Old Stuff: Swords

Swords have been around since 1600 B.C. This implies that, before 1600 B.C., Zorro just sat around looking at his watch. The first swords were made out of copper or copper-tin alloy. We know that the Greeks had swords due to Homer’s Iliad; however, since Homer was blind, they really could’ve just told him that […]

I KNOW You’ll Enjoy these Methods of Predicting the Future

Omens: We all know what an omen is: Something happens and that indicates how the rest of the day or month or year will go. Like when you pick a girl up for a date and, while opening the car door for her, you stick your thumb in her eye. In The Iliad, an eagle […]

Goals for 2019

I want to learn to speak Canadian. I want to learn about my ancestors from census documents, church records and tax documents. If I find one that is famous, I want to weave that into every conversation I have for the rest of my life. I want to simulate hiking the Appalachian Trail by pacing […]