Eddie's Fancy

Did my duty and convinced a couple in the bookstore to start reading The Dresden Files. Jim Butcher should give me a commission.

Yet another nautical history book. I’ve known the general background of the Bounty and seen several Hollywood versions, but have never read an actual book about it.

Not surprising most of what I knew was wrong; Captain Bligh was really Lieutenant Bligh, Mr. Christian was his protege and had they sailed together before, while Bligh not have been the most pleasant of men, he wasn’t that bad compare to his contemporaries and was a very skilled navigator. Most important we don’t really know what the core reason for the mutiny was.

It was a good ready, but maybe not as readable as the histories by Nathaniel Philbrick I’ve read.

I really would like to get a book on Captain Cook now.

Looks like my wireless router is dying. I can’t figure out why they can’t make these last more than a couple years. Time for a Fry’s run.

They may have trouble demo’ing buildings in Turkey, but they know how to build them.

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In retrospect, it’s a good thing they didn’t have the Internet when i was in high-school.

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