marc-the-author74.bsky.social
Author: Nixon: Too Close to Call (what if Nixon beat JFK in 1960?) The Trial of Hanoi Jane (what if Jane Fonda was tried for treason?) Timelines of an Assassin (time traveling assassin saves the world!)
👤 Joined on 10 January 2025
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@marc-the-author74.bsky.socialI know the sleeping thing. I feel like a rotisserie chicken sometimes. Sleep on my back til something hurts, then my left side til something hurts, then my right side til something hurts. Rinse, lather, repeat, all night long.
Show PostFruit of the Loom briefs used to have FTL on the elastic band rather than the whole company name. I loved that. I always wanted underpants that could go faster than light.
Show PostIn memory of my Byzantinist days. I'll also note that, in my day, the standard one-volume Byzantine history was by George Ostrogorsky (since supplanted by Treadgold, which may be supplanted by Kaldellis). Grad students at UCLA would talk about Ostrogorsks and Visigorsks.
Show PostIt was raining cats and dogs. It isn't any more. Now it's raining sabertooths and dire wolves.
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