Happy Birthday, Renaissance Man!

Happy Birthday, Leonardo Da Vinci! 559 years young today! Born April 15, 1452.

Quiz: Amster Amster….

dam dam dam. Take the Amsterdam travel quiz!

From One Renaissance Man to Another….

Admiring the life of Sidney Harman, a modern Renaissance man, who passed away yesterday at 92. From one Renaissance Man to another….

Renaissance Man Dies

He recited Shakespeare by heart, followed jazz and classical music, was president of a college, and bought Newsweek.  Renaissance Man Sidney Harmon dies at 92.

History Schmistory, April 11: Hey, Babe, Wanna Start a College?

1689 – William III & Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain. To celebrate, they have dinner, then found a college in the new fangled colony of Virginia.  Jon Stewart went there!

History Schmistory: April 10. Robert the Bruce.

1307: The Battle of Loudoun Hill: Robert the Bruce is victorious over English forces. Robin the Bruce Wayne was nowhere to be found.

Enjoy Paris with the World’s Foremost Authority!

No one has great Europe advice like Rick Steves, er, Steve Ricks!

Ludicrous Latin: Di! Ecce hora! Uxor mea me necabit!

God, look at the time! My wife will kill me!

Laughable Latin: Vescere bracis meis

Eat my shorts.

History Schmistory, April 4: Iggy Pops!

1541 – Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits.

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