What’s all this sudden interest in technology and energy use? It’s not really sudden. I just don’t feel like writing...
Brian
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Flying Cars
Do you read the news? Pretty depressing stuff, much of the time. As an historian, I remind myself that people are no...
When is a Grail not a Grail?
Sir Perceval is most traditionally the hero of the grail quest, although in some versions the hero is Sir Galahad, and according...
Metaphors Be With You
The quest for the grail is an extended metaphor. The grail itself (graal in Middle English) is nothing. Okay, it’s a shallow...
Been There, Wrote That
The 17th already? And only the second blog entry for the month. Caramba. What a lackadaisical blogger I am. It was easier to...