knoxville.

"On the plus side, I knocked over the Sunsphere."

the Gunpowder Treason.

The aims of the Gunpowder conspirators are frequently compared to modern terrorists; however, this is an anachronistic application of a modern concept. The plotters aims were nothing short of a total revolution in the government of England, which would have killed the King along with leading noblemen and led to the installation of a Catholic monarch. As such the plot was regarded as a treasonous act of attempted regicide.

Mister Miracle.

As the God of Escaping, Mister Miracle (alias Scott Free) is the master of Escapology bar none, aided by vastly superior technology, including the sentient computer Motherbox. He is the keeper of the Anti-Life Equation, and possesses the will power not to use it.

Clay Shaw.

Clay Laverne Shaw (March 17, 1913 – August 14, 1974) was a successful businessman in the U.S. city of New Orleans, Louisiana. He is notable as the only person ever to be tried for conspiracy in relation to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison prosecuted Shaw on the claim that he used the alias "Clay Bertrand" among New Orleans' gay society and conspired with anti-Castro Cubans to assassinate Kennedy. Shaw was acquitted on all charges.

Soyuz.

About five percent of the people that have been launched have died doing so (because astronauts often launch more than once). As of November 2004, 439 individuals have flown on spaceflights: Russia/Soviet Union (96), USA (277), others (66). Twenty-two have died while in a spacecraft: three on Apollo 1, one on Soyuz 1, one on X-15-3, three on Soyuz 11, seven on Challenger, and seven on Columbia. By space program, 18 NASA astronauts (4.1%) and four Russian cosmonauts (0.9% of all the people launched) died while in a spacecraft.

schematics.

This is Nikola Tesla's generation system using AC circuits to transport energy across great distances.

repurposeing.

ATTENTION:

Since I apparently cannot be counted on to write (what I consider) "somewhat conherent entries" about pop culture and things I consider worthwhile and intelligent on a regular basis, I will now be switching gears a bit, and repurposing the blog into more of a "random fact of the day" type deal.

Basically, I'm lazy and can't be buggered to write essays about whatever movie/album/book I'm obsessing over at any given moment.

I mean, yes, if the mood strikes I still might whip one out (heh) every so often, but from now on the majority of entries will consist of a single random image, and probably a sentence or two related to it. And they will indeed be very random. Probably taken from wikipedia or found through a google search, maybe from my copious archives of completely bizarre things, who knows?

So yes, thanks for reading, and keep watching the skis.

(Yes, "skis".)