tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348645704807833440.post3861283895249580320..comments2024-03-19T07:54:17.589-07:00Comments on Sacramento History: Precision and praisewburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15811402557076044374noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348645704807833440.post-40271155286049436492010-12-11T11:22:38.541-08:002010-12-11T11:22:38.541-08:00You have an open invite to all my parties. They al...You have an open invite to all my parties. They all happen tomorrow. All Tomorrow's Parties. But seriously, I like your approach to history and its relevance to the present and the public. You are very accessible as a writer and person but beyond that, your love for history and its details is contagious and addicting. Thank you!Keely S. Dorranhttp://www.KeelySadiraDorran.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348645704807833440.post-5855511927706406032009-10-31T16:43:54.548-07:002009-10-31T16:43:54.548-07:00I can't seem to find any information about the...I can't seem to find any information about the bel-vue apartment demolition issue past August. Do you have any idea what is going on with that question of whether to demolish it or not (can you point me to a good site for more info?) I am thinking about writing about it for a paper in a class, but without more recent info, I don't think I can. Thank you for any info! <br /><br />genny<br />gennyb74@hotmail.comgennysenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041692337647774423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348645704807833440.post-39324706639483709982009-10-22T22:23:06.101-07:002009-10-22T22:23:06.101-07:00I'm a historian, academic treatises are my bus...I'm a historian, academic treatises are my business. I know that reaching an audience at a museum or historic site requires making a personal connection--interpretation is 90% how you say something and 10% what you say.<br /><br />But it is worthless to "hook" an audience when telling a story and then give them the wrong information. If you care enough about the subject matter to make an effort to reach people in an effective way, it doesn't require much more effort to tell accurate information. Good storytelling and bad history just guarantees that your audience will go away with the wrong message.wburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15811402557076044374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348645704807833440.post-29785942150585770082009-10-22T10:28:18.364-07:002009-10-22T10:28:18.364-07:00A cheesy little film called "My Life in Ruins...A cheesy little film called "My Life in Ruins" from the makers of "My Big, Fat Greek Wedding" puts it in perspective. A tour guide in Greece is forced to give careless Americans who care more for buying trinkets and finding the Hard Rock Cafe, tours of the ancient masterpieces. None of them care a lick what year and what style and who dominated politics. When the guide gives them an emotional connection to history, and asks them to listen to the wind through the columns of the Acropolis and consider the virgin angst of the Oracle, history becomes wonderful. The sacramental part of history is far more important to the layman. As long as this writer got the part right about the romance of the trains, mainstream American media will live another day. Let the true historians have their academic treatises.ianmerknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348645704807833440.post-3399346723491401482009-10-20T11:40:34.670-07:002009-10-20T11:40:34.670-07:00Yeah, that gaffe turned my ears red. Thanks for c...Yeah, that gaffe turned my ears red. Thanks for catching it for me.<br /><br />The nit-picker gets no love, but we'd be worse off without him or her.Jeff M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04846971323356895103noreply@blogger.com