Deadword of the Day: Olfact
Monday, August 28, 2023
Olfact: To smell things all the time
As in: Sure, I like to olfact. what’s it to you?
History Schmistory: August 27. Give peace a chance.
Sunday, August 27, 2023
1928: The Kellogg-Briand Pact, also known as the World Peace Act, is signed by 15 countries including the US, UK, Italy, Germany, and Japan. Must have been a few loopholes I guess.
![By Mark Baker (Flickr: Stay Alive and Avoid Zombies) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Stay_Alive_and_Avoid_Zombies.png)
By Mark Baker (Flickr: Stay Alive and Avoid Zombies) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Deadword of the Day: Errorist
Saturday, August 26, 2023
Errorist: One who errs. A proliferator of error.
As in: Major League Baseball has had its share of errorist attacks.
History Schmistory: August 26. Well, let him out!
Saturday, August 26, 2023
1819: Britain’s Prince Albert is born. Doctor uses can opener.
![By Alexisrael (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Prince_Albert_Cigarettes.jpg)
By Alexisrael (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Caffe Rivoire, Firenze: Tales of Tourists Walking Around Aimlessly
Friday, August 25, 2023
Deadword of the Day: Monsterful
Friday, August 25, 2023
Monsterful: Wonderful, delightful
As in: Oh the monstrosity of these monsterful monsters!
GO THERE! Cave tubing, anyone?
Friday, August 25, 2023
Belize has a lot of caves, many of which were inhabited by the ancient Mayan civilization and are full of artifacts. Some of them you can float through on a tube!
A Revolutionary Summer…
Friday, August 25, 2023
Arab Spring got you on edge? Here’s a Revolution that might sooner bring the edge down on you!
History Schmistory: August 25. Life on the Moon?
Friday, August 25, 2023
1835: The New York Sun begins to perpetuate what later became known as the Great Moon Hoax, six articles written by a fictitious doctor who claimed that he viewed the moon through “an immense telescope of an entirely new principle” and discovered it was inhabited by, among other things, bat-people…
![See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Great-Moon-Hoax-1835-New-York-Sun-lithograph-298px.jpg)
See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The articles caused quite a stir, not seen again until another bat-like hoax hit the mainstream many moons later…
![By Vinya [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2007-Michael_Clayton-George_Clooney102824.jpg)
By Vinya [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Deadword of the Day: Strigil
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Strigil: An ancient tool for scraping dirt and sweat off the body, (before soap was invented).
As in: May I borrow your strigil?
