reconstruction

My sister-and-law and I are both fans of Ambrose Bierce (he of the original Devil’s Dictionary). We were i-chatting about this yesterday, and she mentioned that she had been reading Bierce’s Civil War story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. A story of a military hanging, of a would-be Confederate saboteur. Bierce was a veteran of the Civil War, an officer, and would have seen, perhaps directed, several such episodes. Which got me to thinking …

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I've spent all day trying to decide which project to use as your first lesson. I've finally decided that you're not ready for a project, just yet anyways. I've decided to first clue you in on all the things around you that you could possibly use within the course of reading this blog. I just thought I would prepare you ahead of time instead of trying to explain a bunch of "Why are you using THAT?!" comments for each post.

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