July 31rst: Today in 1975 Jimmy Hoffa was reported missing and was presumably murdered. Jimmy Hoffa’s body was never found and no one was ever convicted of his murder. He has been the butt of jokes for thirty years, but in the end he wasn’t Stalin and I won’t mock him today, instead I will [...]
Here is another D&D flavored webcomic that Bill sent me. The story is classic stuff, the art is classic stick figury goodness. Well worth a read! (Their server seems a bit flaky at times, but it was ok a minute ago.)
July 30th: Today in 2003 the last old style VW Beetle was made in Mexico. I am not a car guy, and I have never really wanted an old school VW Beetle, but I did have many rides in my good friend Paul’s old Beetle. I always sounded like it was about to blow up [...]
Apparently the new Dungeons and Dragons for Dummies book isn’t simple enough for some, so here is Dungeons and Dragons made simple.
July 29th: Today in 1954 The Fellowship Of The Ring was, the first book of the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy was published. Literary types pretty much dismiss the book and the series, but there is no doubt in my mind the Lord Of The Rings were some of the most influential books of the [...]
July 28th: Today in 1945 14 people were killed when a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building. The accident occured on a weekend so few people were in the building and the Empire State Building is put together out of limestone and brick with concrete and steel floors so the building was back [...]
July 27th: Today in 1940 A Wild Hare was released with the first appearence of the classic Bugs Bunny. Before now rabbits had been used as main characters, but this feature was the first with a clearly recognizable Bugs.
For many years some friends of mine have been participating in a Pirate Camp at Jamestown’s Military Thru The Ages annual event, now their is competition at hand, a new pirate camp can be spotted on the horizon…
July 26th: Today in 1775 the US Congress founded what would become the US Post Office and made Benjamin Franklin the Postmaster.
Shhh, the secret to wargaming has been revealed….