Enjoy Paris with the World’s Foremost Authority!
Friday, April 7, 2023
No one has great Europe advice like Rick Steves, er, Steve Ricks!
History Schmistory: April 7. First cancelled TV show.
Friday, April 7, 2023
1927. Commerce secretary Herbert Hoover is first TV guest. Good news: The first successful long-distance demonstration of television. Bad news: The show featured Herbert Hoover.
Ludicrous Latin: Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit!
Friday, April 7, 2023
God, look at the time! My wife will kill me!
History Schmistory: April 6. After 1500 Years…Boring Sports are Back!
Thursday, April 6, 2023
1896. Athens, Greece–The Olympics are back for the first time since 369 AD when Emperor Theodosius abolished the Games as he considered them pagan. Finally, sports so boring that you’re only willing to watch them every four years are back!
Ludicrous Latin: Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?
Thursday, April 6, 2023
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
History Schmistory: April 5. Harvard weeps.
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
1649. Elihu Yale, the English philanthropist for whom Yale University is named, was born in Boston. Dave Harvard, in the next crib, is immediately jealous.
Team Marco Polo Presents: History Schmistory
History Schmistory, April 5: Bring Me Back Some Scones!
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
1621Â –Â Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England.
Culture Buzz: Savage Easter
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
In the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary it is an Easter tradition to torment women for the day. This typically includes dousing them with water and/or lightly spanking them. Seriously. Somehow, symbolically the ritual is meant to keep them young and fertile, derived from an old medieval tradition that probably should’ve stayed just that. Though most observe the tradition playfully, there are always a few who ruin it for everyone. So, to be safe, many ladies of Central Europe will justifiably choose to stay in this Sunday.
History Schmistory, April 4: Iggy Pops!
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
1541Â –Â Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits.
