Quote: “The map of medieval Europe was redrawn, in part, because somebody forgot to close the toilet lid.”Dana sez, Richard I, unquestionably one of the most over-idolized figures in history. (h/t Laughing Squid) Quote: “In a Mar. 19 letter to members of the Legislature by Alaska Attorney General Designee Stephen Cox defended the state’s decision, saying the…
Heh. (h/t Laughing Squid) Great story about one jury doing their civic duty. Quote: “It felt good erasing the slight taste of bitter irony I had coming from the knowledge that while 12 ordinary citizens did their civic duty, our nation’s “highest leaders” demonstrate daily that they do not give a goddamn about breaking the…
Frederic Edwin Church, Aurora Borealis, 1865.Click through the image above and scroll down to see more drawings and paintings of the aurora borealis through the ages. From a first class rabbit hole, the Public Domain Review, containing images going back centuries, all in the public domain and searchable, which was how I found the northern (and…
