildly popular 17th C still life paintings. They work on a superficial level as objects to admire, but also hold deeper levels of meaning & reflection.
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
You see venerable looking 18th C Englishmen like this with their powdered wigs and smart jackets and waistcoats. And you never think they're the authors of books like "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle" or "Roderick Random."
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
You see venerable looking 18th C Englishmen like this with their powdered wigs and smart jackets and waistcoats. And you never think they're the authors of books like "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle" or "Roderick Random."
Here are the eBay book auctions I'm listing this week. This is what happens when you offer 4 super-niche things and one bestselling blockbuster.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Here are the eBay book auctions I'm listing this week. This is what happens when you offer 4 super-niche things and one bestselling blockbuster.
This week so far:
Taxes finally done ✅
Kid safely home from college ✅
Windows upgraded to 11 cleanly✅
eBay books have bids already ✅
All this means I'm already having a Happy Thanksgiving. Wishing you all the same.
Taxes finally done ✅
Kid safely home from college ✅
Windows upgraded to 11 cleanly✅
eBay books have bids already ✅
All this means I'm already having a Happy Thanksgiving. Wishing you all the same.
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This week so far:
Taxes finally done ✅
Kid safely home from college ✅
Windows upgraded to 11 cleanly✅
eBay books have bids already ✅
All this means I'm already having a Happy Thanksgiving. Wishing you all the same.
Taxes finally done ✅
Kid safely home from college ✅
Windows upgraded to 11 cleanly✅
eBay books have bids already ✅
All this means I'm already having a Happy Thanksgiving. Wishing you all the same.
And Happy Thanksgiving to you too, DuoLingo.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
And Happy Thanksgiving to you too, DuoLingo.
Always found it interesting that Sauron used the beautiful Tengwar script for his harsh Black Speech incantation.
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Always found it interesting that Sauron used the beautiful Tengwar script for his harsh Black Speech incantation.
It's live! My LOTR 1st edition set (1960-1962 printings) is up on eBay. Just gorgeous books, the only detractor being two underlined bits of text in "Return" where the original reader was too moved by the words to help it. No blame there.
Pardon Our Interruption...
www.ebay.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It's live! My LOTR 1st edition set (1960-1962 printings) is up on eBay. Just gorgeous books, the only detractor being two underlined bits of text in "Return" where the original reader was too moved by the words to help it. No blame there.
Just learned it was the early Baroque & Annibale Carracci that introduced the caricature portrait. It makes sense - the Baroque era was the first to try to portray the essence of a person's individuality. What is caricature if not being *intimately* aware of the features that identify a person?
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Just learned it was the early Baroque & Annibale Carracci that introduced the caricature portrait. It makes sense - the Baroque era was the first to try to portray the essence of a person's individuality. What is caricature if not being *intimately* aware of the features that identify a person?
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Even in the bleakest times, this little herald of the returning sun lights up the earth - Crocus are good for a sunny windowbox, doorstep-pot, or balcony, if you're short of space. Possibly also money off on some websites now, too! Here's my take on crocus - a very important plant for early bumbles!
Plant Crocus Now for UK wildlife gardening! #winterfloweringplant #containerplanting #bumblebee
YouTube video by Selqet's Gardener
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November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Even in the bleakest times, this little herald of the returning sun lights up the earth - Crocus are good for a sunny windowbox, doorstep-pot, or balcony, if you're short of space. Possibly also money off on some websites now, too! Here's my take on crocus - a very important plant for early bumbles!
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LAUNCH DAY IS HERE! The Heroes of Might and Magic: 30th Anniversary Retrospective Hardcover is now available!
Details here: bit.ly/477ecjY
Dive into this oversized full-color volume chronicling thirty years of the beloved fantasy strategy franchise! #BookSky #Games #GameDev #Fantasy #BookLife
Details here: bit.ly/477ecjY
Dive into this oversized full-color volume chronicling thirty years of the beloved fantasy strategy franchise! #BookSky #Games #GameDev #Fantasy #BookLife
Heroes of Might and Magic: 30th Anniversary Retrospective HC :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics
Join in on an informative, exciting, and whimsical oversized full-color volume chronicling thirty years of the beloved fantasy strategy franchise, Heroes of Might and Magic!
When New World Computing r...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Marinades are great! I’m tired of doing all the work of cooking. You ingredients just sit together and think about how you ought to taste
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Marinades are great! I’m tired of doing all the work of cooking. You ingredients just sit together and think about how you ought to taste
Me: I've been restoring damaged old Bibles for years, nothing can faze me.
eBay: Hold my beer.
eBay: Hold my beer.
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Me: I've been restoring damaged old Bibles for years, nothing can faze me.
eBay: Hold my beer.
eBay: Hold my beer.
It's crazy to me that the man looking at me in this picture has been dead well over 350 years. He is so alive.
It can be tough to define what an artistic period is, often easier to compare it to what it is not.
This detail from Velazquez's Baroque "Triumph of Bacchus" (1629) shows a rough & real peasant's face & manner that would have been unthinkable a century or half-century before.
This detail from Velazquez's Baroque "Triumph of Bacchus" (1629) shows a rough & real peasant's face & manner that would have been unthinkable a century or half-century before.
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
It's crazy to me that the man looking at me in this picture has been dead well over 350 years. He is so alive.
Just remembering one subscriber in Oliver Evans "Young Mill-Wright" I had forgotten. Senator Aaron Burr!
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Just remembering one subscriber in Oliver Evans "Young Mill-Wright" I had forgotten. Senator Aaron Burr!
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Paleo folks: Please recommend researchers (incl yourselves) interested in phylogenetic reconstruction in deep time, molecular clocks (discord w/ fossil clocks), foundational/methodological issues in phylo/paleo-reconstruction & who'd be interested in hanging w/ historians & philosophers of science ⚒️
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Paleo folks: Please recommend researchers (incl yourselves) interested in phylogenetic reconstruction in deep time, molecular clocks (discord w/ fossil clocks), foundational/methodological issues in phylo/paleo-reconstruction & who'd be interested in hanging w/ historians & philosophers of science ⚒️
It can be tough to define what an artistic period is, often easier to compare it to what it is not.
This detail from Velazquez's Baroque "Triumph of Bacchus" (1629) shows a rough & real peasant's face & manner that would have been unthinkable a century or half-century before.
This detail from Velazquez's Baroque "Triumph of Bacchus" (1629) shows a rough & real peasant's face & manner that would have been unthinkable a century or half-century before.
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It can be tough to define what an artistic period is, often easier to compare it to what it is not.
This detail from Velazquez's Baroque "Triumph of Bacchus" (1629) shows a rough & real peasant's face & manner that would have been unthinkable a century or half-century before.
This detail from Velazquez's Baroque "Triumph of Bacchus" (1629) shows a rough & real peasant's face & manner that would have been unthinkable a century or half-century before.
New read: "Baroque" by John Rupert Martin.
"What we regard as a normal historical development [in art] was frequently pictured by contemporary critics in moralizing terms, as if it represented a triumph of virtue over vice."
"What we regard as a normal historical development [in art] was frequently pictured by contemporary critics in moralizing terms, as if it represented a triumph of virtue over vice."
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
New read: "Baroque" by John Rupert Martin.
"What we regard as a normal historical development [in art] was frequently pictured by contemporary critics in moralizing terms, as if it represented a triumph of virtue over vice."
"What we regard as a normal historical development [in art] was frequently pictured by contemporary critics in moralizing terms, as if it represented a triumph of virtue over vice."
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Today the fantastic Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi has opened.
I feel privileged to have worked in all core areas, incl. developing exhibits & species, design input, narrative, collections, labs etc as an expert consultant for 4 years.
Delighted it’s finally open! #nhmad
www.nhmad.ae/en
I feel privileged to have worked in all core areas, incl. developing exhibits & species, design input, narrative, collections, labs etc as an expert consultant for 4 years.
Delighted it’s finally open! #nhmad
www.nhmad.ae/en
Exclusive: New Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi features two fighting T. rexes
The largest museum of its kind in the Middle East opens today with an awe-inspiring dinosaur wing, a massive blue whale skeleton within arm's reach, and a stunning exploration of the region’s natural ...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Today the fantastic Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi has opened.
I feel privileged to have worked in all core areas, incl. developing exhibits & species, design input, narrative, collections, labs etc as an expert consultant for 4 years.
Delighted it’s finally open! #nhmad
www.nhmad.ae/en
I feel privileged to have worked in all core areas, incl. developing exhibits & species, design input, narrative, collections, labs etc as an expert consultant for 4 years.
Delighted it’s finally open! #nhmad
www.nhmad.ae/en