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Sakura Matsuri in NYC Botanical Gardens
The cherry blossom festival at the botanical gardens in Brooklyn was last weekend. Guess where I was that Saturday? Too bad I didn’t realize until it was too late that I should have taken pictures. Oh well. Fortunately, I wasn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged festival, history, Japan, martial arts, superhero, the world
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The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
This webcomic is dedicated to chronicling the (fictional) exploits of two historical figures in the field of science. Specifically computers. Which is impressive, because computers as we know them hadn’t even been invented yet (we’re talking 19th century). Also of … Continue reading
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Tagged alternate history, history, mad science, science, web, webcomic
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Ancient Roman Historical Reenactment, with Whip and Hand to Hand
In Rome, historical reenactments are sometimes carried out in the Circus Maximus. There’s tons of videos available for this. Here’s one I liked: To throw in a tidbit of historical information, thumbs up did not mean the defeated warrior was … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Rome, history, Italy, martial arts, the world
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Muay Thai and the Legend of Nai Khanom Tom
It would be remiss of me not to post about anything cultural, mythological, or historical. Since I finished my segment on my recent trip to Italy, I decided to go with something outside of Europe, and ended up choosing Muay … Continue reading
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Tagged history, martial arts, Thailand, the world
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Florence, City of the Renaissance
I don’t even have to mention that the history of this city is massively interesting. It’s housed big names like Michelangelo, Dante, Botticelli, Da Vinci, Machiavelli. Many of them at the same time, some of them working under the famous … Continue reading
Verona
A lot of people know Verona as the setting of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and indeed, Juliet’s house is situated in the city (despite the small detail that she didn’t exist.) There are also an assortment of souvenirs available related … Continue reading
Milan
Milan is one of the cities that I went to on my trip to Italy over the past week. The other cities that I dropped by were Verona, Venice, and Florence. I’d been to only Venice and Florence before, and … Continue reading
Julius Caesar Kidnapped by Pirates!
One of my favorite anecdotes from history is this one about Julius Caesar, before he had the success we all know that would follow later, is about how he was captured by pirates. The pirates had a set price for … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Rome, history, Julius Caesar
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