Is fall the most appropriate time for an empire to fall? FALL

Today's blog is brought to you by Young Joe Biden... smoldering!

It's also time for our daily dose of the feelz! More supes-cute engagement pictures!

This is the end... beautiful friend, the end... 

I'm going to have MAD PROPS for anyone who gets that musical allusion. 

Look! I recently discovered a new historical document that sheds an amazing new light of Roman history...

This is probably correct.

Now that we've completed our journey through the Classical Age, we sincerely hope that you see a pattern emerging. Hence the reason we went through that blueprint. Does every Classical Empire have every element we discussed? Of course not. But, they do have enough. 

These empires have fascinated people for millennia because during their zenith, they represented the highest aspirations of these societies and cultures. Imagine looking around and thinking "This is it! Literally, we cannot do better than this!" Well, right about the time most people felt that way was when things started to head south. That's the other reason we still look so intensely at these empires. You know the saying "those who fail to study history are doomed to repeat it." This is something we'd all like to avoid repeating. 

Awkward...

Empires rise... empires fall. That's the way it works. It even has a formal name: Course of Empire. Does this mean we're all going to wake up in a week and be Canadian? No.

That's why we learn this stuff. To put our own lives and communities into the larger context of history. Pretty cool, huh? 

Coming at ya!

Tomorrow is your Olympics work day! Come with a plan; come prepared; come with the materials you need to complete that plan. DO NOT come empty handed or clueless in what you want to get done. Like Rupaul says "You better work!"

Soundtrack of the Week

I hope you are penciling in this week's selections for your concert calendar. 

Today we're going with what I believe is the best band, pound for pound, you can see live. I've seen these guys 4 or 5 times, and every show is amazing. The energy, commitment, musicianship, song craft... it's all perfect. It is inspiring and a darn good time all in one. It helps that they are one of my favorite bands in general. 

I give you TV on the Radio (who I just saw live last Saturday) with "Caffeinated Consciousness"

Enjoy.