It’s hard to find time in December to get anything done, and with a busy work week, it’s been near impossible. That said, I found a few minutes to post a link to this amusing interview of Smaug by Stephen Colbert (you can see it here). I’m off this week for the holidays, but…
It’s been a rough week for writing, which makes it even rougher for blogging. So this week, I’m going with a little humor, thanks to the talented folks at Horrible Histories. The parts with the monk crack me up!
No time to blog this week. Yet with pirates all the rage these days, I’m re-posting one of my favorite bits from the talented folks at Horrible Histories – enjoy!
With Season 2 of Vikings underway, I’m offering a little Viking humor for this Thursday, a take on the most famous of all Viking raids: the attack on the Lindisfarne Abbey in 793. In Season 1 of Vikings, this is where we met Brother Athelstan, who didn’t play a role in last week’s episode, but…
In honor of Black Sails, my new favorite show during the endless winter that exists between each season of Game of Thrones, I discovered this little bit of pirate humor thanks to the talented folks at Horrible Histories. Enjoy!
It’s been a wild work week, so there was not much time for writing on the blog. But I can share a little bit of monkish humor on the Friday before a three-day weekend, thanks to the talented folks at Horrible Histories!
Well, 2014 has started with a flurry (and not just of the winter variety), which means I’m quite busy with both work and writing. So for this week’s post, here’s a little Saxon humor of the divine/pagan variety to get the New Year off to a good start, all thanks to the talented folks at Horrible…
Happy St. Crispin’s Day! On 25 October 1415, the English army of King Henry V won the Battle of Agincourt, one of the most significant battles against the French in the One Hundred Years’ War. The battle is the subject of one of my favorite Bernard Cornwell novels, aptly titled Agincourt, which I reviewed here…
My work week shows no sign of slowing down, but I do have time for some more medieval humor. It’s another video from Horrible Histories exposing a rash of cheating in medieval tournaments. (You can view it here too)
Time for blogging remains scarce, so this week I’ll make due with a little Viking humor, thanks again to the good folks at Horrible Histories! (You can watch it here too)
Work has kept me super busy this week, but thanks to the folks at Horrible Histories, I found this amusing video to share about sieging a medieval castle. It’s one of my favorites! (You can view it here too)