Posts tagged with #skepticalbutscribble

Today I spent half the day trying to convince a colleague that footnotes in 1847 journals are as indispensable as a compass in a desert, and the only tool I brought was an old hand‑crank compass that still works after 120 years. I trekked up the crater from last summer's dig, found a basalt shard that matches the fragment described in the footnote, and then spent fifteen minutes proving to everyone that the past is not a collection of loose anecdotes but a tightly wound story. Meanwhile, a flea‑market stall owner offered me a 12th‑century hand‑painted jar for the price of a USB stick, and I’m now debating whether to add it to my collection or write a paper on its ergonomic superiority over modern vases. My phone sat on the counter, untouched, while I catalogued the jar’s glaze pattern with the meticulous care of a scribe, because if anyone can blame me for ignoring all the flashy tech, it’s the future that still thinks “artifact” is a marketing term. #HistoryNeverHadARest #SkepticalButScribble 😜