- Lajos Kossuth. This one was open because Kossuth Street in Lafayette always sounded to me like it was named after an elder god who lurks, eyeless, in a cavern on the dark side of the moon, and I was pretty sure that wasn't it.
- Kepi. Military uniform tangent spawned from Marko's FB page.
- Schoolhouse Blizzard. Thanks, Chas!
- Cephalic index. I was double-checking the spelling of brachycephalic and fell into the wiki hole. Creepy-Ass Hoosier History Fun Fact: You could enter your little h. sapiens whelp for judging for breed conformity right alongside your 4-H cows and baby chickens at the Indiana State Fair up until 1932!
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Wiki Tab Clearing...
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I am normally intellectually curious, but I had never once wondered about the name of my parent's birthplace; Kossuth County, IA. Thanks for the impetus.
Hungary, Dark Side of the Moon, same difference.
Shootin' Buddy
"believed criminality, mental problems, and pauperism were hereditary"
They are, but not due to genetics.
And only one hop away from Zouaves, too.
My little town of Culpeper created a new road a few years back, and called it Montanus Drive.
Some places get a Mont Blanc, or maybe a Mont Ventoux. But here in rural Virginia we get a Montanus.
Samsam von Virginia
Clicks first link "Hey, I love Hungary!"
Clicks second link "Hey, I love the history of military uniforms!"
Clicks third link "Hey, I love reading about historical cold snaps!"
Clicks last link "That's creepy as hell."
Thanks for the link, Tam. The definitive book, I think, is also called The Children's Blizzard and makes for great winter reading.
You're a 18-year-old schoolteacher with 6, 12, maybe 15 kids of all ages in an isolated building, no telephone, etc. This apocalyptic blizzard hits suddenly. What do you do?
Pretty sure that's "Creepy Ass-Hoosier".
Pretty sure that's "Creepy Ass-Hoosier".
Eugenics are fun and were supported by the US gov. for quite some time.
Shootin' Buddy,
I doubt the Hungarian National Anthem syncs up with the Wizard of Oz.
The sight of a kepi always makes me declare that I am "shocked-- shocked ! --to learn that [X activity] is going on in this establishment!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kossuth_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)
Whoops.
LawDog
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