Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- On Fairy Tales. Old fairy tales can be looked at as modern Biblical parables with just as many lessons.

- From the archives: James Watt - hero of progress.

- I like this idea of renaming the Lombardi Trophy.

- This is the FBI we wanted all along.

GK Chesterton on Why Kids Should Read Fairy Tales

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Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - George Orwell

"Men are ruled, at this minute by the clock, by liars who refuse the news, and by fools who cannot govern." - G.K. Chesterton

"The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it." - Samuel Johnson

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." - Albert Einstein

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Nice profile of Michael Keaton

- Edward Snowden is not a "whistleblower" - he's a traitor and wannabe James Bond.

- Interesting - was the Isaiah Thomas deal a "better" trade for Danny Ainge than the Kevin Garnett trade?

- Some fairy tales may be 6,000 years old.

- In 2017 I want to be "the man in the arena"

- Interesting reference guide.

- WTF! A Caffeine DUI?

Cinderella

The story Cinderella was written in 1699 by a Frenchman named Charles Perrault. In the original story, Cinderella wore slippers made of squirrel fur but when the book was translated into English the word "vair" (squirrel fur) was mistranslated as "verre" (glass) and the rest is history.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting and thought I'd shre.

4 Bizarre Experiments That Should Never Be Repeated - people who think they are Jesus and finding out a human can satisfy a dolphin's sexual needs - what more could you want from an article?

Ha Ha - Awesome

Very Cool - Horse racing handicapper wins $1 million

Newt's debate skills not all they were cracked up to be

8 Fairy Tales and Their Not-So-Happy Original Endings

Pub landlord suspended for serving pints "too full" of beer - if I were a rival brewer I'd step in and help these people out. I hope I never have a Samuel Smith's Brewery beer in my life - their owner is a jackhole.

Read the speech Nixon prepared in case the Apollo 11 astronauts died on the moon

Who Knew?

The story Cinderella was written in 1699 by a Frenchman named Charles Perrault. In the original story, Cinderella wore slippers made of squirrel fur but when the book was translated into English the word "vair" (squirrel fur) was mistranslated as "verre" (glass) and the rest is history.