The Single Handed Admiral

Last week my academic travels took me south of the border to Baltimore, and the lair of the Uber Geek Miles Ready.  I always enjoy my trips...

Forgive me father it has been six weeks since my last posting..... It's funny how one can blog in great spurts and then completely ge...

A belated Merry Christmas and an early Happy New Year! It has been a busy time at the Admiralty, with business travel (3 days to Florida t...

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-34503044 I found this cool story on the Beeb website today, about archeologists finding one o...

According to blogger, I have done diddly squat since July 19th (2 1/2 months ago).  This is not strictly accurate, although family members ...

We are having the hottest weekend so far this summer, with temps at 30C with the humidex at 36C and now a Tornado watch.  For those of ...

The sanbaggin', budgie smuggler himself, Ray Roussell is having a 500th post giveaway.  Check out Ray's blog over at Don't Roll...

One of our gaming group forwarded the link below, which I thought I would share.  As well as providing first class photos, Sean is a local ...

Most years I think about my grandfather who served on the Western Front in the Great War, my great uncles who served in WW2 or my father who...

Not politically correct, but neither were the vikings.

It's been a while since I've posted mostly because of a severe case of real life that came up unexpectedly.  August was a blur that ...

Wow it's my first post in a month - talk about he dog days of summer!  Not much to report, and I think the only gaming has been Clint...

OK so I figured I ought to find a video that took a harder look at the "good guys" in the Cold War and thought immediately ...

This week's Cold War Music Box selection is a Canadian classic (at least in Canada) and has been moved up a day to Tuesday July 1 fo...

Regina is drying out after a very wet weekend - 91 mm of rain over two days following about 10 days of on and off rain.  Photos below. htt...

Lot's of Cold War references here.  Elvis Costello was the alpha geek before being a nerd was cool (I was born too early to catch that ...

How to best describe the state of the world in 1983…hmmmm… Yeah this about covers it. Yep - the early 80s a happy free wheeling par...

Just back from a weather extended work related-trip to Portland Maine.  I was supposed to return on Thursday night but flights got cancelle...

I should apologize for inflicting my music on you.  However, I will take the adult way out and blame  Tim Gow  and his Funny Cold Wars proj...

During my trip to the UK last month I spent a day in London and as usual hit the British Museum.  I have visited the BM many, many times a...