Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes
Funnier than a sharp stink in your eye…
The Great Chicago Fire started on this day in 1871, as if just being in Chicago wasn’t disaster enough. The fire, encouraged by dry conditions and supported financially by high winds, grew out of control in the forty minutes it took fire-fighters to arrive. Ultimately, dozens of urban blocks were burned to the ground, which […]
Read More This Day in History: October 8thOn this day in 1999, the House of Lords Act entered into force in the United Kingdom. Essentially, the act stated that members of that house could not inherit their positions…except for some of them…92 of them to be exact…or 89 to be less precise. If you want to be way off-base…a million. […]
Read More This Day in History: November 11th[I’m kind of burned out… and I’ve added another hundred followers. Normally, this would mean another installment of The Moosehead Stratagem; however, that will be difficult because it hasn’t been created yet. I’ve got a collection of columns I was trying to peddle years ago and next week will be entirely those. So, this is […]
Read More We’ve Got to Talk…Dying Bees: Here’s a riddle for you: What creature has the same name as the letter of the alphabet and also put my cousin into anaphylactic shock? And, remember that “jellyfish” is not a letter of the alphabet. Yes, I know they pollinate stuff but so do other creatures. I’ve got my eye on some […]
Read More Crises that I Can’t Get Worked Up AboutA female goat is called a “nanny”. A young attractive female goat is called an “au pair”… Studies show that left-handed people die earlier, on average, than right-handed people. The primary reason for this is that left-handed people don’t live as long. Dance is just your soul trying to express itself by crushing someone else’s […]
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Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 