Detritus of Empire

Wandering unsupervised in various real and imaginary places. Detritus reflects my interests in robotics, travel, history and the odder aspects of the world around me.

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Monday, August 6, 2012

SitCom Dreams

Working unusual shifts I sleep at irregular hours. So I often wake abruptly and remember fragments of dreams. Recently I had the odd exp...

Friday, August 3, 2012

Don't Worry those Sheep

A sign in rural England. It oddly feels like some sort of commentary on the state of our current political system..... The sheep themselve...

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Theories, and other things, growing at Vindolanda

When digging a place like Vindolanda there is never any certainty about what you will find. So early results always lead to evolving theori...

Monday, July 30, 2012

River Secrets-The Shocking Truth

A recent Friday found me helping out with a DNR electroshocking survey of a local river. The crew was made up of some college students, som...

Friday, July 27, 2012

Allegory in Bronze, plastic and cement.

When we were in Washington DC we took a tour of the Library of Congress. Free and quite interesting. Some of what follows was from our tou...

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Our Lady of Rugby

Religion and sport do not comfortably coexist. After all, if prayers for Divine Intervention really worked then the most devout team would ...

Monday, July 23, 2012

Because the Robot Apocalypse Requires Planning

As I have discussed at some length, I teach a middle school robotics class every year. As this is on a volunteer basis the main reward is ...

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Tacitus: Having over the many years of my medical career seen too many hard working folks post pone retirement and tip over shortly after their farewell party I have adopted a Carpe Diem policy. Retire at 60. And don't let 'em throw you a party. Its working so far.

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