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Mindful webworker, is this better?

Salutery!

(not sure that pun works)

Nice.

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Jun 16
Subjects: history

... and worms and silverfish and...

oh... um... hi...

[grinding of gears]

I guess picking here & now would be out of bounds?

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Jun 14
Subjects: history, science fiction

andycanuck — wow! I thought you were joking about the Yukon permafrost film! Wow!

None of the missing Dr Who's, though.

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 May 10
Subjects: baseball, Doctor Who, film, history

Since I just watched this vid, I figured I'd drop a link to it here, like the cats bring home their little "gifts":

No, really:
News You Can Use

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Apr 29
Subjects: alternative history

I think I was thinking of the guy on the Titanic (supposedly).

Seemed t'recall Ghaddafi was caught dressed in burka, so I looked in Wikipeed.

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Apr 27
Subjects: history

Morning, Glories.

If you read the ONT, you can learn all about military aviation, Radon gas threat (or lack thereof) and effects, and the history of central banking in the USA.

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Apr 26
Subjects: AoSHQ, banking, history, military

In the good old summertime
In the good old summertime
I'll hold your hand and you'll hold mime
In the good old summertime

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Apr 23
Subjects: 1900s, music, Summer

And so here we go again. Babi Yar they much…
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Apr 17
Subjects: Easter, history, Jewish

Joiiiiiiiiie to th world...

Yes, I did see Three Dog Night live. I had a girlfriend. We went to concerts.

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Apr 13
Subjects: 1960s, musician
Time Traveler
Short & Tall Tales

I will tell you my dark secret... ...I went back in time... with the best of intentions.

Cartoon added on 2014 Apr 3
Subjects: time-space, alternative history, science fiction
Comments open

20 years ago

Two years into the Clinton era.

CompuServe for a few. Web was unknown.

Before cells. Only recently able to own your own hardwired.

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Mar 30
Subjects: 2001-9-11, Bill Clinton, cells, CompuServe, Oklahoma City Bombing

Today's politicians who are protecting felons from prosecution would do well to remember this kind of historical stuff. But I doubt if it is being taught under Common Core. —Vic

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Mar 27
Subjects: community, history, race, Tulsa

Besides being Green Beer Day, tomorrow is also the 18th anniversary of the day I first put a page up on the web.

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Mar 16
Subjects: anniversary, CompuServe, history, webworker

I'll share a secret.

I went back in time. I killed the Warlord. You never heard of him. Lucky you. His evil cult had conquered Eurasia.

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Mar 5
Subjects: alternative history

"Sunday was the coldest March day here in KC since they started keeping records in the 1880's...."

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Mar 4
Subjects: history, weather

"The ridiculous hats and the colors ... Kind of cartoonish...." —Semi-engaged scroller

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Mar 2
Subjects: 1960s

"When are you Morons from NYC going to GTFO?" —Vic

And when you do, and are tempted to look back, just keep saying, "pillar of salt."

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Feb 28
Subjects: 2001-9-11, remember

" " - adolf thompson

Sorry, fellah. At least you're not named Mao.

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Feb 17
Subjects: history

"Not if the feds keep bailing them out with our money." -Vic

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Feb 14
Subjects: history, justice

"I'd rather buy a car from the grandsons of the people who tried to kill my father on Tinian and Okinawa than those cocksuckers in Detroit." -DanInMN

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Feb 14
Subjects: alternative history, Communism, Impeach Obama, Vlad Putin, WW2

"The problem with CA is they are never held accountable for their stupid shit, including massive deficit spending."

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Feb 14
Subjects: history

"Europe has a long history of persecuting Joos."

Vic, trying out his new "subtly understated" mode.

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Feb 14
Subjects: European politics, history, Jewish

IIRC, Nova did a good animation of the process whereby the fireproofing on the beams got blown away, and all the rest of the sequence that led to the towers' collapse.

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Feb 3
Subjects: 2001-9-11

Meanwhile, in the alternate timeline...

President Reagan 1986 State of the Union
http://youtu.be/ZIWkQbXSetM

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Jan 28
Subjects: 1980s, Impeach Obama, Ronald Reagan

Got any more backstory or ya gonna make me ixquick it?
http://tinyurl.com/2lh3xt
Posted by: Sean Bannion

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Jan 23
Subjects: history

"On this day in 1506, the Swiss Guard was founded when 150 Swiss soldiers arrived in Rome to protect Pope Julius II." -Lincolntf

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Jan 23
Subjects: history

Speaking of difficult tourist attracting, does anyone know if the Egyptian antiquities dude got his job back? Don't recall the name, but he really was proud of the antiquities.

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Jan 23
Subjects: Egypt, history, Islam

Syria accused of "systematically" killing 11,000 detainees. How is this any different than just regularly killing them?

Read all… Subjects: added on 2014 Jan 21
Subjects: history, justice, Syria, warfare

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