The Old Negro Space Program, the shocking but false story of America’s Blackstronauts. Brilliant Ken Burns send up.

Apparently instead of burning some old ladies they have decided to arrest the reporters who wrote the story. Malawi ‘haunted palace’ arrests. I suspected this wouldn’t end well.

Wordpress Spamming Google for cash, no good can come of that. However, I really like the package so on hearing this, I went and made a donation to the Wordpress site. I am also writing them a note suggesting other ways they can generate some cash. The trick was stupid, it got found out and [...]

‘Braveheart’ Sword Leaves Scotland for an exihibit in New York’s Grand Central Station. I was unaware that this sword was still around, there are not many from that period that can be connected to a single individual.

HMS Susssex sunk in 1694 carrying a huge bribe for the Duke of Savoy and is now the center of controversy between Spain and England. Old wounds never heal sometimes.
Via Cronaca

March 31: The Port of Boston Act. Following acts of rebellion in the colonies such as the Boston Tea Party the British Parliment closed the port of Boston today in one of the Intolerable Acts. This attempt to force obedience had nearly the opposite result with many other colonies who had been critical of Massachusetts [...]

Online gamer killed for selling cyber sword. Many people in these games work much harder and longer to get these virtual items than they ever have for any real item. Is it a suprise that they take their ownership of the items seriously? No excuse for murder, but I understand why he was hacked [...]

Aussie man reports crime in Devon is the story of a man who was browsing a web cam in the UK from Australia who witnessed what he thought was a burglary in progress and called the police in Devonshire. This distributed use of spy cams is a possible new reality show. Get a room [...]

First Cousins Get Married in Maryland after being told they couldn’t marry in Pennsylvania. Once you go below the Mason/Dixon line things get a bit more loose on who can marry who in the family.

March 30th: The Ramones performed their first show today in 1974 at CBGBs. The Ramones were a stripped down rock band playing fast and hard in response to the overblown theme rock of the 70s. Brilliant stuff, much missed. I still don’t want to be buried in a pet cemetary….