In a truly heartwarming story of rags to riches, a servant to Julius III was made a cardinal for doing great services to the peoples of Earth: he had once cared for the new Pope’s pet monkey.
Once again, this is why you do not want governmental power placed in the hands of unelected, unaccountable officials.‚ … read more “Servant Becomes Cardinal”
Living up to his name, Ivan the Terrible was not a really fun guy to know.‚ In 1555, after the completion of St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, he ordered that the architects be blinded so they could never design a prettier building.‚ That act was probably one of the nicest things that he ever did.‚ An enemy of Ivan the Terrible according to one chronicler was “was drawn upon a long sharp-made stake, which entered the lower part of his body and came out of his neck; upon which he languished a horrible pain for 15 hours alive, and spoke to his mother, brought to behold that woeful sight.… read more “Ivan the Terrible: Not A Nice Guy”
Hilarious music videos by Leslie Hall.
How We Go Out
Gem Sweater
If you aren’t careful, you could end up like Tom Cruise’s wing man in Top Gun.‚ Shot down.
Don’t end up like the poor fat fellow in the wing man demotivational poster below.
Don Carlos died in 1568.‚ Who was this fellow?‚ He was heir to the Spanish throne and apparently was severely mentally challenged due to massive inbreeding in the Habsburg dynasty.‚ He had only 4 great- grandparents (most people have 8), only 6 great-great-grandparents (most people have 16).‚ Two of his great-grandmothers were sisters.‚ Sounds like some folks I know down in the American South…
Watch this dog’s face… possibly the saddest expression in history.
Funny unprotected sex demotivational picture below for your fun and joy.
Dr. John Dee, a mathematician, astrologer & philosopher hired a man named Edward Kelley to help be an intermediary between himself and angels.‚ Through their contact with angels, several books were dictated and written down by Dee that were intended for the service of humanity.‚ The two men toured Europe with their newfound books and ideas for several years until an angel told Edward Kelley that they should share their wives.‚ … read more “1582: Dr. John Dee Receives Books Dictated By Angels”
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch posted yesterday that Tshirthell.com is claiming that it is shutting its doors due to receiving too much annoying hate mail.‚ I actually recently joined the Tshirthell.com affiliate program and put some links on my site, so I am rather interested in this news.‚ I seriously doubt that Tshirthell.com found Sunshine Megatron (the businessman formerly known as Aaron Landau Schwarz) is quitting because he pissed a couple of morons off.‚ … read more “The REAL Reason TShirtHell.com Shuts Down”
