Ludicrous Latin: Nemo dat puer in angulo
Monday, August 18, 2025
“Nobody puts Baby in a corner”
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Patrick Swayze: Born today in 1952
History Schmistory: August 17. Moving stick-people? One please!
Sunday, August 17, 2025
1908: Fantasmagorie by Emile Cohl, debuts as the first animated film in history. Try it with your own soundtrack! … …Or don’t.
Deadword of the Day: Yeepsen
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Yeepsen: As much as you can hold in two hands. A double-handful.
As in: I’ll take a yeepsen of baby owls, please.
History Schmistory: August 16. Can you hear me now?
Saturday, August 16, 2025
1858: The United States exchanges overseas greetings with the United Kingdom for the first time through the transatlantic telegraph cable.
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See page for author [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
[Portrait of Wildman Whitehouse, 1856-1865, Maull and Polyblank, Science Museum, 1856-1865. Object No. 1980-2/50. © This image is available for use under the following license: CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0]
His complaint was it didn’t work fast enough, so he turned up the juice too high and fried the thing. Way to go, Wildman.
He tried to make it up to everybody with a communications device of his own…
No one was amused.
History Schmistory: August 15. I see ridiculous pants in your future…
Friday, August 15, 2025
1519: Panama City is founded. A super great rock song is prognosticated shortly thereafter.
History Schmistory: August 14. Can’t get enough (US) Football?
Thursday, August 14, 2025
1959: Founding of the American Football League (AFL), which lasted 9 seasons, then merged with the NFL as the AFC. The XFL wasn’t so lucky. Remember that? What a joke!
![By Keith Allison [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/800px-Jeremi_Johnson_and_Ray_Lewis.jpg)
By Keith Allison [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
