Procopius
- Location
- Rockford, Illinois, USA
- Birthday
- February 05
- Bio
- I'm a regular middle aged guy, living in a regular middle class neighborhood, in a regular middle-sized community in the middle of America. I am an expatriate Texan transplanted to the Midwest, and wondering how I got here, and where I'm headed.
MY RECENT POSTS
- April 2, 1917: When America
Joined the World
April 02, 2012 08:34AM - I Think I'll Take the Other
Bridge
March 18, 2012 11:15AM - For Black History Month:
Harriet and Jeremiah
February 12, 2012 03:28PM - Good News and Bad News
January 01, 2012 05:42PM - My Favorite Christmas Movie:
"Joyeux Noel"
December 24, 2011 01:08PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Bill Maher had some fun
things to say bat that
cover,
too!”
May 12, 2012 10:23AM - “I'm definitely going to
look for occasions to use the
term
"hoodoo
skeevy.&q…”
May 12, 2012 10:20AM - “nicely stated. We too
often forget there is more
to
compensation than just
money…”
May 10, 2012 03:14PM - “zachery, I'm inclined to
agree with you. It's a war
that
could have been
avoided…”
April 02, 2012 09:18PM - “rwnj, it was long
suspected, and finally proven,
that the
Lusitania was
carrying…”
April 02, 2012 12:39PM
Procopius's Links
- 20 Comments
"...And down will come baby, cradle and all!"
OCTOBER 23, 2009 5:53PM EDT
- 15 Comments
The Spring Song of the Mourning Dove
MARCH 4, 2009 4:34PM EST
- 14 Comments
Why I Study the Byzantine Empire
MAY 29, 2010 8:22AM EDT
- 26 Comments
March 29, 1973
MARCH 29, 2010 11:52AM EDT
- 18 Comments
"I'm not dead yet!"
AUGUST 8, 2009 11:15AM EDT
- 16 Comments
My Annual End of Football Season Drive to Wisconsin
DECEMBER 3, 2009 4:34PM EST
- 16 Comments
Cheney on "Face the Nation": 2 Lies, 1 Truth
MAY 10, 2009 12:16PM EDT
- 31 Comments
A White Man's Thoughts on Black History Month
FEBRUARY 15, 2010 10:36AM EST
- 6 Comments
The Local: Baumgartner's Cheese Store and Tavern
JUNE 26, 2008 2:24PM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 23 Comments
Substitute Teaching in an Inner City School
MARCH 26, 2011 5:13PM EDT
- 14 Comments
Newt Gingrich's Religion
DECEMBER 3, 2011 11:53AM EST
- 15 Comments
Turnpikes and Toll Roads
JANUARY 11, 2010 6:03PM EST
- 22 Comments
What the Movie "Valkyrie" Made Me Think About
JUNE 16, 2009 9:20AM EDT
- 19 Comments
Breaking News: Solzhenitsyn Nobel Posthumously Rescinded!
APRIL 23, 2009 11:44AM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 29 Comments
Grant Park: Yesterday and 40 Years Ago
NOVEMBER 5, 2008 1:21PM EST
- Editor’s Pick
- 36 Comments
The Years that Changed History
APRIL 18, 2009 1:01PM EDT
- 26 Comments
A November 30 Birthday Story
NOVEMBER 30, 2009 7:55AM EST
- Editor’s Pick
- 23 Comments
Rowing the Rock River Regatta
OCTOBER 9, 2011 10:21PM EDT
- 23 Comments
An Apologetic Pickpocket in London
NOVEMBER 8, 2009 10:21PM EST
- Editor’s Pick
- 17 Comments
This Year's Bike Ride - Southwest Wisconsin
AUGUST 11, 2011 1:17PM EDT
- 17 Comments
The Chisholm Trail and Me
MARCH 9, 2010 11:31PM EST
- 20 Comments
Empathy and Compassion: An American Historical Perspective
AUGUST 10, 2010 3:49PM EDT
- 18 Comments
Here Is My Bucket List...What Is On Yours?
MAY 26, 2010 8:14AM EDT
- Editor’s Pick
- 36 Comments
Today in History: The Movies!
AUGUST 31, 2011 8:44AM EDT
- 25 Comments
History's Great Plagiarizers
FEBRUARY 23, 2011 11:25PM EST
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Reflecting On History
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