A while back I wrote an article about a bleakly American Wikipedia page (“List of federal political sex scandals in the United States”), which started as delightfully… Read more “Animals with Fraudulent Diplomas”
Albums I Listened to Too Much in High School
Coheed and Cambria – “In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3”: If you are unfamiliar with Coheed and Cambria… well, I’m sorry you have lived such an… Read more “Albums I Listened to Too Much in High School”
Alaska Fairbanks Hockey
As an elementary school kid in the 90’s, I was a huge Chicago Bulls fan, because all children are frontrunners like that. I liked Michael Jordan, he… Read more “Alaska Fairbanks Hockey”
American Sex Scandals: A Compendium
I was perusing Wikipedia of a historical figure in the pursuit of learning something new and possibly finding something to share with the fine readers, when I… Read more “American Sex Scandals: A Compendium”
Episode 28 of Today I Learned – Munchausen Syndrome
Recently there was a long form article about an author who made up a bizarre cavalcade of lies about his life (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/11/a-suspense-novelists-trail-of-deceptions). The article starts with a… Read more “Episode 28 of Today I Learned – Munchausen Syndrome”
Episode 27 of Today I Learned – Hassan-i Sabbah
Do you want to hear an extremely metal etymological story? I bet you do! You just read a series of words I am very comfortable have never… Read more “Episode 27 of Today I Learned – Hassan-i Sabbah”
Episode 26 of Today I Learned – First Flying Car
I bet you’re one of those people who whine about how “I was promised flying cars in the future, yet all I have are square watermelons and… Read more “Episode 26 of Today I Learned – First Flying Car”
Episode 25 of Today I Learned – Gaston Means
No time to waste today – here is the first three sentences of Gaston Means’ Wikipedia page: “Gaston Bullock Means (July 11, 1879 – December 12, 1938)… Read more “Episode 25 of Today I Learned – Gaston Means”
Episode 24 of Today I Learned – Lenny Dykstra
I bet you thought I had given up on my dream of becoming The Next Great American Blogger TM! How mistaken you are! I had been distracted… Read more “Episode 24 of Today I Learned – Lenny Dykstra”
Episode 23 of Today I Learned – the Spirits of St. Louis
Readers, it’s time I come clean. Many of these ‘today I learned’ posts are things I saw in various corners of the internet or in a book… Read more “Episode 23 of Today I Learned – the Spirits of St. Louis”
Arch Stanton's Ultracrepidarian 