War of the Golden Stool, the first email spammer, doord, Mariner 1, Boston Corbett, a beach made of glass, and Endal the super dog

After a week of rough times, dear constant reader, I have finally gotten my final date of wearing the uniform, which will be May 20th. Expect lean posting to continue as I finish my days as and active-duty Marine.

Today, we will examine why we should all hate Gary Thuerk, the Glass Beach at Fort Bragg, a NASA disaster caused by a missing hyphen, a lexicographic typo that appeared in Webster's, a war between the British and the Ashantis over a stool, and the crazy life of the man who killed a presidential assassin.

Fried Mars bars, Futurama theorem, the thagomizer, ëẍcëssïvë ümläüts, long names, Neutral Moresnet, and oddities of the English language

Today's post is a tad longer  than normal, and we will look at the metal umlaut, a comic-inspired anatomy nomenclature, Scots who deep-fat fry candy bars, a theorem about body switching, some odd English words, a sub-nation that was shared between the Prussians and the Dutch/Belgians, and a couple of odd names.

The Korean Godzilla, some political insults, Monty Hall problem, Wrong Way Corrigan, and the buttered cat paradox

Today, we look a a couple of political insults, a couple of thought exercises/problems, Pulgasari, and accidentally flying from New York to Ireland.

Pejoratives, a river of blood, art on the moon, and the legeslation of π

Today's post looks at the Indiana Pi Bill, moon art, Bubbly Creek, and pejoratives.

Firing squads, funny landing gear, American Nazis, unsuspicious numbers, and shark attacks!

Today's post takes a look a cryptography, the German American Bund, Ronnie Lee Gardner's execution, shark attacks, and an unusual B-36.

Frozen poo, paradoxy, worldwide conspiracy, and full-contact chess

Hope we all had a good weekend. It's just started to snow around here, and it's coming down pretty bad. Drive safely. Today's post covers the infamous blue water in planes, a list of paradoxes, chess combined with boxing, and fnord.