Doctors in the UK are calling for a ban on kitchen knives. When kitchen knives are outlawed, only outlaws will have kitchen knives.

May 27th: Today in 1941 the Bismark was sunk by the British Navy*.
*unless it is the Hollywood film version, then it was sunk by a plucky GI from New York with a hand grenade.

May 26: Today in 1828 a young boy was found wandering the streets of Nürnberg, Germany. He could only say one thing ‘I want to be a rider like my father’ and could only right his name, Kasper Hauser. When he learned enough to communicate he told a story of being locked in a small [...]

May 25th: Today in 1787 the United States Constitutional Covention achieved a quorum and began official deliberations. It was a long difficult process to draft the Constitution and the final version would not be available until September 17th. Not everyone was happy with the result and 39 of the delegates refused to sign it, however [...]

May 24th: Today in 1487 Lambert Simnel was crowned the King of England. In a story that sounds like a romance novel young Lambert was picked off the streets and trained to impersonate royalty in a bid to take the throne from Henry VII. Later pardoned as a pawn in the plot Lambert eventually became [...]

Man involved in road rage case shot with arrow from longbow. Ahh, the joys of living in crime free England, where if the deadly spiders don’t get you, Robin Hood will.

Everyone a winner at the reenactment of the Battle of Trafalgar. As each ship crosses the finish line there will be someone there to give it stress therapy.

This story about a new indoor theme park in Ft. Lauderdale Florida focuses on the heavy handed use of branding and the possible impact on the kids at the park. Branding isn’t new at theme parks, Disney has done it for years. I am one of the few people with fond memories of the old [...]

May 23: Today in 1934 Bonnie and Clyde met their end in a police ambush. Before anyone gets too sad about this they had ambushed and killed three policemen in the proceeding month. I was once priveleged enough to have seen their ‘actual’ death car in a small casino on the California border. Ahh the [...]

May 22nd: Today in 1455 the War of the Roses got off to a start at the First Battle of St. Albans. The battle was a complete victory for the Yorkists who captured the king and killed many of the Lancastrian nobles. This year is the 550th anniversary of the battle and will be [...]