Nero Claudius Drusus, etc.
@drususclaudius.bsky.social
Manhattan-based magistrate, concerned with (& quite worried about) the res publica.
I've tracked down many a malefactor over the years, but I have to say "obscure researcher" doesn't narrow the pool of suspects much.
January 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I've tracked down many a malefactor over the years, but I have to say "obscure researcher" doesn't narrow the pool of suspects much.
I particularly enjoyed this phrase: "Now the long-running historical battle is due to be settled for good, as three local historians present their cases at a mock trial in front of a judge."
January 11, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I particularly enjoyed this phrase: "Now the long-running historical battle is due to be settled for good, as three local historians present their cases at a mock trial in front of a judge."
Take comfort that Pol Roger's "Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill" Champagne was more than thoroughly road-tested by the man himself.
December 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Take comfort that Pol Roger's "Cuvee Sir Winston Churchill" Champagne was more than thoroughly road-tested by the man himself.
Feel free to use these real-time NYC winter wonderland photos if you need a plausible alibi.
December 31, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Feel free to use these real-time NYC winter wonderland photos if you need a plausible alibi.
I am not one to question other's choices, but NYC is simply full of it's usual holiday delights this morning:
December 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I am not one to question other's choices, but NYC is simply full of it's usual holiday delights this morning:
Well, given Notre Dame de Paris... Plus it would make a great heist caper film.
December 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Well, given Notre Dame de Paris... Plus it would make a great heist caper film.
Frank's father had prizefights as "O'Brien"; Martin's last name was Crocetti and his showbiz partner's was Levitch; co-star Davis's name was that of the family's enslaver & said his mom was not Cuban & broke up w/blonde actress -- they all did these things to get work in Miller's version of America.
December 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Frank's father had prizefights as "O'Brien"; Martin's last name was Crocetti and his showbiz partner's was Levitch; co-star Davis's name was that of the family's enslaver & said his mom was not Cuban & broke up w/blonde actress -- they all did these things to get work in Miller's version of America.
And, to the extent these terminations breached the contracts, the Statute of Limitations for most will not expire until well into the next term, so the future legal cost will hit under the next President.
December 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
And, to the extent these terminations breached the contracts, the Statute of Limitations for most will not expire until well into the next term, so the future legal cost will hit under the next President.
As a dense Manhattanite, I would have to go downstairs quite a bit to get to the roofline of that tower.
December 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
As a dense Manhattanite, I would have to go downstairs quite a bit to get to the roofline of that tower.
In a bit over 4 months, perhaps they will have an inflatable crucifix. (Which, BTW, is an extremely impractical device.)
December 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
In a bit over 4 months, perhaps they will have an inflatable crucifix. (Which, BTW, is an extremely impractical device.)
Documenting crimes is not very unusual, tho reasons vary. For fraud, it's usually just that it is very difficult to keep track of multiple complex lies. Truth is relatively easy to recall because one lived it & papers are consistent. Fraud is the inverse of Churchill's Bodyguard of Lies remark.
December 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Documenting crimes is not very unusual, tho reasons vary. For fraud, it's usually just that it is very difficult to keep track of multiple complex lies. Truth is relatively easy to recall because one lived it & papers are consistent. Fraud is the inverse of Churchill's Bodyguard of Lies remark.
Context is everything.
December 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Context is everything.
The eraser is the more powerful end of the pencil.
December 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The eraser is the more powerful end of the pencil.
Jim Garfield could simultaneously write in Latin and Greek (always a good icebreaker at parties) and was one of maybe a dozen Williams College graduates to become a general officer in the U.S. Army.
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Jim Garfield could simultaneously write in Latin and Greek (always a good icebreaker at parties) and was one of maybe a dozen Williams College graduates to become a general officer in the U.S. Army.
"How far from Austerlitz to the Pop-Up Field of Waterloo complete with Limited Edition Bendable Ney and Blucher figures?"
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"How far from Austerlitz to the Pop-Up Field of Waterloo complete with Limited Edition Bendable Ney and Blucher figures?"
I have made the necessary suggestions to require movement on the part of one of Antonia's men of business to make an arrangement for the benefit of this fine institution.
December 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I have made the necessary suggestions to require movement on the part of one of Antonia's men of business to make an arrangement for the benefit of this fine institution.
Here I must disagree! Modern wine-in-a-bag is perfectly preserved and no worse than the moment it went into the bag. Whereas wine-in-any-part-of-a-goat instantly starts losing Parker points, even if it starts at 52/100.
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Here I must disagree! Modern wine-in-a-bag is perfectly preserved and no worse than the moment it went into the bag. Whereas wine-in-any-part-of-a-goat instantly starts losing Parker points, even if it starts at 52/100.
<<Cor! Blimey, a toff on a penny farthing? Tell me mum, I will.>> (My liguistic facility with London English as applied to wheeled transport and headgear is grounded in, and limited to, a cinematic blend of Oliver!, Bedknobs & Broomsticks, + Mary Poppins.) At least the fellow had the right shoes?
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
<<Cor! Blimey, a toff on a penny farthing? Tell me mum, I will.>> (My liguistic facility with London English as applied to wheeled transport and headgear is grounded in, and limited to, a cinematic blend of Oliver!, Bedknobs & Broomsticks, + Mary Poppins.) At least the fellow had the right shoes?
Bowler, boater, or shako?
November 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Bowler, boater, or shako?
Does he mean broken homeland of French Religion Wars or English Civil War or "the '15 & '45" or Seven Years War or Napoleonic wars or 1848 Revs or collapse of Bourbon Spain & Italy or 4 Prussian wars or Tsarist collapse, Irish Civil War, fascist wars & holocaust 30s-40s or Iron Curtain states?
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Does he mean broken homeland of French Religion Wars or English Civil War or "the '15 & '45" or Seven Years War or Napoleonic wars or 1848 Revs or collapse of Bourbon Spain & Italy or 4 Prussian wars or Tsarist collapse, Irish Civil War, fascist wars & holocaust 30s-40s or Iron Curtain states?