we were watching the first episode of 8 Days That Made Rome, about the 8 dates that made the roman republic (later empire) what it was. the episode was about 202 BCE when rome defeated carthage, under general hannibal, at the battle of zama in modern day Tunisia & the events leading up to the battle ( Read more... )

not long ago i made a post about names of furniture & fabric making for some interesting kids names. since then i've been thinking about names in nature for kids.

girl namesthe usual flower ones; rose, daisy, lily, iris, violet, lavender. there there's brook(e), meadow, willow. river (used for both girls & boys), juniper. rosemary, ginger, anise, ( Read more... )

someone on one of the social media things i go to said that some names of furniture would make interesting kids names. so, i went with it.

( you will not find these on a key chain )

the (totally) unofficial day that i suggested be used to celebrate the tv show quantum leap back in 2012(!). you can do this by watching the tv show (original, or the other), reading fan fic, reading the novels (they're OK) or graphic novels. or watch clips of scott bakula at conventions on youtube*

also, do you wonder why febuary has the fewest ( Read more... )

inspired by skippy’s list of things i am no longer allowed to do in the u.s. army. like that list, everything here was something the writer did, something they saw happen (or heard of happening), something they were spontaneously informed they were not allowed to do, a clarification of one of the above things in the list, or were just minding their ( Read more... )

finished ms. marvel, it was fairly good. apparently it didn't do well in the ratings. and people think TPTB will take it as a sing not to do any more female lead MCU projects, not as a sign of general superhero/marvel fatigue ( Read more... )

last year i realized that my brother & i could be connected to kevin bacon trough the movie gettysburg via a neighbor's sons.

i wasn't going to bother to find out how but then i found a site to help determine your number from tumblr user gothiccharmschool ( Read more... )

( Any, any, puns )

you may have heard about this thing that started on tumblr & got kind of big. this post on tumblr explains where it started. basically, someone got boots with a label that mentioned a scorsese produced movie from like 1973 that doesn’t exist. and it snowballed from there. someone made a poster with the cast. people have done fanart (including a ( Read more... )

so for the NCIS franchise some fans have nicknames for the series themselves.

the original NCIS is original recipe.
L.A. is extra crispy.
N.O.L.A. is cajun flavor.

so what is hawaii? tropical flavor? pineapple? coconut?

still hope it fails.