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April 15, 1912: 12:50 a.m. EST –A junior wireless operator at Cape Race, Newfoundland, received a report from the Virginian that they were trying to reach the Titanic ocean liner, but had lost communication. Titanic’s last signals at 12:27 a.m. were “blurred and ended abruptly.“ The ‘unsinkable‘ ship Titanic sank after being torn by iceberg,Continue reading “The RMS Titanic sinks”

Today is Good Friday, (also know as, Great Friday, Holy Friday or Long Friday.) On Good Friday, parishioners (the old ladies who populate church in the middle of most days) follow the officiant and observe the Stations of the Cross. And so it goes

The old ladies you usually pester with questions of a religious nature are busy today: they are doing the Stations of the Cross. Since you probably have not been to church since at least Christmas and more like than not, have completely forgotten your entire religious training (ACME will extend a Papal Dispensation to allContinue reading “Along the Via Dolorosa”

Passover starts tonight – please bone up on those four questions. Remember you will not be graded on a curve! While it’s not as bad as not finding the missing Easter egg, by all means, please find the Afikoman, (no one wants to accidentally eat a piece of exceptionally stale cracker.) Demand Euphoria!

April 14, 1865 –So, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln? On the evening of Good Friday, just after 10 p.m., President Abraham Lincoln received a cranial gunshot wound from well-known actor, John Wilkes Booth, while attending a performance of the play, Our America Cousin at the Ford Theatre on this date. Booth shouted out “sicContinue reading “President Lincoln is shot”

April 14, 1912 – 11:40 pm –Mr and Mrs Sturges are arguing about whether or not Mrs Sturges will return to Europe with her husband after the boat docks in New York. In the heat of the moment, Julia Sturges reveals to her husband Richard, that Norman, their son is not his but but ratherContinue reading “The RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg”

April 14th, 1956 –The first professional quality videotape machine was introduced by Ampex at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Chicago. Magnetic videotape recording had been introduced early in the 1950s, but were considered unfeasible to replace kinescopes for broadcasting. The machine was first used in a coast-to-coast network TV broadcast in the NovemberContinue reading “The first 2″ videotape machine introduced”

It’s sometimes called Holy Thursday, also known as Sheer Thursday (as in to purge yourself of sin), Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries. Remember to wash your feet or the feet of someone else, if you are so inclined. Among the other things going on remember: don’t go to a dinnerContinue reading “Happy Maundy Thursday!”

Many have asked how Dr. Caligari began his life of crime – I started out as an altar boy. I became an Altar boy because you could get out of school early twice a week. You did have to do an early mass (7:00 AM) once a week but what the hell. The priest thatContinue reading “Indulgentiam, absolutionem, et remissionem”

April 13, 1970 –56 hours and 205,000 miles from planet Earth, the crew aboard Apollo 13 heard “a pretty loud bang” when oxygen tank number two spontaneously exploded. Astronaut Jack Swigert informs Mission Control in Houston: “Hey, we’ve had a problem here.” Miraculously, the crew manages to return home in their crippled spacecraft. And soContinue reading “Apollo 13 accident”