History’s Myth-Stories: The American Revolution
Dispelling myths and filling in the whole story on some of the best-known facts and stories surrounding the American Revolution.
Tag: Myths
The Myth-Stories of Spring
You think you know how spring works, but you don’t. Here are some myths about the science of spring, throughly debunked.
The Truth About Black Friday
Ready to shop ‘till you drop? Before you do, get a handle on the history of Black Friday.
Here Be Dragons! (In Your Brain…)
Here’s some interesting Sunday reading for you, on why we humans invented monsters, by Paul A. Trout, professor emeritus at Montana State University:
The Aussie Loo
Greetings, Bathroom Reader fans around the world. BRI Thom here, reporting from the field, which, barring deportation or a fatal shark attack, I shall be doing so henceforth. I’ve flown the bathroom-reading headquarters coop in our sleepy little Oregon hamlet, and am currently reporting from a picnic bench a few yards from the South Pacific Ocean just north of Sydney, Australia—one block or some from my new home. Leaving Uncle John and the crack staff at the BRI was heartbreaking…until I got here. (I mean come on! I practically live on a tropical beach, for goodness’ sake!)
Fortunately Uncle John forgot to change the locks here, and I’ll still be posting on the UJ Blog!
My first exclusive: The Aussie Loo, and how it corresponds almost exactly to Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader. Just take a look at this beauty:
