Thursday, January 30, 2014

Wiki Tab Clearing...

  • 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!
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13 comments:

  1. batchainpuller8:56 AM, January 30, 2014

    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.

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  2. Anonymous8:57 AM, January 30, 2014

    Hungary, Dark Side of the Moon, same difference.

    Shootin' Buddy

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  3. B 9:26 AM, January 30, 2014

    "believed criminality, mental problems, and pauperism were hereditary"

    They are, but not due to genetics.

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  4. Ian Argent9:41 AM, January 30, 2014

    And only one hop away from Zouaves, too.

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  5. Anonymous9:56 AM, January 30, 2014

    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

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  6. bluesun11:09 AM, January 30, 2014

    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."

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  7. Chas S. Clifton11:31 AM, January 30, 2014

    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?

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  8. 1911Man3:24 PM, January 30, 2014

    Pretty sure that's "Creepy Ass-Hoosier".

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  9. 1911Man3:28 PM, January 30, 2014

    Pretty sure that's "Creepy Ass-Hoosier".

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  10. Scott_S4:07 PM, January 30, 2014

    Eugenics are fun and were supported by the US gov. for quite some time.

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  11. Matthew7:14 PM, January 30, 2014

    Shootin' Buddy,

    I doubt the Hungarian National Anthem syncs up with the Wizard of Oz.

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  12. Matt G2:31 PM, February 01, 2014

    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!"

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  13. LawDog4:53 PM, February 01, 2014

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kossuth_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)

    Whoops.

    LawDog

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