A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry
A look at history and popular culture
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I'll have my 'On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon' up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star Wars (and history). … Continue reading Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Hey folks. Apologies to those who were eagerly awaiting Part II of the Fremen Mirage series. While I have a draft of the next installment done, I don't feel like it is quite where I want it be, so I'm going to hold on to it for another week. Normally, I'd just push a bit … Continue reading Gap Week Roundup, Jan. 24, 2020
The following is a somewhat polished (but not very polished!), consolidated version of my response to watching The Last Jedi and the problems I had with it. The core of this was something I wrote on social media back in January, 2018; note that since this was originally intended for a small group of friends … Continue reading Miscellanea: The Latest Jedi