According to the Disney Blog Gatorland is hoping to reopen on November 22nd. Also one of the alligators kept in the building that was presumed dead has been found alive, hurray for prehistoric beasts!

November 9th: Today in 1938 the Nazis, now firmly in control of Germany, begin an organized reign of terror against the Jews with the Kristallnacht. Many Jews were killed, thousands arrested, synagogues were burned, cemeteries were defiled and Jewish businesses were destroyed as the Nazis began their attempts to destroy the Jewish population of the [...]

November 8th: Today in 1923 Adolf Hitler attempted to overthrow the German government in the Beer Hall Putsch. The plan was pull off a military coup with only a small force of fascists but the bad planning and confusion within the Nazi ranks led to the attempt becoming a complete shambles which was quickly suppressed. [...]

I really like Estel, they are an Irish band that plays mostly instrumental music. Their records are very hard to find in the US, I found two at an Irish record store that was willing to ship to the US but I didn’t find them in any of my usual US stores. They seem to [...]

November 7th: Today in 1811 the American forces of William Henry Harrison faced the Indian forces of Tenskwatawa at the Battle of Tippecanoe. The American’s held off an Indian attack for two hours before the Indians were forced to abandon their attack and the village they were defending. The American force is thought to have [...]

A fire has destroyed the front of Gatorland, one of the oldest and one of my favorite Florida attractions. The photos look bad but apparently they home to reopen soon. I suspected it might be trouble for them if they kept letting the gators smoke out back between shows.
Edited: Just after posting this I got [...]

November 6th: Today in 2000 author L. Sprague deCamp passed away. He was one of my favorite short story authors and wrote a number of novels I enjoyed as well, but he is also an author who insulted me to the point where I haven’t read one of his books in over twenty years. I [...]

The Cruxshadows seem to be pretty popular, according to their web site the song I like ‘Sophia‘ is top of the charts for dance music which may or may not mean it is getting radio play. The song is from the genre I call ‘Post-Punk-Pseudo-Gothic-Gloom-Rock’ (or PPPGGR) but ‘Sophia‘ isn’t very gloomy and has a [...]

November 5th: Today in 1872 Susan B. Anthony cast a vote in the presidential election, she was arrested for the crime of being a woman and voting, then tried and convicted. She was sentenced to pay a fine of $100, but swore she would not pay and never did. The government had the good sense [...]

November 4th: Today in 1979 a group of radical Iranians stormed the United States embassy in Tehran and seized most of the staff as hostages. Most of the hostages would be held for four hundred and forty-four days as the United States sat helpless. The Iranians were of course violating all international law and set [...]