Have you ever heard of Marcus Maecilius Flavius Eparchius Avitus? Probably not. He was a short-lived Emperor of the Western Roman Empire from July of 455 to October of 456. Not that it mattered much. The Western Roman Empire fell in 476, barely 20 years after he was deposed and tossed on the rubbish heap […]
BUILDING A CLOCK
I was at a flea market over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Besides the usual used tools, velvet paintings of Elvis and other such treasures, one gentleman was selling a box of tiny parts. When I enquired, he said they used to be a clock. Some assembly required, apparently. That got me thinking about the […]