Give,Get,Take, And Have

They Laughed At Me At The Academy, They Said My Theories Were The Ravings Of A Madman-

but now Technovelgy has proven me right!
Yes, you read that correctly- Technovelgy, what's that you ask?
I doubt if your puny mind can comprehend it- but it's a nifty list of which inventions and ideas presented in science fiction films and books actually came true. Leave me to my work, mortals.

TWISTER HISTORY

Isabel, SD, June 26, 1914.
Historical Images Of Weather Damage From the Kansas State University Research And Extension

NEXT STOP, NEVER

Forgotten Ohio tells the story of the city of Cincinnati s' 80 year old subway system
Built on the old canal beds , more than two miles of tunnels and three stations were constructed before the money ran out in 1927 and the project was abandoned .

Cincinnati Transit Page
Cincinnati Government Page
All Things Considered Story
The Cincinnati Subway: History of Rapid Transit [Book by Alan Singer]
Abandoned subway could save light rail plan [Cincinnati Enquirer]

I'M THE MAGNA CARTA, BITCH

Magna Carta: Exemplification of 1215 Electronic fascimile and English translation from the British Library.
Interesting to note that it is now copyrighted by the Library. I guess they don't trust the Royal Family with anything these days. Long considered the cornerstone of liberty , it's actually a plea from King John to his bullying Barons to uh, step off his jock .
It then turns into the Babylonian Talmud.
Which is to say, a document long on real estate advice, and short on actual definitions and principles of liberty.
Worth more than a look. Silly old king!

WHAT THE PIES HAVE TAUGHT ME

I thought that there wouldn't be a whole lot to The History Of Pie.
I was born.
I was consumed.
I was digested.
That sort of thing-but no. There is far more to the history of pie than I thought. More specificly pies in history.
The Olde English had a bit of trouble with the taxonamy of pie, and called things that were clearly pies other things.
They also had smallpox and the plague, so pies and the naming thereof were probably not a big concern.
I'd tell you more , but the author of this website views historical facts as intellectual property and I can't even paraphrase them
without fear of litigation.
to sum up; Pies- rich and varied history secretive and unfathomable, on a need to know basis.

REVISIONISTS FOR HIRE

I don't know if any of you hipsters have seen that new PBS show History Detectives but it's worth checking out for it's grandiose ideals and the spin they take on historical research. The things they are asked to find out about are not really earth shattering or history making, but instead seem to be fueled by the need for the owner or curator's incessant need for conversational tidbits the next time they brag about their crap. The results are usually inconclusive and they wind up going back to the "client" with a mumbled "it's more than likely" or "yeah, it's probably true." It's even more fascinating to find out that there are people famous for being experts on civil war flags or ventriloquism. They are usually introduced as being world -renowned or a "leading" expert on whatever it is they are flacking. Who decides these things? They also use Elvis Costello's Watching The Detectives as a theme song ,with all the lyrics intact. Nothing like psycho sexual murder scenarios to sell history.

HEY, NICE WALL HADRIAN

Hadrian's Wall is a monument built by the Romans in Britain.

CHEAP JOKE FOR THE MONGREL HOARDS

Genghis Kahn, Genghis Kahn, let me rock you, let me shock you Genghis Kahn.....

THE FRENCH THEY ARE A FUNNY RACE/ THEY FIGHT WITH THEIR FEET/AND FUCK WITH THEIR FACE

Oh those French and their revolutionsThey have that certain Je'nes ce "what the fuck?

YEAH, BUT IT DIDN'T......

What if Hitler was nice? What if The Vikings decided Greenland was the shit and not America? these are some of the concerns of Alternate History. Existing on the boundries of fiction, Alternate History throws the schoolyard taunt "Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda into the suprised face of Historical Empericism I would like to start an alternate history of rock and roll starting with the lyrics to "If I Didn't Love You" by Squeeze.Singles remind me of kisses/Albums remind me of plans/MP3s remind me of wanking/DATs remind me of unsafe cybersex with multiple partners/CDRs remind me of pity sex with my eighth grade girlfreind when I see her by chance at a TGI Fridays (Which we both never go to really, I'm just here with some people from work)......and so on.

Dale Cozort has a good attitude about his own foolishness Hypothetical History sort of does.. Uchronia is a serious, lengthy bibliography of books on/about Alternate History. Stephen’s Alternate History Site more of the same.
This Day In Alternate History Is just fucking goofy.