You are not the first to choose a path… “Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost.” -Durante degli Alighieri, The Divine Comedy (1300-1322) “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference.” -Robert Lee Frost, “The Road Not Taken” (1916) Which path will you choose to follow? The Path of Satan The Path of Venus
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A Brief History On November 3, 1954, Godzilla, the giant fire-spewing, dinosaur-like dragon, born of nuclear bomb tests, emerged from the sea and onto the silver screen to ravage Japan. Digging Deeper When the first Godzilla movie hit the theaters, it was a sensation. By today’s standards, though, the special effects are laughable. A man in a monster suit walking around scale model buildings and cars is what passed for high tech in those days, but Japanese audiences loved the film and its anti-nuclear undertones. In 1956, the film made it to the United States in the heavily Americanized version Godzilla, King of the…
A Brief History On October 31st, we celebrate Halloween around the world! On honor of the holiday most popularly associated with almost all things creepy, we list some of the creepiest videos found on YouTube! Yesterday, we listed videos concerning various urban legends. Today, we feature various short films made by talented directors without any commentary by us so as not to spoil anything! You can, however, read up on some of these in a related list over on TopTenz. They are listed in the order they appeared on YouTube. Digging Deeper 1. “agamemnon counterpart” by fividtelefuzzerator (uploaded on June…
A Brief History On October 28, 2004, Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki, the first major league baseball (MLB) player to come from Japan, broke George Sisler’s treasured 84-year-old record by hitting 262 balls for base hits in one season. Suzuki, better known simply as Ichiro, had come to the U.S. to play professional baseball after already being a star in Japan. Digging Deeper Starting with being named the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year in 2001, Ichiro made an impression on American baseball that will be hard to forget. 10 seasons in a row he smacked 200 or more hits…
A Brief History On October 26, 1881, Tombstone, Arizona was the site of what became known as “The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral,” probably the most famous shootout in the history of the Wild West. Plenty of movies have been made about the incident, including one in 1957 by that same name, all of which got various aspects of the incident wrong. Like most depictions of the gunfight, the 1957 film shows a long-ranged massive shootout whereas the real incident featured fewer guns, fewer shots and a much closer range in a fight that lasted perhaps 30 seconds. Unlike the depiction…