Apparently modern day ‘druids’ and other new agers are celebrating the wrong solstice at Stone Henge. Given an ‘ancient tradition’ that dates back a hundred years or so this is hardly suprising.
June 21rst: Today in 1964 three civil rights workers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Sadly this happened to people who were trying to register other american citizens to vote in my lifetime. The trial of one of the suspects is [...]
I am not a Dave Matthews fan, but many people are and I am sure the band is quite talented and deserves to be paid for the music it sells. I am also sure the producer and engineers and all the rest deserve their cut. Likewise I don’t deny the record company their share, but [...]
June 20th: Today in 1756 a group of 64 to 69 prisoners were stuffed into a tiny cell and left there overnight. By morning an estimated 43 had died from the heat or suffacation in what came to be known as the Black Hole of Calcutta. This incident inflamed English public opinion against the native [...]
The Noob is a great web comic about playing online role playing games. Very funny if you play online games, probably not even comprehensible. I am not a huge fan of the art style, but it does get better as it goes along. Well worth reading from the start so you can see how the [...]
June 19th: Today in 1536 Anne Boleyn was beheaded for treason and adultery on the orders of her husband, Henry VIII of England. Before her death she wrote unsuccessfully to try to save her life, you can read the letter she wrote here.