Traveling in the Steel Ball Run race is hard enough for Tucker Joestar and Benjamin Ball (BB) without their stands constantly smooching

I don’t often redux my ‘good people’ posts, but tonight I am in one of those moods where I just do not feel inspired or motivated to go “in search of” new good people.  Don’t worry — they’re out there and I’ll find them next week — I just can’t seem to find the energy tonight, so I’m reduxing this one from 2019 that I think you’ll like! It’s time for our weekly dose of good people, and I don’t…

Good People Doing Good Things — Small, Yet Big!

It’s time for our weekly dose of good people, and I don’t know about you guys, but after this past week, I definitely feel the need to see people helping people instead of the usual, “I got mine, I’ll take yours too” attitude.  I’m focusing on small things today … and some small people with huge hearts.  These kids may be small in stature, but they are big on the things that matter most.  Gronda,…

Early Irish Banknotes: Beresford & Co, Dublin (1794-1810)

Introduction:

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there were hundreds of small banks issuing their own paper money. Due to the monopoly enjoyed by the Bank of Ireland (a quasi-central bank), they tended to stay small and under-capitalised.

Beresford’s Bank, however, grew to be one of the largest and, by 1803, circulated an average of £700-800,000 worth of banknotes p.a. – a massive sum in…

Avis aux bas du front : tout n’est pas permis, même sur #twitter…

Une bonne occasion d’avertir les bas du front qui se montrent si courageux à l’abri de leur écran que les menaces de mort sur les réseaux sociaux ne demeurent pas toujours impunies. je viens d’avoir des nouvelles par la presse d’une vieille connaissance, du temps où j’œuvrais pour le No Sarkozy Day, et dont j’ai pu constater les viles magouilles à l’époque où il était encore pote avec Benjamin…