Monthly Archives: December 2006

Looking Back

Posted on Sunday: December 31, 2006 by Michael Hendry

Over the last year, I haven’t had time to read a lot of books, but have finally started to catch up on some of the movies I’ve missed out on over the years. Some were checked out of the U.N.C. … Continue reading →

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Quotation of the Day

Posted on Sunday: December 31, 2006 by Michael Hendry

A fictional Prussian soldier of fortune in 1937: After fifteen years I can scarcely recall just what did happen in that confused struggle against the Bolsheviks in Livonia and Kurland, in that whole corner of the civil war with its … Continue reading →

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Mazomanie

Posted on Friday: December 29, 2006 by Michael Hendry

Ann Althouse ends a post on Wisconsin cuisine with a linguistic comment: . . . isn’t it cool that there’s a town called “Mazomanie.” It sounds sounds like a form of insanity. A cute and amazing mania. It does indeed … Continue reading →

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