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, December 31, 2021

Janus

Janus is one of the more intriguing Roman gods. Able to look both forward and back and of course the origin of the term January. Time to ...

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Robot Christmas

FIRST robotics build season kicks off on 8 January. Up until that point we only have hints and rumors of what we will have to build. But o...

Monday, December 27, 2021

Modern Christmas 2021

Belated post. Even our scheduled day after Christmas celebration got pushed back. Air travel issues. So I was tasked, again, for the long...

Friday, December 24, 2021

Silent Night

It will be a quiet Christmas for us. Oh, the kids and grandkids will all check in but mostly not on Christmas Eve or Day. The reality is t...

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Photographic Loose Ends of 2021

Various odds and ends that seemed like they wanted to turn up as 2021 winds down. I think I did post one view of the Great Silver Brain in L...

Monday, December 20, 2021

Sand Man

Earlier this year I wrote about Sandland , the peculiar underground "playground" being excavated beneath rural Wisconsin. Other o...

Friday, December 17, 2021

FIRST Robotics - Farewell 2021

Last session of the year. That's actually fine. The real season begins on 8 January, everything we've done in Spring, Summer and F...

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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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