January 31rst: Today in 1606 Guy Fawkes was executed for his part in the Gunpowder Plot. No sissy lethal injection for him, he was hanged, drawn and quartered. Kids these days don’t know how lucky they have it.
Fark is asking people to photoshop Wile E. Coyote inventions in the real world. Some are very lame, some are very good. All I needed to know in life I learned from Wile E. Coyote, he is the master.
Fear of Girls is a movie mocking the truly hard core of the role playing game world. I want to dislike it for picking on easy targets but it is pretty funny and sadly like most I knew some who fit this pretty closely. Worth a look. Via Slashdot
January 30th: Today in 1649 Charles I, the King of England is executed. Charles refused to plea at his trial, believing that the court had no jurisdiction over him, this proved to be a mistake for him, but it did allow his family to place themselves well to overthrow Cromwell’s military dictatorship later. After the [...]
January 29th: Today in 1856 the first Victoria Crosses were given out to soldiers for herioc acts during the Crimean War. This award is still the highest medal for valor in the British army today, even as the army is being disassembled and marginalized in modern Britain. How bad is it getting there? Soldiers are [...]
January 28th: Twenty years ago in 1986 the Space Shuttle Challenger blew up shortly after lift off. I remember when I heard the news I thought they were joking. Sadly, there weren’t joking.