Happy Friday Otterites! Francis here again. My original intention for today’s posting was to congratulate Robert on completing his NaNoWriMo journey. If you study fiction…
Category: History
Posts and episodes about history, historical figures, historical events and why they matter.
Martin monday and Marching to the Sea
(Image by Matthew Brady, part of the National Archives and in the public domain.) Otterites! What’s doing? November 15, 1864, Major General William T. Sherman…
Martin Monday and A New Book
Hey Otterites! Forgive last week’s brief post and the glaring omission in my interest in Heaven Hill that the distillery just settled a 6 week…
Robert Rendsday – Robert Takes on Freddy
Helllllooooo Otterites! Robert here with Robert Rendsday. Yep. Martin gave me an alternate name for my day because he thinks I have some small skill…
Martin Monday: The Return
Otterites, I have returned! Been a busy couple of Mondays but I’m carving out time to post and stir up shit. I tend to be…
Wobert Wednesday – Wherein Robert Laps Martin
Hellllllooooo Otterites! Robert here with yet another riveting edition of Wobert Wednesday. At least I THINK it’s Wednesday. I mean that comes two days after…
Francis Friday – The Thankful and Final Destruction of Robert E. Lee
Howdy Otterites, Francis here again. As our listeners know, we Snakes and Otters guy love history, and one of the most intriguing periods of time…
Martin Monday and Another Sad Anniversary
Photo in the public domain. Today, September 6, marks another dismal anniversary my Otterite friends. Today in 1901 a violent anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot and…
Martin Monday and One Caesar Too Many
(Image from Wikipedia and is in the public domain.) Hey Otterites! Was rambling through some Wikipedia “this day in history” stuff and came across that…
Martin Monday and The Berlin Wall
“I say, Shut up you egghead flap-gums. We’ve got the whole rest of history to sweat the small stuff. And those discredited peace creeps, they…