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Time to Level Up!
Time balls, that is. New Year’s Eve is upon us and you know what that means – overpriced food and drink, idiots on the roads and highways, and sheeple crowding into Time Square, New York City, to watch the ball drop. In the not too distant past, The Time Ball was of real, practical use […]
A post from my personal site from April of 2018. I am at the age where the phrases, “I remember when”, and “this used to be such-and-such”, are stated in conversation more times than I care to count. Sentimentality and Romanticism have always occupied a small space in my heart and soul. I practically grew […]
In the Autumn of 1727 Benjamin Franklin created a club called The Leather Apron Club which was later officially dubbed the Junto. The Leather Apron Club/Junto was a small collection of like-minded men, tradesmen and artisans, that initially met every Friday evening at a local tavern to discuss philosophy, poetry, politics, self-improvement, and network in […]
I very much enjoy the study of History. I love it. Not for any academic requirement or gain, but just because. World history I have studied over the years for pleasure. I also believe it should be a gentleman’s duty to learn and absorb such. It’s a perfect means to gain perspective. And while I […]