Archive for August, 2008
Monday, August 18th, 2008
Penguin Knights and Georgian Sasquatches
Two fantastic news stories broke over the weekend: First, a penguin was officially knighted at the Edinburgh Zoo. He is Sir Nils Olav III, the reigning mascot of Norway’s King’s Guard. The tradition began in 1972 when the King’s Guard adopted penguin, who they named Nils Olav (after the guardsman who came up with the [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in cryptozoology,penguins,public relations by Aaron Humphrey
Sunday, August 17th, 2008
I Need You So Much Closer
One thing I love about the Olympics is that just about any time, day or night, you can turn on the TV and see someone facing one of the defining moments of their life. Whether it’s tape-delayed or broadcast live hardly makes a difference, because those minutes, seconds, those smallest muscle movements will be be [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in olympics by Aaron Humphrey
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
My Buddy the Bunyip
I love how just about every place on Earth bas its own mythical/cryptological creatures. America has sasquaches, Mexico has chupacabras, Romania has vampires, and Australia has … BUNYIPS Aboriginal people have dreamtime stories of the Bunyip going back thousands of years, which apparently describe a ferocious river beast that feasts on human flesh. European settlers [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Australia,cryptozoology,monsters,travel by Aaron Humphrey
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Racial Revolutions of America
If you sometimes wonder whether things have ever been worse in the United States than they are now, well … YES, things have been a lot worse. I learned all about slavery and the Civil War as a school kid, but it wasn’t until I started doing heavy research on that period on my own [...]