Thinkins about some history...

Alright there are some interesting points in todays past...in 1800 DC became the nations capital. Thats cool. I mean I like DC and all, but i wouldn't live there. My wife and I were watching House Hunters one night and there was this couple trying to move from the beach in South Carolina to DC because they wanted to be near diversity. WTF? WHY? You were living on the beach in SC baby. You gave that up for the DC suburbs?

Today we got Edvard Munch. Who? The guy that painted this beaut. I love The Scream. Classic. It sucked when this painting was stolen a few years back. I think it was recovered. ANyway I am just shooting off at the keyboard here. This damn thing could still be missing and I wouldn't have a clue.

1899- the wooden golf tee was invented. Big whoop. You can tell I aint no golfer. And I will tell you why. I watched Tin Cup and got all inspired and shit. So I go to my local driving range grab a basket of balls and a 7 iron and start whacking the hell out of balls. Want to know what happened? I damn near threw my back out. That golf shit is for the birds. I will stick to flyfishing.

This is cool, in 1925 the first motel, the Motel Inn, opened in San Luis Obispo, CA. Just think if this didn't happen, where would we be? Would they have made Psycho? Was that a hotel? Its all so confusing....

Shwing shwing...get shopping people...

Fernando Guerrero Got Game.

I watched this kid train when he was 14 and knew he was special then. Dude missed the Olympics but a fight and I am glad he took his time coming up. It would have been a shame to see him flame out. Watch him cause this kid has thump in his punch. In short he will knock you the fuck out. Hell he was fun to watch train let alone fight. Right now, he is the best athlete from the Salisbury, MD area. Big ups on your pro debut Guerrero.


The Daily Times - www.delmarvanow.com - Salisbury, Md.

Dimebag Darrell

Sadly a twisted fuck jumped on stage and killed one the best damn musicians of my generation, Dimebag Darrell. It happened on this day in 04. 3 years. Fells like a decade has past. Check out these goodies and keep Dimebag in your thoughts today....



here is some back in the day Dimebag, back when he was Diamond...



R.I.P. you badass...

Pearl Harbor

You know the year, you know the time, you know what happened. 2400 snuffed out, 1200 wounded, five of eight battleships, three destroyers, and seven other ships were sunk or severely damaged, and more than 200 aircraft were destroyed. The biggest ass whuppin this country ever had. A moment of silence for those that endured and a lasting memory of those events lest we forget...

Below are some articles I wanted to point out cause they have some unique looks at the event and some good accounts from the memories of those who were there...Enjoy and remember.

Star-Telegram.com: | 12/07/2007 | Pearl Harbor: A witness's account

How the army on Hawaii remembers it...
Star-Telegram.com: | 12/07/2007 | Pearl Harbor: A witness's account

Inland Pearl Harbor survivors to recount harrowing day | San Bernardino County | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern Californ

More good accounts from those that were there...

Inland Pearl Harbor survivors to recount harrowing day | San Bernardino County | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California

Pearl Harbor remembered | csmonitor.com

Good 1st person account here...

Pearl Harbor remembered | csmonitor.com

Pearl Harbor vet tells Mesquite students about that infamous day | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas-Fort Worth News | Dallas Morn

Read the interview part here...

Pearl Harbor vet tells Mesquite students about that infamous day | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas-Fort Worth News | Dallas Morning News

Never so few veterans as now to remember Pearl Harbor day -- baltimoresun.com

Never so few veterans as now to remember Pearl Harbor day -- baltimoresun.com

History, revisitied.

So unlike yesterday when a bunch of cool stuff happened, today leaves us with Winona Ryder sentenced to 36 months of probation and 480 hours of community service stemming from her conviction for shoplifting from Saks Fifth Avenue. She was also ordered to pay $10,000 in fines and restitution. And I don't really consider that history cause its about Winona and it was 2002.

But if you want some old school history, in 1884 the Army Corp of Engineers finished work on the Washington Monument. Its pretty cool. I still want to see the obelisk the Hatshepsut built at the Temple of Karnak. Now I aint knockin the Washington Monument, its just a different kind of monument. Those twin beauties that Hatshepsut put up were a real puzzle to figure out. There is still a great debate as to how the Egyptians of yesteryear actually stood the obelisks up with such precision and accuracy. Yes I could talk about obelisks all day and you would get really bored and glaze over like a holiday ham.

ON another historical note, what the hell was Nixon thinking? In 1968 Elvis Presley received one of 66,000 letters that U.S. President Nixon sent out to potential administrative office holders. Now I know everyone loves the king, but do you really want him as a diplomat? Maybe some form of a public relations official, could you see Elvis doing a presser for Nixon? Uh huh.

peace out.

Detroit first-grader takes six bullets to save mom | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Detroit people are of a hearty type, hell they are downright tough. But this little 7 year old girl is fucking hard core. Selfless. Courageous. No one can say she doesn't love her mama. This TIllie character is gonna get his in jail. Say what you will about the justice system, but it does have a way of working out sometimes. Most cons in the clink dont care to much about dudes like this.

Detroit first-grader takes six bullets to save mom | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

When did people get so damn frantic about the screensaver?

Seriously? There are way better things to freak out over at work other than what the screensaver on your computer looks like. I shit you not I watched a woman have a breakdown today over changing her fall screensaver to the new Christmas theme she found on buyallthisdumbshit.com/idiot. Wouldn't you know it now her computer is running all slow and the corporate norton anitvirus is attacking her computer saying her shit is invaded and infected, so she really is freaking out now. Look at this shit. Are people really that on edge about the freakin holidays? SUre we aint got shit, but we got each other right? I'm pretty freaked out at the situation in this country and how bleak our future looks. hell I just brought a daughter in the world and I worry about what her future holds. SOmetimes I think I aint doin enough right for her and her generation. Then I see this coworker having a Bart Scott / Mike Tyson moment with the computer and I wonder if I did enought to pull people like thats weight too. WTF? So its been a few hours since this all went down and she aint happy with her free mojimby and wants to uninstall it and find something else. Cause there needs to be something to freak out over. Right?

Rare ancient wooden throne found in Herculaneum - Yahoo! News

Rare ancient wooden throne found in Herculaneum - Yahoo! News Pretty cool. 2 minute read, max.

Map that named America is a puzzle for researchers.

Map that named America is a puzzle for researchers. Since there aint much going on is history today other than Washington say peace out bitches to his army, I decided to post up some articles I have been reading. The link above will take you to an interesting article about a map going on display at the LOC permanently here shortly. Even though the map was made in 1507, it leaves some serious questions hanging out there. Check out the article. I bet this sucker shows up in National Treasure III.

Jeff Masters Weather Blog, you gotta love this guy...

Wunder Blog : Weather Underground

Jeff Masters has a kickin weather blog. I read it all the time. He has a wrap up on the hurricane season over there that is worth reading. Go check it out if you got the time. I was ponderin the season this year and I was glad we got some tropical storms but no hurricanes here. I mean I was pretty well prepared, but I admit I let some shit slide. Life gets busy. Still it was disturbing to see how fast the storms formed this year. Felix and Humberto were flip shit crazy to watch go from toddler storms to freakin 340lb defensive ends dominating the line of scrimmage in like 54 hours. Makes you take notice. Well lets get on with winter. I want to see some snow!

I know I slacked in those waning months of the season, but I am looking for big storms here. I try to stay away from the normal weather updating. Thats what the internet is for. Plus unless its going to cause some emergency, I aint trying to cause a panic here. Sweet. Alright see you bunnies here next hurricane season.

Discovery News : Fast Star found....

Discovery News: Pretty Fast Star Found.

You might get a kick out of this tid bit. That star is moving some 3 million mph. Funny cause it looks like 2 glowing dots to me. Now if it was passing through a planet or exploding into dust, give me call...

History at a half step...

On this day we welcome, Illinois to the union as the 21st state in 1818. Big ups for getting on board with the program. Also big ups for that Rose Bowl bid you got last night. USC aint no push over. I like the D the fightin I got tho- could be a good en of a game....

Andrew Jackson was elected president on this day in 1828. Why is that important? Cause you will never see a person like him as president again. If you don't know what I mean, just read this, "Born in a backwoods settlement in the Carolinas in 1767, he received sporadic education. But in his late teens he read law for about two years, and he became an outstanding young lawyer in Tennessee. Fiercely jealous of his honor, he engaged in brawls, and in a duel killed a man who cast an unjustified slur on his wife Rachel." Straight up gangsta style. Yeah sure he killed a bunch of Indians and Republicans like to hate on him for founding the modern Dem party, but fuck with his girl and he would shoot your ass dead. Word Mr. Jackson, you are for real...

And for all you theater types out there in 1947, the Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" opened at Broadway's Ethel Barrymore Theater. And things got pretty steamy in American pop culture soon after that....

And last but not least, they lowered the pitchers mound from 15 to 10 inches on this day in 1969. Now that every batter hitting .260 has had a run at the homerun record, can we get that mound back up to 15 inches please? If batters are going to run up there on roids, why not give the pitchers an advantage also? Think of how good Josh Beckett could be then...

Alright I am rollin out and getting some work done. Check back for news clips....