Tag: history
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A Few Words About My Dad
Kacey and I just watched the movie “A Man Called Otto” Otto is a grumpy son of a bitch. An old codger who is watching the world go to hell all around him, including his own life. The film is quite a tear-jerker. Spoiler alert here, but Otto passes away at the end from a…
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At 28, My Love for History is Finally Paying Off
Ah, history. The subject that bores many to literal tears. Generally, the experience most have with history is a bombardment of dates and names to remember, and an old, tenured teacher with a white burly mustache that talks in the dullest monotone voice. There’s no passion. Just another year of mandatory curriculum bringing on mass…