Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Monday, December 15, 2008

Farewell Bettie


Lord knows there's no such thing as decency now.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Can you cache a small Czech?

Czech to American: Odkud jste? Where are you from?
American: z Nevady from Nevada
Czech: Ale vadi. Odkud jste? But it does matter. Where are you from?
American: Nevady. from Nevada
Czech: Ale prosim te... Oh, come on...

(z) Nevady = from Nevada
Ne vadi = it doesn't matter

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Aachen


The right lane is the Netherlands and the left turn lane is in Germany

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Random geography

Nocera Inferiore, formerly Nocera dei Pagani (of the pagans), is a town in the Palermo province (shin bone of Italy). It was aligned with the Roman Empire, destroyed by Hannibal, and plundered by Spartacus.

In the 12th century, Nocera sided with Innocent II against Roger of Sicily and got spanked bad. Helena, the widow of Manfred of Sicily was imprisoned in the Castle of Charles of Durazzo and died there after the battle of Benevento in 1268.

In the 14th century, Pope Urban VI imprisoned the cardinals who favored the antipope Clement VII, and later he was besieged there. Among many thousands of guests at the castle over the years were Dante Alighieri and Boccaccio.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Abbreviated history of a stretch of I-70

As first proposed in 1956, the western terminus of I-70 was Denver. Colorado officials got the feds to extend the highway west to connect with Salt Lake City. The feds okayed that then showed a modified plan to the Army, which decided to build another highway from Los Angeles to Denver that cut 200 miles off the trip. In 1957, the route to Fort Cove was announced with no prior notice to any Utah official.

We guess it's logical that if Republicators didn't screw other Republicators, there wouldn't be any more of 'em.

Ancien Régime