So, I am in the “immersion” stage for the next HH show...which is why many of you don't see me on the discussion Board as much as normal. Schedule-wise, I really only have about 30 days to get all the reading done. Since I usually have at least 8 to 10 books that I use for reference (in addition usually to a lot of stuff which I had read for pleasure-purposes in the past) I am pretty one-dimensional during these intense periods. It makes getting out the Common Sense shows very difficult though, as I have to shift gears from the past to the NOW. So if the next CS show sucks, I have your forgiveness, right? (Haha...I need to have smiley's for these blog posts!).

The worst part about the topic for the next HH show is that it is potentially HUGE again (a multiple-part series perhaps? Those DO help me get the maximum content out of the reading and prep efforts). In addition, it is about a topic that is similar in some ways (I can't tell you how!) to one we have done already. I can't help it. We don't sit there and think, “Hmmmm...what would be a good topic for listeners now?” Now...we SHOULD probably do that...but we don't. Whenever I have gone that route, I haven't been happy with the end result. I have to choose something that I can really get into a lot of reading about! So, when we have 100 Hardcore History shows to look back on, I am sure we will see the subject matter clustered in similar areas (and other areas left totally bare...you wouldn't want to hear me discussing some periods or regions. I would look stupid, and you would be disappointed So, we have our limitations and hope fully we make the content compelling enough anyway that you don't feel the loss).

Finally, we are almost out of several sizes of our HH T-shirts and getting close on our CS ones. All these first generation shirts were a bit of an experiment, and certain colors didn't come out the way we wanted them to. This will be fixed when we order more shirts (which will be soon!) so if you want a “First Generation” version (to show how “old school” you are...haha) get them while they last!