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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Friday, August 30, 2019

Detritus of Empire - Fall of 2019

Summer is over and its time to switch gears. I'm back in school, taking an electronics course at the local tech. I'll be doing a ...

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

The Brewery and Distillery of E.R. Hantzsch

OK, lets start off with another photo of the fabulous E.R. Hantzsch pottery beer... This one still has the wire bale attached. It hel...

Monday, August 26, 2019

Back to School - or - The Annual Confusing of the Bureaucrats!

Every fall since I retired I have been "back to school" in one sense or another. I've taken classes at the local tech sch...

Friday, August 23, 2019

Me versus the neighborhood punks

We've had a lot of "Nature" going on in the back yard this summer. Maybe we've let the garden go a little wild, maybe the...

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

E. R. Hantzsch - A closer Look

I've mentioned E. Robert Hantzsch in my article on "The Cave of the Mad Poetess". But in addition to excavating the cave tha...

Monday, August 19, 2019

Least Surprising Sign Ever

A Family Video outlet that somehow lingered on until 2019 recently closed. I guess the surprising thing in an era of infinite video stre...

Friday, August 16, 2019

Brew from Scratch Project - Early Update

Well, right around August 1st the barley crop, such as is was, suddenly matured. You can tell this is so when the stalks get brown and star...

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About Me

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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