Stephen Lopez
I swore I wouldn’t make another one of these… but this one was too easy.
I had to make this one. I had no choice.
"This relatively obscure incident is considered by many historians to be the closest the world has come to nuclear war."
“Upon learning of the Soviet reaction to Able Archer 83 by way of the double agent Oleg Gordievsky, a British SIS asset, President Reagan commented, “I don’t see how they could believe that—but it’s something to think about.”[35]”
This is fascinating and truly frightening bit of history. Highly recommended reading for history buffs and people who think Ronald Reagan was a douche that may have overseen the destruction of our planet were he not surrounded by a circle of more level-headed people.
Somabhula - a fair amount of situation comedy.
Changed to Photo post here: clicky click the linky link.
“Romans considered odd numbers to be lucky and even numbers unlucky.”
I was researching why September, October, November, and December were our 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th months respectively, when seemingly they should be 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th based on their roots words of Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
That lead me to the Wikipedia page for the Roman Calendar. Lo-and-behold, the Romans liked odd numbers and hated even numbers. Just like I do, as revealed in my Seven Things, item #7.
I’m a goddamn Roman!
