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19 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments madventure
Our crazy guide was supposed to drive us to 5 temples. After visiting 10 people, I told him firmly - We're going to the hotel !!! He nodded his head and drove us to the 11th temple. After all, such a pleasant surprise in Burma. The guide did not...
17 Mar 2025 4 minute read 7 comments YouveBeenGreeked
At least 60 million died across the world between 1939 and 1945 due to one global armed conflict. That's an average of 10 million a year, over 830,000 a month, and over 27,000 a day. The deadliest battle - the siege of Stalingrad - saw anywhere from...
17 Mar 2025 4 minute read 1 comment Ship Shard
Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z9goPtEcFH6uQTfv Propaganda and fake data based on someone else's opinion. I sometimes make such short mini-parsing of messages that I receive in private messages through the telegram channel, t...
16 Mar 2025 1 minute read 2 comments Yttrandefrihet
Onomastic congruence. Say that five times in a row without slipping on your tongue if you can! It's quite a mouthful, but what is it about? So, if you've ever read the Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, and/or the book of Acts, all found in the Ne...
15 Mar 2025 16 minute read 0 comments YouveBeenGreeked
In the late sixth century BC, the small Greek city-state of Athens emerged onto the world’s stage as a new centre of democracy. Since then, its ambitions took it right across the Greek world, and into conflict with neighbouring great powers; the Pers...
13 Mar 2025 5 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z9MnXTfRIVviccbs How do you like the SteamPunk-style look (summer festival in the USA)? I decided to share with you about the Halloween celebration. How do I feel about this holiday? I treat...
13 Mar 2025 11 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
Mounted deer on backside of Marlen’s house After leaving the hospital, Allie and his crew head home. The rest of us agree to meet over at this BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse. Dad makes it as far as drifting inside the building, but then un...
9 Mar 2025 4 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard
Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z81PktQrhChgKE46 Without truth, there is no freedom and it is difficult to choose between good and evil. I have no illusions, but truth is a blessing for every single person, because, like Plato...
8 Mar 2025 7 minute read 0 comments YouveBeenGreeked
The Peloponnesian War had been a seemingly never-ending cycle of great victories and terrible defeats, primarily for Athens. Having started the war at the height of their power under the great statesman Pericles, one year later they found themselves...
6 Mar 2025 20 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey
While we're waiting, I observe that Mom does seem somewhat out of it. Dad's convinced that he knows all the signs, and that she's just had another stroke. Marlen meanwhile is nowhere to be found, has obviously wandered away somewhere, possi...
