Quarter Century Old Today
Happy birthday to me!‚ I turn 25 on this date February 7, 2009.‚ I am now the ancient of days.‚ All who come in contact with me should revere my wisdom and authority.
I am planning on going out and having a birthday party on Friday when I get back.‚ All are invited.
America Deemed “Very Useless” – Louis XIV
The French king in 1683, after his explorer Rene La Salle claimed everything from the Great Lakes to the mouth of the Mississippi for France, idiotically proclaimed, “I am convinced the discovery of Sieur de la Salle is very uselsess, and that such enterprises ought to be prevented in the future.”
Ah, the joy of the Divine Right to Rule.
Benjamin Button = Forrest Gump
Benjamin Button’s plot is almost identical to the plot of Forrest Gump. “What goes around comes around”.
Cute Art Video- “Her Morning Elegance”
Enjoy the following art video.
The Kindness of Peter the Great
Peter the Great’s former wife Eudoxia (supposedly stuck in a nunnery) took a lover- Stepan Glebov- Peter the Great had the man impaled.‚ Due to the coldness of the Russian winter in 1692, Peter the Great ordered that Stepan Glebov be dressed in a fur coat, so that he would slowly die of his horrific impaling rather than of the cold.‚ … read more “The Kindness of Peter the Great”
Hate to say “I told You So”, but…
… the bailout of the financial institution has screwed taxpayers and not done any good.‚ $78 billion of the $300 billion is unaccounted for and supposedly criminal investigations are now underway.‚ $254 billion was put into banks and only $176 billion in value was received by the Treasury.
On another note, I watched Slumdog Millionaire tonight.‚ … read more “Hate to say “I told You So”, but…”
Don’t Ask
Don’t Cheat on King George I
In 1694, a Swedish explorer by the name of Count Philip von Konigsmark disappeared.‚ Konigsmark had been the lover of Sophia Dorothea who just happened to be the wife of the future King of England.‚ King George I divorced his wife and locked her in the castle of Ahlden for the remaining 32 years of her life where she was not allowed to see visitors, even her own children.‚ … read more “Don’t Cheat on King George I”