Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol
*Plegaria Guadalupana*
Today (12 December) is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a national holiday in Mexico and one of my favorite feast days of the year! (More details here and here, in Spanish.)
This day in NASA history
On this day (11 December) in 1972, the sixth and final manned mission (Apollo 17) lands on the Moon.
PSA: end gun manufacturer and distributor immunity
I am reblogging below my 2022 plea for the Congress to step up and repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act or PLCAA, which was signed into law by war criminal George W. Bush in 2005. In summary, … Continue reading
Requiem for Patricia
My colleague and dear friend Patricia Navarro Velez was taken from us on 6 December, one of more than 40,000 people killed in gun violence in the U.S. so far this year. Here is the link to the verified GoFundMe … Continue reading
In memoriam: Patricia Navarro Velez
I learned earlier today that Patricia Navarro Velez was one of the victims of the 6 December UNLV shooting. As it happens, I knew Dr Navarro Velez personally. She not only completed her PhD studies at my home institution, UCF; … Continue reading
Advanced level Friday funnies: d65536
Here is a link to the original webcomic, via XKCD, and here is an explanation, via Anders Sandberg’s blog Andart 2.
History of Economics Society Call for Papers
The History of Economics Society (HES) will hold its 51st meeting (and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Society) from July 14 to 18, 2024 in Santiago de Chile. (See here.) The deadline for submissions is 1 March 2024. (Alas, I may not be able to attend … Continue reading
In honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (today, 7 December), check out the map pictured below, which I first posted here in 2017 (as well as in 2020).
End of year review: June to December 2023
In a previous post, I reviewed my scholarly comings-and-goings during the first half of 2023; below is the second half of my end-of-year review:
Creative destruction and the TRS-80 Pocket Computer
What will replace the iPhone 30 or 40 years from now? Check out this old Radio Shack ad (circa 1980!) featuring science fiction author Isaac Asimov and the TRS-80 Pocket Computer. (Hat tip: @pickover, via X.) More details about this … Continue reading

