Monthly Archives: November 2009

The War to End All War

Posted on 11 November 2009 by Daniel

“When I was a boy, all the people of all the nations which had fought in the First World War were silent during the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of Armistice Day, which was the eleventh day of the … Continue reading →

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5ives

Posted on 10 November 2009 by Daniel

Oh no! I went looking for facts about the presidents this evening and discovered to my great dismay that 5ives.com is broken apparently no more.  Merlin Mann has moved on to bigger and better things, but it saddens me that … Continue reading →

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Iceland: Minus the Politics (Part I)

Posted on 10 November 2009 by Daniel

Going through some of my old posts, I realized that I had begun to write a series of entries on Iceland, but I had never finished or published them. My published posts entries were about the political upheaval in that … Continue reading →

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20 years ago today…

Posted on 09 November 2009 by Daniel

On this day in 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, marking the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union and the Cold War. I can remember it unfolding, but as I was still a young kid, I’ll leave the commentary … Continue reading →

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