Krampus Edition is Here!
Sunday, December 15, 2024
OK, Santa Dancers, the moment has arrived! Go to iTunes and grab the new Santa Dance: Krampus Edition and crank it to 11ish!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gejNNDhWRuU]
The Christmas Elves of Scotland
Saturday, December 7, 2024
In Scotland, during Christmas, roving bands of elves are warded off by defensive walls of fire. AWESOME!
Happy St. Nicholas Day!
Friday, December 6, 2024
Did you put your shoes out? Now that’s change you can believe in!
History Schmistory: December 5. Opera Invented. Also, boredom.
Thursday, December 5, 2024
History Schmistory: December 4th – Ghost ship
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
1872 – The Atlantic Ocean
The Mary Celeste is discovered mysteriously abandoned. All her crew and the lifeboat are missing, never to be found….creepy
![By Unconfirmed, possibly Honore Pellegrin (1800–c.1870). This speculative attribution is suggested in Paul Begg: Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea. Longmans Education Ltd, Harlow (UK) 2007. Plate 2 (Scanned from Slate magazine, December 6 2011) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Mary_Celeste_as_Amazon_in_1861.jpg)
By Unconfirmed, possibly Honore Pellegrin (1800–c.1870). This speculative attribution is suggested in Paul Begg: Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea. Longmans Education Ltd, Harlow (UK) 2007. Plate 2 (Scanned from Slate magazine, December 6 2011) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: December 1 – America calling
Sunday, December 1, 2024
1878 – Washington DC
The first telephone is installed in the White House. Reports that the first call went to Domino’s pizza remain unverified…
![See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/604px-PSM_V12_D583_Bell_telephone_in_use.jpg)
See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: November 27th – Up up and ‘get’ away
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
1962 – Seattle Washington
The first test flight of the Boeing 727. Incidentally, if you ever find yourself in Costa Rica you can stay in a hotel made of an old model!
![By Gotanero (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Boeing_727_Hotel_Costa_Verde_Costa_Rica_2014_photo_by_Gotanero.jpg)
By Gotanero (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
