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    The Middle Ages, part I

    The first thing you notice about the Middle Ages is how everything is covered in excrement.  I have traveled considerably in times predating modern plumbing, but the stench of this particularly dark period in European history is singularly offensive to the olfactory glands.  A less intrepid nose than mine would certainly retreat to a more [...]

    Greetings, denizens of 2009!

    Recently (well, technically 54 years ago, but you know what I mean), the fine folks at the Echo Park Time Travel Mart asked me to write a weekly post on their blog, sending brief accounts of my expeditions back to the early 21st century.

    Now, I haven’t had a blog since I was 6.  Initially the [...]