Thomas Finan, PhD, FSA
@tjfinan.org
Archaeologist, historian, and professor at Saint Louis University. Director of Kilteasheen, Rockingham Moated Site, and the Rock of Lough Key excavations in County Roscommon, Ireland...the best county in Ireland. www.tjfinan.org
They never get my last name right.
December 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
They never get my last name right.
So nobody saw Wrath of Khan?
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
So nobody saw Wrath of Khan?
The oldest college at slu? College of arts and sciences. Somebody forgot the CAS marshals.
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The oldest college at slu? College of arts and sciences. Somebody forgot the CAS marshals.
Clerics used swords and other weapons. Very few references support this. It’s more dungeons and dragons than real.
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Clerics used swords and other weapons. Very few references support this. It’s more dungeons and dragons than real.
I figured out how to screen record on my iPhone today. A movie that was under rated in my opinion. But this line always stuck with me.
Doug van Allen and Brian Ryan. They run the whitehouse.
Doug van Allen and Brian Ryan. They run the whitehouse.
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I figured out how to screen record on my iPhone today. A movie that was under rated in my opinion. But this line always stuck with me.
Doug van Allen and Brian Ryan. They run the whitehouse.
Doug van Allen and Brian Ryan. They run the whitehouse.
My thoughts on Dick Cheney
November 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
My thoughts on Dick Cheney
Sure it’s stupid. But why not. The world has already gone mad.
October 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Sure it’s stupid. But why not. The world has already gone mad.
From 1976 or so. He wasnt a nail biter. The photo makes him look like it. Guarantee it’s the angle. But the stare. He always taught me try to think three steps ahead. Never had a list of plays.
October 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
From 1976 or so. He wasnt a nail biter. The photo makes him look like it. Guarantee it’s the angle. But the stare. He always taught me try to think three steps ahead. Never had a list of plays.
Dang. Im so jealous. My older brother had cool Daniel Boone or Davy Crockett lunch box. I got this in the 1970s. Hey, let's celebrate the zip code! encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/shopping?q=t...
October 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Dang. Im so jealous. My older brother had cool Daniel Boone or Davy Crockett lunch box. I got this in the 1970s. Hey, let's celebrate the zip code! encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/shopping?q=t...
My last Mizzou-Kansas game as an equipment manager was 1989. Friday afternoons we would set up the locker room for the game. We loved this job. We called ourselves "Road Crew," because we imagined ourselves as a rock band road crew setting stuff up.
September 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
My last Mizzou-Kansas game as an equipment manager was 1989. Friday afternoons we would set up the locker room for the game. We loved this job. We called ourselves "Road Crew," because we imagined ourselves as a rock band road crew setting stuff up.
The year was 1989, and this was my final season as an equipment manager at Mizzou. This crew was the best of the best, and I am still proud to have been a part of Mizzou football.
Screw KU.
Screw KU.
September 5, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The year was 1989, and this was my final season as an equipment manager at Mizzou. This crew was the best of the best, and I am still proud to have been a part of Mizzou football.
Screw KU.
Screw KU.
Missouri vs Kansas. I’m so jacked for this game already. It’s a nice distraction from the real world watching two bitter rivals revive the game.
I’ve been preparing my Chickenhawk.
I’ve been preparing my Chickenhawk.
September 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Missouri vs Kansas. I’m so jacked for this game already. It’s a nice distraction from the real world watching two bitter rivals revive the game.
I’ve been preparing my Chickenhawk.
I’ve been preparing my Chickenhawk.
Ouch. That’s a little bigger than I thought.
August 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ouch. That’s a little bigger than I thought.
Thomas Finan. Historian and archaeologist. A man barely alive.
If you can’t have fun post surgery what’s the point.
If you can’t have fun post surgery what’s the point.
August 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Thomas Finan. Historian and archaeologist. A man barely alive.
If you can’t have fun post surgery what’s the point.
If you can’t have fun post surgery what’s the point.
Schnucks grocery robot trying to sneak up on me again. It does not know that I sensed him coming, and was prepared to throw an elbow, and would have blinded his sensors with rice powder.
August 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Schnucks grocery robot trying to sneak up on me again. It does not know that I sensed him coming, and was prepared to throw an elbow, and would have blinded his sensors with rice powder.
Why do I like universities? People. All the cool people. Like Gentry in the Saint Louis university 3D lab. I got to know him with museum show last year. And I come back this year to this amazing creation: The Mammoth Car. If you know, you know.
August 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Why do I like universities? People. All the cool people. Like Gentry in the Saint Louis university 3D lab. I got to know him with museum show last year. And I come back this year to this amazing creation: The Mammoth Car. If you know, you know.
My dad was a coach his whole life and today would be a day where he’d be sleeping on the floor like a damn bear. And you know the rule: don’t poke a sleeping bear.
August 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My dad was a coach his whole life and today would be a day where he’d be sleeping on the floor like a damn bear. And you know the rule: don’t poke a sleeping bear.
Thanks to city water and streets workers on a hot Sunday repairing the original water pipe at sulphur and Potomac.
August 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Thanks to city water and streets workers on a hot Sunday repairing the original water pipe at sulphur and Potomac.
August 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
in honor of all the American football players and coaches starting fall practices, I am wearing my vintage football staff shirts that I still have left. First up: University of Chicago coaching staff, 90-91. Thanks to Greg Quick for the opportunity, and all the players from that era.
August 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
in honor of all the American football players and coaches starting fall practices, I am wearing my vintage football staff shirts that I still have left. First up: University of Chicago coaching staff, 90-91. Thanks to Greg Quick for the opportunity, and all the players from that era.
I’m sure it’s fine.
August 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’m sure it’s fine.
I’m reminded Star Trek Original Series, episode “The Ultimate Computer.”
August 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I’m reminded Star Trek Original Series, episode “The Ultimate Computer.”
And South Carolina.
July 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
And South Carolina.
