The Fourth Day of August

And why October 6th is as good a day as any to write about August 4th Photo by Charbel Karam on Unsplash April 4th saw the coming of age of Senegal from its infancy as a French colony.May 4th saw the rebirth of Latvia after a (rather long) stint as a Soviet puppet.June 4th is Tonga’s Emancipation date.July 4th saw the birth... Continue Reading →

October 6, 2022 0

On becoming comfortably numb

1:00 AM, somewhere in France. Pink Floyd playing in the background, and I, wrapping up my previous post before publishing it. Comfortably Numb. Or Confortablement engourdi since we are somewhere in France. A masterpiece of progressive rock if you ask me. And by the time David Gilmour was kicking his haunting second guitar solo, hell... Continue Reading →

October 3, 2021 3

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