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.
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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…
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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.
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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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Deadword of the Day: Ugsum
Friday, October 11, 2024
Ugsum: Another great alternative to “terrible”.
As in: It has been a terrible, horrible, ugsum, very bad day.
GO THERE! But don’t tell them we sent you.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Though you will have to find a way to get permission to enter, if ghost towns are your fancy, this is likely the scariest one of all. Nicknamed Village of the Damned;Â Dudley Town, Connecticut, was once a prosperous town, but a series of odd occurrences, including ghost sightings, inexplicable murders and suicides, mass hysteria, and demonic manifestations ultimately caused the remaining townsfolk to run away screaming. Dan Aykroid calls it the scariest place on Earth. That’s right, even Ghostbusters won’t go near it.
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History Schmistory: October 10. What about Spaceland Security?
Thursday, October 10, 2024
1967: The Outer Space Treaty, signed by over sixty nations including the US, the UK and the Soviet Union, becomes official. It serves as a binding promise to keep space open for everyone to explore, and to not use it to store and/or fire weapons of mass destruction. Many feel the agreement only makes it easier for outside forces to take advantage of the opportunity.
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Cryptozoology Break! The Kraken
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Once the most feared creature in the Nordic Seas, the Kraken was often described by bewildered fisherman as a disproportionately large squid, or octopus, or other ferocious tentacled sea monster. The stories were usually scoffed by landlovers until the Kraken was popularized by French science fiction author, Jules Verne, in his classic novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Eventually, in the late 19th century, the not quite so giant, giant squid were being discovered washed up on the shore, some at 40+ feet in length, confirming at least in part the nautical horror stories of the past. The giant squid remains an incredibly elusive creature, having only recently been documented alive, but the tall tales of the Kraken, a gargantuan ship-swallowing sea monster, have gradually been adapted into medium tales of a pretty darn big squid who dukes it out with whales.
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History Schmistory: October 9. “Nice shirt! I love reggae!”
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
1967: Only a day after his capture, Argentine-Cuban Revolutionary, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, is executed in Bolivia for attempting to start a revolution there. T-shirt prices skyrocket.
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