Salad Green or Merciless Historical Figure?
Arugula? Tatsoi? Mihirakula? Tamerlane? Everything on this list is ready to haunt you.
Tag: History
I Am the Production Accountant on This Viking TV Documentary and You’re Using Too Much Blood
While I appreciate your dedication to authenticity, it’s making our battlefields look like the aftermath of Carrie’s prom.
Six Reasons for the Fall of the Ottoman Empire (Number 4 May Surprise You!)
Capital Confusion: Throughout its history, the “Naughty Otty Empire” had FIVE capitals: Söğüt, Nicea, Bursa, Adrianople, and Constantinople.
Niccolò Machiavelli Reviews Children’s Books
Charlotte’s Web: After reading this pathetic book, I threw it from the top of the Duomo, where it landed upon and killed a Political Realist.
Editor’s Response to Martin Luther’s Feedback for the Cover Design of 95 Theses
Let me know if "Indulgence preachers hate him!" works for you as a tagline.
How Children Remember History vs. How Their Parents Remember It
1327 AD: “I love this new “Ring Around the Rosie” Song!” vs. “I hate that schools are trying to make this bubonic plague sound fun!”
“Of Course, It’s Gone Now…”: An Oral History of All the Places My Boomer Parents Have Ever Visited
Dad: The town’s richest family used to own that. Now, everyone goes to Wally-Mart... Me: You have like, 17 pants from Walmart.
Other Things That Were Considered Evidence of Witchcraft in 17th Century Salem
- Saying “have fun” when someone says they have to go to the bathroom - Seductively unbuckling one of the buckles on your left shoe
Period Drama or “Period” Drama?
- An oppressively prudish focus on discretion. - Heaving, aching bosoms.
Four Benefits of Climate Change, According to a 19th Century Adventurer
Fair Britannia’s genius has warmed the globe with her belching smokestacks and engines of industry, and the cruel polar ice is in retreat.
Ranking the Top 8 Most Notorious White Boy Summers Throughout History
Summer 312 AD: Constantine Wins and Finds Jesus: Beating your nemesis and then becoming sanctimonious about it? 312 AD was a classic WBS.
The 17 Midnight Rides of Kyle Revere
Last year, I met the lovely Emma outside a Concord tavern. She said she liked my tri-corner hat and asked if anything else of mine is tri-cornered.