Standing the test: “Somewhere In Time’s” romantic audacity.
This time travel romance from 1980 pushed the boundaries of genre as they existed when it was made, and caught the hearts of generations.
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Low battery: Technology seems to be running out of steam.
Interiors: Napoleon’s Bedroom, Grand Trianon Palace, Versailles.
Historian vs. AI: The technology sucks and is basically a scam.
King of the “Contactees”: The bizarre UFO saga of George Adamski.
Nuclear war: The existential threat we don’t talk about.
Historic Painting: “Karneval in Nizza” by Otto Dinger, 1912.
The Verge
Standing the test: “Somewhere In Time’s” romantic audacity.
This time travel romance from 1980 pushed the boundaries of genre as they existed when it was made, and caught the hearts of generations.
Low battery: Technology seems to be running out of steam.
Interiors: Napoleon’s Bedroom, Grand Trianon Palace, Versailles.
King of the “Contactees”: The bizarre UFO saga of George Adamski.
Historic Painting: “Karneval in Nizza” by Otto Dinger, 1912.
In Wildness: Chris McCandless, Cheryl Strayed, and journeys of discovery.
Interiors: Crewman’s cabin from the SS Balao (reconstructed), Norway, early 1970s.
The Outer Garden
Historian vs. AI: The technology sucks and is basically a scam.
The generative AI industry is a con. It may be one of the biggest cons in history.
Nuclear war: The existential threat we don’t talk about.
Nothingburger: The 2025 JFK Assassination document dump.
Historic Painting: “Katharsis” by José Clemente Orozco, 1934.
Historic Photo: Native American ice-cutting crew in winter, 1880s.
Year’s end: The best of the Garden in 2024.
My upcoming novel, “The Gangster Crown,” is now available for pre-order!
The Inner Garden
Behind the Scenes: The Bounty, a geographic history.
My latest video takes a globetrotting look at the famous 1789 British naval mutiny and its aftermath.
Behind the Scenes: 1981, Britain’s Awful Year.
Behind the Scenes: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Explained & Deconstructed.
The strangest dictator: The odd world of Moammar Qaddafi.
Behind the Scenes: August 1939, Eve of War.
The book I’ve been working on: introducing “The Gangster Crown.”
