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.

Friday, March 29, 2024

Yellowstone Bill

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Well here he is, Yellowstone Bill. And for good measure, the Famous East Side Cave where he resided for a while in the 1890's. These ...

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

The East Side Cave (Minneapolis) Revisited

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Brewery cave posts have been scarce in recent years. Honestly I think I've had a look at all that are to be found in a reasonable trave...

Monday, March 25, 2024

Con Men (and women) 2024

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There are a few downsides to the advent of spring. It's an election year and the political nonsense has commenced. The latest are vari...

Friday, March 22, 2024

The Flying Fish of Wisconsin?

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It's been a weird non-winter. As a result some of my spring activities are happening a bit sooner than expected. Fishing for instance....

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Mr. Magoo goes to Venice?

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I should explain that this would be Venice, Florida not Venice Italy. Confused? Well, we have to start somewhere. How 'bout here: Dri...

Monday, March 18, 2024

FIRST Robotics 2024 - Helios Reborn

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In a number of ways the robotics team has "moved up in the world". Certainly in the obvious ones, larger crew, more sophisticated...

Friday, March 15, 2024

I feel a little left out

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I'm going to go out and tempt fate here*. With the CDC basically saying that Covid-19 is just another respiratory virus I now feel just...

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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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