Creepy people. I know, I know, consenting adults etc. I am with all that, but those are creepy people.

Sorry for the lack of posts, just been feeling like hell for the last couple of days. Not sick, just a bit depressed I think. Anyway hopefully more posting when I perk up a bit. I do have something to celebrate, as an Orioles fan I am always thankful there are the Tampa Bay Devil [...]

I fly into Memphis pretty often so this video of a FAA Radar track of Fed-Ex Planes trying to dodge thunderstorms struck me as pretty amusing, your mileage may vary. Did you know that Memphis is the busiest airport for freight in the world. True fact. Fed-Ex has their own runway there and they keep [...]

Ok, lets say you need an excuse to get your poisonous snakes on a plane, just claim you need them for emotional support…

May 15th: Today in 1252 the Inquisition really got the teeth it needed when Pope Innocent IV issued the papal bull Ad exstirpanda which explicitly allows the torture of heretics. This was renewed by several Pope who followed, none of whom have passed into history with the nickname of ‘The Nice’. For a sympathetic [...]

We have been waiting with baited breath for what will be this summer’s terror. Will it be sharks again? Lightning? Africanized Bees? The suspense of waiting for what the summer’s terror will be? Well it isn’t any of those things, it is ….

This is a brilliant video of when the BBC grabbed the driver of the expert they thought they were putting on the show and interviewed him instead. The look on his face as he realized the mistake is fantastic. The voice of the common man slips thru to the BBC, the ivory towers quake.

May 14th: Today in 1796 Edward Jenner performed what was possibly the first modern vaccination on James Phipps for Smallpox. I was surprised by this as I recalled that the Continental Army inoculated their troops against Small Pox, so I now know the difference between innoculation and vaccination.

May 13th: Today in 1787 the First Fleet set sail from England to establish the Penal Colony of Botany Bay in Australia. After the American Revolution denied the use of Georgia to the British it took years to establish another penal colony but once set up Britain used Australia for transport until 1868. Apparently no [...]

May 12th: Today in 1780 the American forces who had been holding Charleston from the British surrendered. The surrender was nearly catastrophic to the American cause with over 4,000 troops being captured by the British.