Today is January 28.

On January 28, 1521, The Diet of Worms was convened to discuss Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation in the Holy Roman Empire.

How To Eat Fried Worms, by Thomas Rockwell, has been the frequent target of censors and appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000 ( Read more... )

When I create a character, I really get into the back story. Like, a lot. To the point where --if I don't write it all out-- I get antsy and start memorizing my imagined set-up for it word for word until I could nearly recite it to my grandkids (only 'nearly' since I don't have grandkids ( Read more... )

This Train of Thought is a bit different, obviously. It's an experiment to see what's necessary to force myself not to blab on forever about each "short" bit of trivia. Hopefully, I can reduce the number of words by a thousand for every picture I put in. Let's see how that theory holds up in practice.


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The 7th Gate - Eyes of an Angel ( Read more... )

Today is September 11.

On September 11, 1987, CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, angry over being preempted for a tennis match that ran two minutes over, marched off the set, leaving affiliates with six minutes of an empty news desk.

The earliest version of the familiar saying, "No News Is Good News" was attributed to the English King James I, ( Read more... )

Today is September 3.

On September 3, 1901, The National Flag of Australia,

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Because of the rigors of my new job (and because I haven't had time to take a second and figure out the fastest way to handle said rigors), I fell asleep last night, having typed half of this journal. Tonight, I got to the office at 8 in the morning and didn't leave until 9:15 at night (self-inflicted productivity). In order to feel like I'm ( Read more... )

A day late and a dollar short, today is August 6.

On August 6, 1890, William Kemmler became the first person to be executed in an electric chair. He had murdered his common-law wife, Tillie Ziegler, with a hatchet 18 months earlier. Thomas Edison, a proponent of Direct Current, fought against Kemmler's appeals, possibly hoping to show the dangers ( Read more... )

Today is July 29.

On July 29, 1947, ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer), the world's first all-electronic, digital computer was turned on for the first time, and it stayed on until October of 1955. ENIAC took up 1800 square feet and had functions that could perform the four basic operations (+-x/) as well as functions specifically ( Read more... )

How many good movies haven't you watched?
Well, too late, sucka's!
Jeff and I have ruined all the endings for you!

Losers = you!

xenosauridae: ...you ruined it. >=(
xenosauridae: Rosebud is a sled!
Kit27Kit: he's already dead!
Kit27Kit: they're the same person!
Kit27Kit: they're all basically modern-day luddites!
xenosauridae: They were already ( Read more... )