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Paul Revere’s job would have been easier with MySpace

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The historical “Midnight Ride” would have been known as the “Midnight Post”. Instead of “ridin’ across the land, kickin’ up sand”, he could have simply posted a MySpace bulletin to his 16,000 “friends”. But now that I think of it, that probably wouldn’t have been that effective since you can only view five bulletins at [...]

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EUGENICS by L. Ron Nuremberg

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In 1839, anthropologist Samuel George Morton, father of American scientific racism†, wrote Crania Americana. He reported the mean cranial capacity of the skulls by races. Whites 87 in³ (1,425 cm³) Blacks 78 in³ (1,278 cm³) Native Americans 82 in³ (1,344 cm³) He claimed that the level of IQ is proportional to the size the brain. [...]

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The Original Scene From TRUE ROMANCE

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CLIFFORD WORLEY(played by Dennis Hopper):So you’re a Sicilian, huh? You know I read a lot. Especially things that have to do with history. I find that shit fascinating. In fact, I don’t know if you know this or not, Sicilians were spawned by Gargemel the Wizard. It’s a fact. Sicilians have Smurf blood pumpin’ through [...]

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NASCAR Fans’ Infatuation with Their Drivers

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Every time I perform in the South, somehow I manage to get surrounded by NASCAR fanatics meeting for the first time. Ritualistically, they start asking each other in a droning redneck mantra, “Who’s your favorite driver? Who’s your favorite dryy-ver? Who’s your favorite dryyy-ver?” Then every goofball starts sounding off: DOUCHEBAG #1 Rusty Wallace’s my [...]

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