I Hate the Bell Witch*
I pride myself on not being a stupidly superstitious person. I can walk under a ladder or cross...
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Tag: history
The Terror – Initial Thoughts
This is what I knew about the Northwest Passage before I started watching the new AMC...
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5000 Times We’ve Done This
So WordPress tells you how many posts you have published and I noticed the other day that it was...
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Waiting for the Train: Operation Freedom
This week we learn a lot of fascinating facts about the Revolutionary War and events surrounding...
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Yes, The Greatest Generation!
How many times have you heard “the greatest generation”? Enough to make you wanna kick...
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Waiting for the Train: Operation Blowout
Episode 10 is called Operation Blowout. We are going to tell you about TWO famous explosions in...
Read MoreWho Invented the First Coffee Machine?
There’s an old joke: “In heaven the British are the police, the French are the cooks and the Germans are the engineers. In hell the German’s are the police, the British are the cooks and the French are the...
Read MoreForget the Fence. Beware of the Governor.
Sophia Loren once said: A woman’s dress should be like a barbed wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view. The thing that fence builders always seem to forget is that is that Sophia is still under the...
Read MoreA World War Two Gallery for Memorial Day
Since this is Memorial Day, I thought it would be appropriate to share some 150 or so pics I found on archive.gov from World War Two. I am pretty sure that I can repost them since technically I paid for them *writes tax...
Read MoreCool Picture – Teddy Roosevelt Watches Lincoln’s Funeral
The picture above was taken in New York City. It’s the funeral procession of Abraham Lincoln. If you don’t know what a big deal the procession was look it up. It went all over the east coast and it was a big...
Read MoreThings You Should Know – Mexico vs. America in WW1
As we honor our servicemen and women on this Memorial Day, I can’t help but think that while us civilians might not like it, having our soldiers fighting on our soil might be nice for them. They would not have to take a...
Read MoreHere’s to you, Nagasaki (but still fuck japan)
By my count, there have been two (maybe three) cities with nuclear bombs dropped on them. One of them was Nagasaki, Japan (seen above). As you can see, other than their Stargate the place was pretty destroyed. But, if you...
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