Josh Says Happy Birthday

Happy birthday brother!

I’d like you to post this on your blog,

Here is a toast to the host:

My brother, Joel Gross just turned 25 years old. That is 25 years of crazy, ridiculous adventures and experiences. I thought I’d like to share with you all the importance of Joel to me as since after probably cleaning his apartment last summer I know Joel A LOT more personally than any of you.… read more “Josh Says Happy Birthday”

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 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”