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March 15, 44 BC –Julius Caesar, already warned to be wary on this the Ides of March by the astrologer Spurinna, was assassinated with pointy knives by a group of Senators, including Brutus and Cassius, at the Pompey theater. They were angry at him because he had crossed the Rubicon. Later Marc Antony borrowed everyone’sContinue reading “The middle of the month doesn’t look so good”

March 14, 1883 – Karl Marx died of pleurisy in London on this date. While his original grave had only a nondescript stone, the Communist Party of Great Britain erected a large tombstone, including a bust of Marx, in 1954. His premature death prevented him from seeing the global impact of his progeny: Groucho, Harpo,Continue reading “The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.”

Pi Day was founded by Physicist Larry Shaw in 1988. Pi Day is celebrated by math enthusiasts ( read – lonely shut-ins) around the world on March 14th. π was first used as a mathematical symbol in 1706 by William Jones. Albert Einstein’s parents conveniently arranged for him to be born on Pi Day inContinue reading “Today is Pi Day!”

Did you forgot to set the clock ahead – I’ll wait (while I madly dash around the house myself.) Here’s a short film explaining Daylight Saving Time – Do you need some more time (did you get the clock on the microwave? None of you still have a VCR?) Here’s another short film – Alright,Continue reading “You’ll have one less hour for drinking today –”

Daylight Saving Time (leave the last S off for saving) starts at 2 AM tomorrow morning, so don’t forget to turn all those clocks, microwaves, DVD players, etc. ahead. Please do this work yourself: the time you save may be your own. Demand Euphoria!

March 12, 1922 –At the end of the Second World War, America dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. Each bomb killed so many people so quickly and made the world so safe for peace-loving democracies that America began feeling pretty good about things and forgot all about being Depressed, etc. This caused the hula-hoop, theContinue reading “They all spoke through you.”

March 12, 1888 –The day before started off seemingly fine – the temperature was mild as a light rain began to fall on March 11th, 1888. And then the weather changed. The rain became heavier and by the next day, the rains changed to heavy snow and buried the unprepared city in drifts of upContinue reading “Here are the snows of our yesteryears”

March 11, 222 –Most of you with teenagers think that yours are the worst, but no, Ancient Rome had the worst by far, the Emperor Elagabalus. His real name was Varius Avitus Bassianus but as he developed an intense interest in worshiping the Syrian god Elagabal, became High Priest of the cult and so hadContinue reading “These kids today have nothing on him”

March 11, 2006 –It’s that time again for Throwback Thursday featuring a favorite song, something about the song and a cover version of the song. Today’s Throwback Thursday is slightly different: this is not a particular favorite tune of mine – the song in question naturally made me post the other versions. James Blunt’s singleContinue reading “I don’t know what to…”

March 10, 1876 –It was on this date in 1876 that Alexander Graham Bell (Don Ameche) conducted the first successful experiment on a radical new technology. He put a “transmitter” in one room of his home and a “receiver” in another. He connected them with wire. He then shouted into the mouthpiece of the transmitter,Continue reading “In order to get a phone call, you need a phone”