So they have found a reference to Robin Hood in an old clerical document that places him in Sherwood Forest, probably during the reign of Edward I. York has been trying to snatch old Robin from Nottingham for awhile now, this should set them back a piece. Heh heh, take that York!

Sigh, I must have only been looking at the pictures, I didn’t notice Kate Beaton has a new website for her cartoons complete with archives. I was surprised she stayed on Live Journal so long as her primary base, but even though I must have skipped some of them at some point I hope she [...]

It may take awhile, but they can’t hide the truth from us forever.

One of my favorite web cartoonists is featured in this month’s Dark Horse Presents from Dark Horse Comics, check out Kate Beaton’s take on Darwin. I am glad to see her getting attention, her comics are the best history comics on the web.

Interesting story about “The Lost City of Z”, a book about exploration for the lost civilizations of the Amazon. The article focuses on Percy Fawcett who disappeared in the Amazon jungle in 1925, but it gives a good overview on how the scholarship on the Amazon has changed over the years to point where Fawcett’s [...]

Ok, I missed this on in the paper but it was pointed out to me by Stacey. A zoo keeper at the Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo was attacked by a Jaguar this week. Sounds like a pretty bad attack, according to Wikipedia* Jaguars attack by trying to punch through the target’s skull, which I [...]

Wednesday is the 90th Anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood in Boston mentioned here previously.

Ok the best of the year for a newspaper column again goes to

Apparently there are three movies in the works about the Battle of Hastings. I can’t wait to see how they improve the story, I am sure it will be awesome. Hopefully the elves will show up like they did at Helms Deep. I always thought the Battle of Hastings lacked Orlando Bloom style action. Free [...]

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