Historian. Author. Ranter. Idea Junkie.
This a blog. Sort of. I rarely use it anymore.
(The first one was c. 2009, when I compared web designers to used car salesman. The guy who inspired that post objected and, fearing that he might decided to tank my site or otherwise hack it into oblivion, I pulled the blog entry.)
Read MoreSurely it won't be too braggy/narcissistic/ego-tripping of me to mention this nice review in the New York Times Book Review.
I'm allowed that, right??
(Maybe all that speed juices his brain?) (Speaking of which, he and another guy on the scene kept making pot jokes. By the time I left, I was wondering.)
Read MoreFuck man, they nearly had me at the label. Wow. Perhaps best label ever. And I thought “What the hell. I’m gonna try it.”
Read MoreAnd I think this is why "blogging" tends to lose out in the competition.
Anyway: Yes. This. Although I'd love always for any and every one to think of my work in terms of history, that ain't gonna happen.
Bare minimum, it reminds me of what I did.
But this dog has learned and appreciates new tricks, not least when it comes to doing history for a broad audience. And in that regard, Matt Novak rocks it, man. He rocks it.
Read MoreWebsite of Maureen Ogle, author and historian. Books include Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer; In Meat We Trust: An Unexpected History of Carnivore America; and Key West: History of An Island of Dreams.
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