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2024 Day 6: Guard Gallivant

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2024 Day 5: Print Queue

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2024 Day 4: Ceres Search

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2024 Day 3: Mull it Over

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Back for day 3!

2024 Day 2: Red-Nosed Reports

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Time for some day 2 action!

2024 Day 1: Historian Hysteria

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Let’s get started with day 1!

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Update

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It’s been a long while since I’ve posted, as lots has happened over the last couple of months.

Baker’s Guard Zouaves

The Irish Skirmishers

Civil War

Reenacting

History

Baker’s Guard Zouaves were companies of Irish Zouaves as a part of the 69th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Specifically, they were companies I & K of the…

The Definitive Ranking of California Burritos

The Best and Where to Get Them

Food

Ranking

California burritos are very near and dear to me - if I go to a Mexican restaurant, I will undoubtedly get their version of a California burrito. No matter where I am, it’s…

Cable News Coverage of the NY Trump Arraignment

A deep dive in content analysis

News

Analysis

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During Fmr. Pres. Donald Trump’s initial bid for the White House in 2016, he allegedly paid “hush money” to Stormy Daniels so as to prevent the affair story from leaking to…

Cable News Coverage of the Georgia Runoffs

A deep dive in content analysis

News

Analysis

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After a deadlocked election night back in November that was much too close to call, the Georgia Senate election headed to a runoff. This election was held a few days ago…

John Hardy vs. John Henry

Disentangling the Ballads

Music

History

In folk music, these two fabled characters are often intertwined. Both ballads, they tell the stories of their respective heroes - one, a railroad worker hanged for murder;…