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….
Jess at Apropos of Something believes World of Warcraft is better than real life and tells you why. I would like to counter with three things that are better in real life than in World of Warcraft. 1. No monthly fee for real life* 2. Remarkably little leet speak in real life 3. No Ironforge [...]
July 25th: Today in 1909 Louis Blériot became the first man to fly across the English Channel in a heavier than air craft. Everytime I get on a jumbo jet to fly somewhere I think about the days when flying was a seat of the pants adventure, rather than the modern bus ride crammed into [...]