Tag Archives: military history

Hey, I bet nobody else you know got up at four this morning and drove for miles just to walk out onto the Golden Gate Bridge to get you some photos… part 2… in which I pay tribute to our military, and discuss some of the military history of the Bay Area…

This will be the only part of my series about my most recent adventure in San Francisco that is not, more or less, in chronological order- probably- and I guess, most of it almost is. After I finished walking out … Continue reading

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Who were the most bad-ass warriors of all times… a random survey poll…

I don’t mean individually, but in general, which warrior culture in history strikes you as the most awesome?  There is no wrong answer. I just want to see what people think. I have given a few suggestions for the top … Continue reading

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The Art of war… part 1…

See, it’s a clever title, because I went to a military museum in Paris… and my name is Arthur, so you could conceivably call me Art… although I wish you wouldn’t… and also there was a book called ‘The Art … Continue reading

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I went back in time… part 2…

Ten points if you noticed that I am not wearing any shoes… They didn’t have any size 15 shoes in the bins of spare uniform parts where they kept extra stuff for temporary volunteers like me. So I fired a … Continue reading

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