Author Archives: John Wallenfeldt

This Cookbook Explores Why ‘Rice Is Culture’

Rice is prevalent in so many cultures that it is no surprise to find a variety of types and dishes to explore.

A Portrait of Tenochtitlan

Another, more ambitious project to remap the ancient Aztec capitol.

For a new generation of Marines, 9/11 is history

This Patriot Day – does anyone still call it that? – a look at the most recent batch of American Spartans.

Eating bread when scared? There’s science behind the Mexican ‘bolillo’ tradition.

Hey, if it works, don’t question it too hard.

A photo of ‘Bhutan’s Babe Ruth’ went viral. Can it boost baseball there?

There is talk of putting divisive country acts in the Super Bowl halftime show. I am all for it. Football is not a global phenomenon. It never will be. Marginalize it. Diminish it. Go on, you don’t need my help. Give it to the dead enders. I won’t miss it.

The world has soccer/futbol and basketball. And – maybe – there is room for more baseball across the globe. If nothing else, here’s a great story of one attempt to grow the game.

Digging through the past

Been trying to recover posts from the old Movable Type pages. It is hard since a lot of it is deprecated and unusable. That said, I keep running into dead links – video, images – from sites that are gone or from technology (Flash) that no longer functions. So, I am just leaving those posts behind.

Am I self-censoring? Maybe, but I don’t mean to. In some cases I literally cannot translate the code over in such a way that WP can even recognize it.

Progress I guess.