I am cleaning up my bookmarks this morning and came across some interesting things that I thought you all might like to see. Some are cool sites, some games and a couple of shops. I probably meant to post them up when I bookmarked them, but there are too many to flood the site with [...]
This is a great Field and Stream article on making small survival kits for hiking or car use. Well worth a read just to see if you agree on what you would pack into an altoids tin if you had to make a kit yourself. I used to have a car kit, I need to [...]
December 27th: Today in 1904 the play Peter Pan debuted in London, based on part of part of a book called The Little White Bird. After the massive success of the play the author, James Barrie, pulled out the Peter Pan sections of the book and released them as Peter and Wendy in 1911, now [...]
December 26th: Today in 1862 a group of 38 Dakota Indians were killed in the largest mass hanging in United States history. The Dakota had been part of the Sioux uprising, a brief but bloody uprising in which some two hundred white settlers were killed over broken promises and missed payments to the tribe. Originally [...]
Merry Christmas to all may the day be bright for you wherever you are. I hope you all remember that long ago a King was crowned. That is William the Conquerer who was crowned this day in 1066. Happy Holidays happened for years afterwards.
December 20th: Louisiana Purchase MapToday in 1803 the United States of America nearly doubled in size with the completion of the Louisiana Purchase. France was burdened by the expense of the Napoleonic Wars and facing rebellion in many of their colonies so they decided that ending their North American ambitions was worth the millions they [...]