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Tag Archives: Trivia
Fub Fact Friday: Two-Time Winner.
If you ever feel like you’re having a bad day at work, consider Tsutomu Yamaguchi. He was an engineer for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries who was sent by his boss on a business trip to a nearby city. That city was … Continue reading
Fub Fact Friday: The Elephant on the Battlefield
May 9, 1864. Union and Confederate forces were facing off in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in northern Virginia. The Confederates had just taken possession of a shipment of new guns with rifled barrels, and the improved accuracy of … Continue reading
Fub Fact Friday: The Great Chiseler
So when Egyptologists started trying to parse out the history of Egypt, they ran into a really weird set of discoveries. Throughout the country, they kept finding all these monuments that essentially said “Ramesses II made this.” The problem was … Continue reading
M-m-m-my generation.
Folks of my particular vintage, I believe, have a certain set of advantages. Growing up in the 1980s and into the 1990s, we occupied a really interesting space in terms of technology. We came up with the personal computer, but … Continue reading
Focus.
Once again, between the writing and trying to knock out a certification by next weekend, I’m just not putting a lot of random words down on the site. Space fub fact for the meantime: when the Apollo program missions began … Continue reading
Almost there.
I actually think I’ve cracked the first chapter. I’m up to about four pages and I don’t loathe it. I got the first part out of the way, and it’s rough but serviceable. Now I just have to sell the … Continue reading
Fub Fact Friday: A space rock that keeps away space tigers.
I love the logistics end of space exploration. The way humanity attempted to deal with the contingencies of the Space Race always entertain me. Like the fact that the Soviet space program had to deal with certain realities the American … Continue reading
Fub Fact Friday: Taste the rainbow.
There’s a really interesting phenomenon regarding how cultures identify colors. While not every culture has a word for every color, the way colors are identified and named follows a very distinct pattern that is the same no matter where you … Continue reading
Rakugo.
So, the joke got me thinking about one of my favorite new comedy discoveries. I’m a big fan of stand-up; I was raised on Richard Pryor and George Carlin, and my favorite thing in the world is discovering a new … Continue reading
Fub Fact Friday: The Turn of a Friendly Card.
Missing someone today, so I spent much of the evening scripting. This will be a short one, but a three-fer. I’ll make up by maybe, just fucking maybe getting the opening chapter of Elsewhere up this weekend. Depends on whether … Continue reading