tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post8431106382993906404..comments2024-03-26T19:46:33.565-07:00Comments on Random Walks: "1493" by Charles C. Mann: A Half-Ass ReviewJohn Kurmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607323621206823686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post-86299761371252165122015-03-31T19:26:24.811-07:002015-03-31T19:26:24.811-07:00Word now is we took the Anthropocenic route in the...Word now is we took the Anthropocenic route in the year 1610.John Kurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607323621206823686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post-2076912202831848792011-09-27T07:12:35.934-07:002011-09-27T07:12:35.934-07:00Nulan san,
I knew this entry from Kurman Sensei (...Nulan san,<br /><br />I knew this entry from Kurman Sensei (hey, I'm entitled, I'm a teacher) would catch your eye.<br /><br />Samurai in Mexico is worth at least a movie trilogy, if not an ongoing series like, oh, I don't know, Kung Fu?John Kurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607323621206823686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post-15467169874712561292011-09-27T02:33:23.234-07:002011-09-27T02:33:23.234-07:00A Hollywood Treatment for the Conquistador/Samurai...<i>A Hollywood Treatment for the Conquistador/Samurai Buddy Movie - The "hidden" history of Asians in the New World is worthy of a few good yarns. Somewhere in a dark corner of my mind, this information was once planted from a book I once read.</i><br /><br />what historical high strangeness was <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cGvRcNdEhQ" rel="nofollow">Tom Laughlin pointing at</a>? I know, not quite, but at the very least, to my adolescent mind, it touched upon that centuries spanning void mysteriously out of reach of our history books and curricula when spaniards ruled the west and southwest. Between that and Shogun, an Okinawado/Kendo instructor within walking distance of my home, Zatoichi and Yojimbo - I acquired my fanboy fascination with all things Edo. Guess I'll be hitting up the libary for some history books today.CNuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152640304402402884noreply@blogger.com