Welcome back...

Well, it's been quite a while. I suppose the post in October dates from about the time when the flood waters of the semester rose alarmingly, not to subside until well after the semester is over. In fact, having returned from England about a week ago, I can't say that they aren't already rising once more. It never ends...perhaps that's just life. Where is the sun, the sand, and the long, cool drinks with umbrellas on top? This is Rochester, NY, after all.

So...random write-ups about the adventures in the United Kingdom will follow, but for the moment, here are a couple interesting, random stories about the crusades and the Hundred Years' War.

A brief article on the Crak de Chevalier...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123335398205734847.html?mod

An amusing little post on "old school football." Apparently Edward III distrusted the game, go figure.
http://reason.com/blog/show/131382.html

Catalogue of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts, from UCLA...Most of you probably know about this already, but still, it's a pretty cool resource. Here's to its continued development over the years.
http://manuscripts.cmrs.ucla.edu/about.php