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, November 17, 2025

Regimental Steins - Part One

My dad picked up some antique beer steins when he served in Germany right after the war. They even appear in the detailed inventory of thin...

Friday, November 14, 2025

Robot School Wraps it Up.

Open house for the fall 2025 version of Robot School. Ten minutes before guests arrive, the robot broke. Robots hate mankind. Of course t...

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

An Indifferent Student

I seem to recall myself as being a rather clever student. I learned to read early and was a voracious consumer of, well, anything. Big sta...

Monday, November 10, 2025

Deer Hunting 2025 - Symphony of the Seventies....

Perhaps you thought my last hunting related post was a bit hard on the "gals". Does are really quite excellent creatures. Highly...

Friday, November 7, 2025

Party Week for the Deer

Deer live mostly boring lives. They munch on stuff. They drop little piles. For the ones who are not dumb enough to jump in front of cars...

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Hank Shall Not Pass

Hank the Dog is rather single minded in his efforts to protect us from The Squirrel Evil. His passion is commendable, but he's torn up ...

Monday, November 3, 2025

The Lactose Maniac

So much stuff coming up from the basement of my parent's house. This is archaeology plain and simple. You dig through different layers...

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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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