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https://byzantium.mist.dog/ flying over Byzantium an exploration; working outwards from here, forwards and backwards at the same time flyingbyzantium https://mybyzantine.wordpress.com/ Byzantine Blog | Making Byzantium live for people today Making Byzantium live for people today byzantine blogfor peoplemakingbyzantiumlive https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2014/06/something-for-thursday.html?showComment=1401997173511 Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Something for Thursday It's a bright and sunny day, and I'm in a good mood. Wow! Anyway, here are a few completely unrelated songs that are in my "Songs That Make ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2006/03/elizabeth-and-andrew-story.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: "Elizabeth and... I wrote this story four or five years ago. It was rejected by each market to which I sent it, probably because I now think it meanders too m... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2005/06/edible-missile.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: The Edible Missile I saw via Lance Mannion that for reasons passing understanding -- and I mean, really passing my understanding -- some kind of controversy ... https://www.abebooks.com/9780684167688/Byzantium-Empire-New-Rome-Cyril-0684167689/plp Byzantium: The Empire of New Rome - Cyril Mango: 9780684167688 - AbeBooks Examining Byzantine life from the point of view of the average citizen, a noted historian deals with language, social and economic conditions, the... the empirenew romebyzantiumcyrilmango https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2007/09/useless-factoidia.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Useless Factoidia A bunch o' stuff! :: Several people have indicated that they were highly amused by the bunny with the pancake on its head . That's great! B... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2014/06/there-shouldnt-be-this-much-nazi.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: There shouldn't be... A church wanted to put an inspiring quote on its billboard . They found one. Problem was, it was a quote by Adolf Hitler. So they went back ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2003/09/frankly-my-dear.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Frankly, my dear.... I watched about a third of Gone With the Wind last night. I hadn't seen the movie in quite a long time, and I checked the DVD out of the li... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2005/06/at-last-long-held-suspicion-confirmed.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: At last! A Long-Held... [Warning: Profanity ahead] I've always found something a bit "off" about Barbara Walters, something I couldn't quite put my finger on, that ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2004/04/mr-quest.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Mr. Quest Today while driving around Buffalo in a U-Haul, I tuned in for a while to whatever the ESPN Radio show is that has replaced Tony Cornheiser'... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2002/11/image-of-week-will-return-next-week.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie The Image of the Week will return next week. byzantiumshoreschronicling https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2002/04/gregg-easterbrook-former-writer-of.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie Gregg Easterbrook, the former writer of Slate 's "Tuesday Morning Quarterback" column, has apparently gone to ESPN . He has written a typica... byzantiumshoreschronicling https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2007/06/sunday-burst-of-weirdness_24.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Sunday Burst of... Not a great week for weirdness, unfortunately -- I didn't see anything that really grabbed me as weird. But for sheer amusement, there's alw... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2014/05/cover-art.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Cover art? Saw this on Tumblr. Wow, this is right up the alley for the cover to Princesses In SPACE!!! (not the actual title). ( artist ) https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2017/07/bad-joke-friday_28.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Bad Joke Friday https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/Byzantium Byzantium - Wikizionario byzantiumwikizionario https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2005/01/credit-where-due-department.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: The "Credit Where... I tend to look down on the writing of Buffalo News sports columnist Jerry Sullivan, and I tend to bust on him in this space, but I have to ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2003/12/music-of-berlioz.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: The Music of Berlioz Today is the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Hector Berlioz. Others can claim Ravel or Debussy or Bizet as France's greatest compo... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2008/02/weird-quiz.html?showComment=1202184240000 Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: A Weird Quiz I don't really get this quiz, but here it is. I snagged it from SamuraiFrog [link fixed --ed.] (and I've edited out a few questions that I... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2002/06/image-of-week-cover-of-paradox-by-paul.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie IMAGE OF THE WEEK Cover of "Paradox", by Paul Gulacy. One of the most durable creative collaborations in any medium is that o... byzantiumshoreschronicling https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2012/02/answers-third.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Answers, the third! Continuing the replies to queries posed in Ask Me Anything! February 2012 . Charlie asks: Imagine you were called upon to recast the Star ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2009/02/wow.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Wow! UPDATED below. That was truly a great game. Remember what I said earlier? Blowouts are a thing of the past. They'll be the rarity now. Anywa... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2004/12/ahead-of-curve-again.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Ahead of the Curve,... TBogg has a CD recommendation that I whole-heartedly endorse. So much so, in fact, that I endorsed it a month-and-a-half ago ! Stick wi... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2011/01/look-at-pretty-pictures-as-they-fly.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Look at the pretty... A few teevee notes: :: Granted, I can't watch any of the supposedly great shows that are on cable channels, but for my broadcast-only netwo... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2003/11/i-dont-want-to-know-where-he-keeps-ice.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: I don't want to know... Via Teresa Nielsen Hayden's Particles , I think I've discovered just where Kim Du Toit , leader of the South African Expatriates Testosteron... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2006/03/tee-vee.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Tee Vee Lots of Buffalo bloggers are doing this, so here are mine: my favorite TV shows of all time. Now, with a list like this, I'd probably name f... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2005/06/now-this-is-worse-than-greedo-shooting.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Now THIS is worse... We're watching ABC's telecast of Bambi tonight (even though we own it on tape), and I'm remembering what a frightfully good movie this is. ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2011/11/something-for-thursday.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Something for Thursday Hey, who's up for some light orchestral music, melodic and exciting, from the Romantic era? Here's Franz von Suppe's overture to Poet and Pe... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2017/02/something-for-thursday_16.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Something for Thursday Two minutes of soul perfection. Here's Sam Cooke with "Touch the Hem of His Garment". https://books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeum/catalog/book/1609 Byzantium in the Sixteenth Century: Constantinople and its Afterlife. Topography, Institutions,... in thesixteenth centurybyzantium https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2006/09/just-give-me-pot-of-boiling-water-so-i.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: "Just give me a pot... Lynn evidently got a search-engine hit regarding Patrick Stewart's suggestion of a favorite tea for Captain Picard on Star Trek: The Next ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2019/02/ Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: 02/01/2019 -... The personal blog of author Kelly Sedinger, chronicling the adventures of one overalls-clad wanderer. https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2003_05_04_byzantiumshores_archive.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: 05/01/2003 -... The personal blog of author Kelly Sedinger, chronicling the adventures of one overalls-clad wanderer. https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-random-wednesday-conversation-starter_13.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: A Random Wednesday... Who was your first celebrity crush? (And don't forget to Ask Me Anything! ) https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2002/10/stephen-king-explores-themes-of-1960s.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie Stephen King explores themes of the 1960s, and the effects that decade has had on subsequent years, in his book Hearts In Atlantis . This bo... byzantiumshoreschronicling https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2005/04/how-long-can-this-keep-up.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: How long can THIS... Michelle is posting again. I keep wishing she'd move into Blogistan full-time, since she is (a) a big Star Wars fan and (b) smarter than m... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2002/08/james-bond-redux-conclusion.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie James Bond Redux, conclusion. Parts I , II , III , and IV . :: The Living Daylights . After Roger Moore's departure from the role of... byzantiumshoreschronicling https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2004/12/plaudits-for-maestro-williams.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Plaudits for Maestro... Congratulations to film composer extraordinaire John Williams, on being a 2004 Kennedy Center Honoree . https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2003/02/nebula-award-nominations-have-been.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie The Nebula Award nominations have been announced. I expect that American Gods will make it a trifecta, having already won the Hugo and the... byzantiumshoreschronicling https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2004/09/great-bird-of-galaxy.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: The Great Bird of the... ...would have turned 83 a couple of weeks ago, had he lived. August 19 was Gene Roddenberry's birthday . I've spent some energy -- not... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2003/10/well-ive-been-crab-fishermanand-nasa.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Well, I've been a... Sarah Jane Elliott is given to wondering why so many writers' work histories, in her words, "read like some sort of employment sampler". I'... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2012/08/sentential-links_20.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Sentential Links! It's time for LINKS! Huzzah!!! :: And so the Greeks destroyed Ilion and took back Helen They squashed those Trojans like a ripened melon... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2009/11/of-tumbling-walls.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Of Tumbling Walls I don't remember much about the fall of the Berlin Wall. That is to say, I remember nothing about it. The event happened when I was barely ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2005/10/hardtack-fatback-tackback-trackback.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Hardtack, fatback,... If any people out there are using Blogger and trying (without success) to use their new BackLink feature (a sort of trackback) after manuall... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2015/12/symphony-saturday.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Symphony Saturday I know, we missed this feature last week, but fret not! We're back, with a work I didn't even know existed until this very morning. It's the... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2006/07/five-things.html?showComment=1154275500000 Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Five Things I'm stealing this from Paul . It's just "five things..." ...in my refrigerator. 1. Strawberries. 2. Blueberries. 3. A 2.5 gallon jug of spri... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2002/11/my-referral-log-today-reveals-that.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie My referral log today reveals that someone came here looking for results of the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs in 1990. Assuming t... byzantiumshoreschronicling https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2007/06/100-things-that-i-love-about-simpsons.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: 100 Things that I... Tosy and Cosh just did this. It's not a blog-meme thing, but it's just too good an idea to let pass. Soooo , here we go! (Quotes are approx... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2014/03/answers-fifth.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Answers, the fifth! Oy...yeah, I suck. This month has been very hectic, folks and I lost track of this. Ugh! But, let's get it done, shall we? (Not in one post... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2017/03/something-for-thursday.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Something for Thursday I've featured this piece before, but it's turned up a number of times recently in my life -- a couple of times on the radio, and the other n... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2021/07/round-about-we-go.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Round about we go.... OK, here's a question regarding driving behavior and roundabouts: Do you use your turn signal when entering one? But before I get to that, ... https://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2009/10/islam-and-dark-age-of-byzantium.html Gates of Vienna: Islam and the Dark Age of Byzantium When I first read this post it was in print form. The Baron had cut and pasted it into a document so I could read it away from the computer.... gates of viennathe dark ageislambyzantium https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2005/04/i-have-to-push-pram-lot.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: I have to push the... One thing I've noticed while watching The Apprentice, version 3.0 : several times this season, when the teams are called upon to do some mar... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2012/04/something-for-thursday.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Something for Thursday Russian Romanticism in music appeals to me on nearly every elemental level of my being, so it's always seemed odd to me that I tend to have ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2007/01/sentential-links-86.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Sentential Links #86 Eighty-six of these posts (assuming I've numbered them correctly)! How cool is that ! Well, not all that cool, I suppose. But here are some ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2003/02/those-of-you-with-expertise-in.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie Those of you with expertise in television broadcasting (I'm thinking of one particular reader, here -- hint hint, Aaron) will maybe be able ... byzantiumshoreschronicling https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2009/03/answering-anything-yet-again.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Answering Anything!... Continuing with my answers to questions asked in Ask Me Anything! 2009 , I have a set of queries posed by Dave in Rocha , one of the occasio... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2011/01/ball-of-foot.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: The Ball of the Foot Football rules! A couple of notes on Saturday's NFL playoff action: :: Aaron Rodgers's line in Green Bay's blowout victory over the top-see... https://elogedelart.canalblog.com/tag/byzantium/ byzantium - Eloge de l'Art par Alain Truong "Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known." Oscar Wilde de lbyzantiumelogeartpar https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2010/08/reminder-ask-me-anything-august-2010.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Reminder: Ask Me... (bumping this post up) Go here for details! More questions are needed. Serious questions, goofy questions, anything goes! Ask me anything! ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2002/06/i-woke-up-this-morning-and-it-came-to.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie I woke up this morning, and it came to me in a flash, as if my subconscious mind had been processing this particular problem for a day or tw... byzantiumshoreschronicling https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2004/12/theres-father-whos-certainly-good-for.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: THERE'S a father... Via Craig at BUFFALOg , I see a bit of demented hilarity: a Houston father apparently decided that his kids were too naught to have Christma... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2020/06/tone-poem-tuesday_9.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Tone Poem Tuesday This, by Black composer William Grant Still, is one of the most evocatively titled works I've ever heard, and I only heard it for the first ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2006/03/major-minor-mine-her-major.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Major Minor? Mine... Terry Teachout has a tantalizing post in which he tosses out this quote: I seem to be really drawn to minor keys. Some people would say, we... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2009/12/sentential-links-192.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Sentential Links #192 Linkage! Get your linkage here! :: When whatever industry it is that comes to dominate the American economy in the 21st Century the way the... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2013/12/your-daily-dose-of-christmas_22.html?showComment=1388179999882 Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Your Daily Dose of... Now we're into "It's not Christmas until I hear this song" territory, so in that spirit, here are Bing and Dave. https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2013/10/i-am-not-minion.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: I am NOT a Minion! New yellow fleece, huzzah! #fleece #overalls #Dickies #library , originally uploaded by Jaquandor . I just like yellow. Sheesh. https://ajacksonian.blogspot.com/2006/02/world-to-go-to-in-time-of-byzantium.html Dumb Looks Still Free: A world to go to - In the time of Byzantium About: Belisarius Series written by David Drake and Eric Flint . Mankind advances, reaches the stars and achieves them... then splinters amo... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2020/06/something-for-thursday_18.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Something for Thursday Dame Vera Lynn has died at the age of 103. Lynn was a singer, songwriter, and entertainer whose stardom was brightest during World War II, w... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2003_10_26_byzantiumshores_archive.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: 10/01/2003 -... The personal blog of author Kelly Sedinger, chronicling the adventures of one overalls-clad wanderer. https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2009/10/trekkin.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Trekkin' A couple of Star Trek related notes: :: Ron Moore confirms what many have suspected over the years: that the technobabble on Star Trek: T... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2007/05/clubbing.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Clubbing There's been some turmoil over the last few days involving the Science Fiction Book Club , of which I've been a member for over a year now (... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2002/06/new-york-times-has-this-interesting.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie The New York Times has this interesting article about blogging and, specifically, a rift that is apparently developing between "war blogger... byzantiumshoreschronicling https://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-byzantium.html?showComment=1216937880000 Gates of Vienna: The New Byzantium An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unless Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing For every tatter in ... gates of viennathe newbyzantium https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2003/11/oh-make-him-stop-that-rall-guy-is-such.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Oh! Make him stop!... Via The Modulator I see an article by Ted Rall that's pretty breathtaking. Reading it, I can certainly imagine the arteries that are just ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2006/04/sentential-links-44.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Sentential Links #44 GAHHH! I was just happily collecting this week's Sentential Links when Firefox crashed, and I lost the post. Damn it all! I had some good on... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2004/12/yo-over-here.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: YO! Over here! Another major Upstate New York newspaper, this time the Syracuse Post Standard (a paper I enjoyed reading during the six-month Syracuse Exp... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2005/10/excellence-whats-that.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Excellence? What's... Look, Ma: Two empty suits of blue . The more plausible complaint about Miers, from the point of view of conservatives, is that she won't ha... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2010/03/blocked.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Blocked! A couple of weeks ago I started using the AdBlockPlus extension for Firefox. I had mixed feelings about doing it. I'm generally of the view ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2004/03/aw-mannnnn.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Aw, mannnnn.... One danger of being both a reader and a wanna-be writer is the fact that I often encounter things that make me think, "Geez, I suck." Lik... https://newbyz.weebly.com/june.html June - New Byzantium Publications Hymns are listed by their dates. Major Feasts (bold type) are celebrated on any day of the week. To view PDF files or or hear MIDI audio, download and install... june newbyzantiumpublications https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-random-wednesday-conversation-starter.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: A Random Wednesday... I read this article with some interest: What the tropical nation of Costa Rica lacks in size, it more than makes up for in a wealth of bi... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2013/04/but-when-we-have-warp-drive-itll-be-snap.html?showComment=1365027456895 Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: But when we have warp... Visualizations that help convey the non-human scale of distances in space are always nice, but even so, they never really make it totally cl... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2007/04/parking-parking-parking.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Parking, parking,... In this post from yesterday , I discussed my belief that parking garages need not be disastrous ugly buildings that destroy cityscapes. In c... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2011/01/trust-your-feelings.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Trust your feelings! I've been enjoying AICN's "Behind the Scenes Picture of the Day" series, and for obvious reasons, I really dug this one: I also see that th... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2006/08/for-king-and-country.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: For King and Country Dave Thomas has begun the task of reviewing all of the James Bond movies. As of this writing, he's up to On Her Majesty's Secret Service , ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2009/11/from-books-pound-of-paper.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: From the Books: "A... Some time ago I read a book called A Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict , by John Baxter. The book is a memoir of Baxter's years a... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2008/06/close-to-home.html?showComment=1213570740000 Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Close to Home Two news stories of personal interest to me happened over the last couple of days. I won't provide any links, since you can all Google this ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2012/08/answers-third-political-ones.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Answers, the third!... Time to continue providing answers to the queries posed for Ask Me Anything! . A couple of politically-themed ones from Roger today. I'm sur... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2003/10/bit-of-quarterly-business.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: A Bit of Quarterly... Every month or two I remind readers of FilmWise , which is a wonderful movie-quiz and trivia site. They have some new ones up now, including... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2012/07/ernest.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Ernest Actor Ernest Borgnine has died. I try not to be too sad when folks die at such an age (he was 95); after all, Borgnine led a long life and h... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2004/10/billzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie:... In the NFL's AFC Eastern Division, there are two teams that haven't lost a game and two that haven't won one. The Buffalo Bills, bless 'em, ... byzantiumshoreschronicling https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2004/12/biological-fact.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: A Biological Fact The object in the universe with the shortest lifespan has been conclusively determined: it is my paycheck, from the time it's put in my hand... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2014/07/something-for-thursday_31.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Something for Thursday A repeat to this feature, I'm sure, but I haven't heard it in a while. This is one of the finest works of meditative pastoral music I know. ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2011/11/saturday-centus-sunday-edition.html?showComment=1320633997561 Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Saturday Centus... Yup, I'm a day late. I had a job figuring out this week's prompt , and I was pretty busy yesterday, anyway. We're given a photo prompt...but... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-book-quiz.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: A Book Quiz!!! SamuraiFrog did a quiz about books . So I will too. Because I'm all about...umm...hmmm, what the heck am I all about, anyway.... 1. Your ... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2010/02/something-for-thursday_18.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: Something for Thursday A change of pace this week. Here's one of my favorite scenes from The West Wing . The set-up is that a death row prisoner is about to be exe... https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2002/05/warning-rant-ahead-george-lucas-has.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie (WARNING: RANT AHEAD!) George Lucas has been blamed for a lot of things. The most common charge against him, mainly by film critics, is ... byzantiumshoreschronicling https://byzantiumshores.blogspot.com/2013/12/shiny-in-black-firefly-christmas-part-3.html Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: "Shiny in the Black:... Continuing my repost of this Very Special (but Not Blossom esque) Episode of Firefly . part two part one "Weapons on the ground!" the...