Cool App: Virtual Rome!
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
History Schmistory: October 16th: Sanitation Haven
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
1869: Boston, A hotel in Boston becomes the first to have indoor plumbing. Yet in 2015 we still have to deal with these….
Honey Bucket by Brian Teutsch via Flickr, creative commons license.
GO THERE!
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
To get your share of Halloween spooks, look no further than The Stanley Hotel in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. This hotel and its ghostly inhabitants, which inspired Stephen Kings novel/movie The Shining, go the extra mile during haunting season. So book a room on the fourth floor, the most paranormally active floor, and don’t expect to sleep a wink. No better way to spend Halloween! Which in Marco’s case means curled up in the fetal position, crying for mommy.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Stanley_Hotel,_Estes_Park.jpg
History Schmistory: October 14. Poor Steve.
Monday, October 14, 2024
2003: 95 years (to the day) after the Chicago Cubs won their last World Series title, fan Steve Bartman does his part to make sure it doesn’t happen again, in what has become known as the Steve Bartman incident. Should be a holiday in Florida. Though, in all fairness, he was really just the unfortunate scapegoat for the Cubbies monumental choke-fest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bartman_seat_heckler.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Foul_ball_alou.jpg
History Schmistory: October 13. Speaking of Galaxies…
Sunday, October 13, 2024
1773: The Whirlpool Galaxy is discovered by Charles Messier (‘s awesome telescopes.)
![By NASA and European Space Agency [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/800px-Messier51_sRGB.jpg)
By NASA and European Space Agency [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Deadword of the Day: Restial
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Restial: A fee for burial within Church grounds, including a bell-tolling charge.
As in: The corpse was lucky he kept his restial with him at all times.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Wiertz_burial.jpg
History Schmistory: October 12. Do you know where your towel is?
Saturday, October 12, 2024
1979: The greatest book in the history of the galaxy is published. Within its pages lies the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything…
![By User:Drozd (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Hitchhikers_gesture.jpg)
By User:Drozd (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Common5
History Schmistory: October 11. “Doing It Right”
Saturday, October 12, 2024
1929: JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware. But this was not just any ordinary JC Penney, this was THE JC Penney that officially put them in every state in the US, a first for any American chain store. Many Delaware state officials later confessed that they were just tired of doing it wrong.
By the way, did you know the C in JC Penney stands for Cash? As in founder, James Cash Penney… That was his real name. Seriously, this was the Great Depression, pennies could get you a lot back then. Today, he would be the equivalent of Donald Trump being named Donald Cash Money.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/James_Cash_Penney_%28ca._1902%29.jpg
Deadword of the Day: Prinkle
Friday, October 11, 2024
Prinkle: Â The sensation of hair standing on end.
As in: I can definitely feel the prinkle.
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