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Yes we CANada!

Historiann — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:01:29 +0000

But wait: there’s more!

It’s hose or be hosed, friends, so I’ll proudly vote Canada this year. It will only be a few more decades when global warming will make them our masters, anyway. All of that sweet, fresh, water and melting arctic ice. . . I say surrender now while it still seems kind of cool and not completely desperate.

Insert better headline here

Historiann — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:41:39 +0000

President John Tyler, 1841-45

I clicked on this link over at Politico yesterday, as it was billed as “Tyler’s Grankid: Newt’s a ’jerk‘.” Who the hell is Tyler, I wondered? Surely not President John Tyler (1790-1862). Could anyone alive today really have a grandparent who was born in the eighteenth century?

Most Americans think Newt Gingrich is a jerk–that’s hardly news. It seems to me that the bigger headline should be that Tyler, who after all ran for Vice-President 172 years ago and became President in 1841 upon the death of William Henry Harrison, still has two living grandchildren! That’s some pretty solid DNA he passed on, for a dude who was referred to in campaign slogans limply as just, “Tyler too!”

Take that, Tippecanoe!

Cold weather fun: Hockey Monkey Monday!

Historiann — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:01:09 +0000

And it’s 1-2-3, the kids love the monkey
And it’s 4-5-6, the monkey’s got a hockey stick
7-8-9, havin’ a good time, yeahhhh. . .

I sure hope those children save the monkey from medical experiments.

Ski season: Tebow 4 snow!

Historiann — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:10:03 +0000

Snow sculpture at the top of the Super Gauge and Hi Lonesome lifts on the Mary Jane side of Winter Park Resort, Winter Park, Colorado, January 21, 2012:

Apparently, prayer finally worked: the central mountains finally got a nice storm with several inches of fresh powder.

Back to the old song and dance routine

Historiann — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:10:11 +0000

It’s the first day of classes in the second term for me, folks. Keep yourselves out of trouble. And remember: Aaaaaaaaaaa!

The Tragical History Tour

Historiann — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:07:48 +0000

“It was not the strongest idea for a Rutles film: four Oxford History professors on a tour of tea shops in the Rutland area, and it was slammed mercilessly by the press.”

Source.

Thoughts on the morning after the New Hampshire Republican primary

Historiann — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:04:57 +0000

He Might Be Giant!

Woman wonders who’s your itchy friend?

Woman says I thought he was with you.

Woman says I though he was with you!

They slowly back away from him.

At last, he’s very interesting

His brushes with success were just an accident.

No one likes New Hampshire man.

Remarkable providences

Historiann — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:45:57 +0000

Whiplash, the Rodeo Monkey

For realz! He even has his own website and Facebook page, natch. Aren’t his little saddle, chaps, and hat adorable? He’s made several appearances at the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo in Denver, held every year in January.

Hope all of you and your critters are hanging in there.

Snow!

Historiann — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:23:16 +0000

(From White Christmas (1954), with Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Danny Kaye, and Bing Crosby.)

Actually, there’s no snow on the ground here in our New England holiday enclave, but that’s OK–in northern Colorado we’ve had snow on the ground since the week before Halloween, so it’s a nice respite. Those of you who are traveling, travel safely. Those of you who are staying put, enjoy!

I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record

Historiann — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:27:23 +0000

The Violent Femmes, from sometime in the 80s, judging by the cut of the trousers, the wife-beater tees, and the style of Gordon Gano’s dress.