Archimedes apparently came up with an ingenious way to deal with enemy ships: a giant claw-like thing that could tip them over. It almost sounds like a fantasy novel idea.
Speaking of fantasy novels… if you love Tolkien (and you should, you know), you should enjoy this interactive map of Mordor. On that page, there’s also quite a bit of history about Mordor. Pretty nifty.
Yesterday was International Mother Language Day, and I missed it. Damn. I’ll be writing up a post about this, and language in general, fairly soon.
Oh dear. A man broke kicked in his neighbor’s door and charged in with a cavalry sword, because he thought he heard a woman being raped. What he heard was, in fact, a porn movie. His intentions were noble, but that’s just embarrassing… He gets bonus points for owning (and being willing to use) a cavalry sword.
According to Devin, over 74% of wood-shop owners have named their sons Pinocchio. Can you imagine the liar jokes?
Apparently the government in New Delhi is finalizing a law that will provide for punishment for people who neglect their elderly parents. After reading about children throwing their own parents out onto the street, I think this is a wonderful piece of legislation.
If you haven’t seen Sean’s “Mini-me” series of Photoshop images, you really must, if for no other reason than that if I have to be creeped out by them, so do you. So far he has done Kirsten Dunst, Carmen Electra, and Johnny Depp.