On November 4, 1862 Gatling patented the machine gun.
Mithridates (163-132 bc), King of Pontus, was so afraid of being poisoned he “inoculated” himself by taking little bits of poison everyday. After he was defeated by Pompey, he tried to really poison himself, but of course that didn’t work so he ordered a mercenary to stab [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Things I learned recently from my page-a-day calendar
Posted in General on November 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Post-Bday good stuff
Posted in Life in general on November 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I had a fantastic birthday extra-long weekend with my girlfriends. Blind Pilot wished me Happy Birthday at the end of their set. I didn’t take any pictures because I am lame. But I did make Lori Lemon Budino which was really yummy. I miss everyone already, but that probably goes without saying. Tonight [...]