Historical Contexts Gifts

'You can't solve ALL your problems by beheading them.'

"Approaching 10,000 steps."

No, you idiots, they don't include a "comments" section.

'The wheel was great, but what have you done for me lately?'

Department of No One Could Have Anticipated.

'... And some primitive cultures, believed that 'the great ones' modelled us from clay.'

Trump Administration Raising White Flag in Ukraine

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

"What did you say about the health of my gut biome?"

"You're fired."

Adult Courses. It's so hard keeping the information from different classes separate! I'm talking film history and psychology. I failed a test because I said a "psychopath" is the walkway Norman Bates took home. I also confused geography and aeronautics. I said the "great plains" are located at an Air Force testing base in the California desert. My worst nightmare was confusing the thinks ti learned in driver's education and statistics. But at least I now know it's driving where you must st

'Hurry, wipe it off before Dad comes home!'

The Anti-Agent

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

The Signing of tthe United States Constitution

'The History Channel is all reruns.'

'I remember when you used to look for answers using your astute powers of deduction.'

Louis Armstrong

"You're losing the audience. Switch to the Powerpoint presentation."

Remote control pirate bully

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

Gender Equality

Albania and North Macedonia: entrance denied

'In its new 'spirit of evenhandedness,' the U. S. Government today sent troops to occupy all foreign countries....'

Support the Ex-Troops

'It's a nice idea. A bit rough around the edges but I'm sure it will evolve given time.'

I've been teaching art history for decades. Students today ask new kinds of questions. No, I doubt a gluten-free menu option was available that evening. Nope, the artist was not making a statement about climate change. No, despite the umbrellas, this is not about sun exposure safety. Well, yes, I suppose you can say it's a selfie.

Who will determine Venezuela's future?

At the Museum

Great Chinese Dynasties

'What would your mum say if she saw you drawing all over the wall like that?'

Valuable business advice from some famous disruptive technologies.

"'I don't want war'. . . well, wither our translation program is broke or this president has a strange kind of humor!"

International Women's Day