Sherwood Forest
Ten facts about Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/sense_of_place/facts/sherwood_forest.shtml].
History
This Day in History
1825. Â Robert Owen, a socialist, announces New Harmony utopian plan in Indiana
to government dignitaries in the Hall of the US House of Representatives.
The later Catholic convert, Orestes Brownson
[http://orestesbrownson.com/index.php], knew Robert Owen and his ilk, even
sending his own son to live
Bernanos
It's George Bernanos' birthday today. Here are a few links to the excellent
fiction writer. General Bio Link [http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/bernanos.htm].
Crisis Link [http://www.crisismagazine.com/julaug2002/book4.htm]. Welborn on
Diary of a Country Priest [http://www.amywelborn.com/catholicwriters/diary.
This Day in History
Considered from a McLuhanite viewpoint: TAE probably didn't consider that the
phonograph would kill spontaneous group singing at social gatherings. 1878:
Thomas Alva Edison patents the phonograph. Also: Heavy metal and gangster rap
probably weren't on TAE's mind when he made this breakthrough. If
Shake(r) Rattle and Lathe
Interesting article in The New Yorker about the celibate Shakers, their
history,
and their beautiful wood objects
[http://www.newyorker.com/critics/atlarge/articles/060213crat_atlarge]Â (save
the jokes). I'm not sure what prompted Gopnik to write the piece, but it's
different and--as always--well-written.
This Day in History
I found this on a "This Day in History" website:
> Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) joins in the squabble between Hume, Voltaire, &
Rousseau, suggesting that Rousseau be indentured to work on the plantations.
Johnson kills me. One of the best ever. James Schall wrote in his modern
"Only Capone Kills Like That"
The History Channel is showing a documentary about the St. Valentine's Day
Massacre.
[http://www.historychannel.com/global/listings/series_showcase.jsp?EGrpType=Series&Id=215764&NetwCode=THC]
The quote above is from rival Bugs Moran. Thing is, other gangsters did kill
like that. I don&
The Right Side of History?
From this morning's Washington Times:
[http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060210-115511-3260r.htm]
> The United Church of Christ's endorsement of homosexual "marriage" -- a lone
stance among the largest Christian denominations -- has stirred debate and
divided dozens of its churches. Some have stopped
Turning 50
Terry Teachout turns 50 and reflects a bit
[http://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/archives20060205.shtml#104876]:
> Here's how old I am:
> Ӣ This [http://www.sikeston.net/downtownpostcards.htm] is what my home town
looked like fifty years ago.
Ӣ My maternal grandmother canned fruit and stored it
Computer Museum
A museum of old computers and video games
[http://www.selectric.org/computer.html]. Kinda neat.