History Schmistory: January 2. But, I can’t drive 55…

1974: President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo. This eventually causes Sammy Hagar to completely lose it.

ALL NEW History Schmistory: January 2. Massacre in Big Bottom!

January 2, 1791: Big Bottom Massacre.

The Foggy London Strut Teaser Trailer!

http://youtu.be/luMmbSgXT4g

Featured Video: Louis XVI Takes a Selfie

MarcoNaut, Matt, telling us about his experience at Versailles!

http://youtu.be/CvMSYV_acpE

All New Music Video: The Foggy London Strut!

Foggy London Strut Lyrics:

Humming through skyway
In coach 57a
That foggy town of London
Is only an hour away

Getting so excited
I’m ready to get down
Gonna press go on the kook-ay
In that foggy London town

(Pilot’s voice)
“Ladies and Gentleman, this is your captain speaking
We are beginning our descent into the city of London
Please take your seats and fasten your seatbelts
We hope you enjoyed your flight today, and if you feel the need to strut
Please wait until you exit the aircraft so as not to harm the people around you…”

Come and do the Foggy London Strut
The Foggy London Strut
The Foggy London Strut…Yeah!

Now I’m struttin in the UK
Got the kooky down in my feet
Greetin’ all the guv’nuhs, chaps and birds
As I’m Struttin’ down Victoria Street
Should we strut to the palace or a museum
Perhaps a pub would be the best
Get a little bitty taste of a kidney pie
And maybe give that little dog the rest

(Tour Guide voice)
Westminster Abbey
Big Ben
Buckingham Palace
St. Paul’s cathedral
Trafalgar Square
Piccadilly Circus
The Globe theater
The Tower of London
Out of place futuristic building (Gherkin)
The Tower Bridge
The Castle of Greyskull

Wait…what was that last one?

Do the Foggy London Strut
The Foggy London Strut
The Foggy London Strut…Yeah!

(Tour Guide voice)
The Thames River
Marble Arch
Oxford Street
Cleopatra’s Needle
London Eye
Covent Garden
Hyde Park
Downing Street
Nelson’s Column
Millennium Dome
The Royal Observatory
Wellington Arch
The Water Closet
St. James Palace
Eros Statue
Carnaby Street
Saville Row
Madame Tussauds
Abbey Road

GO THERE! Tuscany for literature lovers

Get your lit on!

History Schmistory: November 15. Out of our league?

1920: The first assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva. They swear they reserved the big conference room, but another “League” begged to differ.

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By The_Avengers_Cast_2010_Comic-Con.jpg: rwoan derivative work: Mazel (The_Avengers_Cast_2010_Comic-Con.jpg) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

History Schmistory: February 2. Liar, Liar!

February 2, 1935. First polygraph machine tested.

Marco Polo loves India!

Nina Paley created this awesome movie and is offering it to you for FREE. So give it a go already! Sita Sings the Blues is an ambitious, gorgeously animated telling of Marco’s favorite Indian Sanskrit epic, The Ramayana. Nina and her talented crew approach this fantastic story in a variety of ways, often with a much-needed, distinctly feminine point of view, cleverly embellished with the music of legendary jazz vocalist, Annette Hanshaw. Warm up some popcorn and spend some time with this one. You’ll be glad you did. Download high-resolution version here! …That’s all 🙂

KenGeo Game: Find the country!

Can you find the country?

 

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