Treasure Chest for the ‘Somewhat Historial Significance’ Category


Jul92010

Random Thoughts of the Day

Why is every assassin known by three names? Need examples: John Wilkes Booth, James Earl Ray, Lee Harvey Oswalt, and Mark David Chapman. It’s fairly safe to say that if you have associates that go by three names, you better keep your distance.

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While we’re on this topic, check out this Poetry Collage of the Lincoln Assassination. It’s not typically something we’d promote (the Captain’s are anti-assassination – we prefer duels with sabers and pistols), but it’s cool as shit so it’s worth the shout.

Thanks to Christian for sending us the collage.




Jun232010

Great Moments in World History

Some moments in history are great because they weren’t so great. Sounds confusing, but consider June 22nd and June 23rd to prove my point – these two days are when Hitler and Napoleon, respectively, decided it would be a good time to fuck up Russia. It turns out that it wasn’t a good idea because this would prove to be the end for their respective empires.

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I know, this is probably not a popular topic to bring up on a blog-site when your readers comment explicitly on all things Saved By The Bell, local indie rock, and topics related to chooglin’, but some times a fart is a fart because, well, its a fart. And Russia is the mother of all farts.

Russia is a land as barren as Captain Kirk’s first ex-wife. It is a horrible place that actually took over Poland because they are a dick. They decided to be the colossal mass they are for a reason – to push everyone around just because they can. They are the bully at lunch that took your lunch money AND kissed your girlfriend behind the swing set because they could.

Russia was considered a savior at the time of Napoleon because they destroyed his army. The same could be said about Hitler. What followed from their Hitler triumph was about 45 years worth of owning the U.S. until we kicked their ass in hockey all because of our ability to grow a better playoff beard. It’s true, look it up kids.

Eventually Russia withered away as communism was scrapped by the wayside for something more conventional – Capitalism! Well it’s worked for Russia. They’ve decided to sell their precious reserves of oil and natural gas at high prices and now have become one of the most powerful countries in the entire world.

What will happen next? Lord knows, but Russia has already decided to chill with upcomers on the global scene Iran and Turkey. Could this mean they are turning into the bully again? Could this spell trouble for the U.S.? Can the capped crusader escape yet again? Stay tuned – if history repeats itself, we could be in for another empire-crippling Russian retreat.

Great moment in history? I don’t know, but it’s probably something we should stay cognizant of.




May72010

Most Awesomest Thing Ever

There is a debate going around to decide what is the Most Awesomest Thing Ever is. Stuff like cheeseburgers, Velociraptors, Hadukens, the Pyramids, the Underground Railroad and Booger from Revenge of the Nerds have been tossed around. There truly can only be one winner.

mate Most Awesomest Thing Ever

This website has this epic debate going on in the form of mini battles. Two items pop up and you choose one as the better of the 2. Some random shit can come up and tough decisions have to be made. Like you have to chose Lucky Charms vs. David Blane. Easy, Lucky Charms. But them comes along a battle of epic proportions like, The Umbrella Song by Rihanna vs. Bridges of Madison County. This is difficult simply because they both suck very very much but you have to chose which one is better. I personally would chose the Umbrella Song in sympathy for Rihanna getting beat up by the he-man woman hater Chris Brown.

Anyways, go on over and start voting for the Most Awesomest Thing. Ever.

If you get a match up between The Hills vs. Lasers and you chose The Hills, a midget wielding a double sided sword will magically appear and cut you into several pieces distributing them evenly amongst his miniature horses for dinner later that night.




Mar302010

Being A Bastard Works

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TCM honor’s today a genius poet and and American hero named Charles Bukowski. Though we normally stick to our old drinking songs about 200 proof liquor, comely lasses, and ghosts, all real pirates can write some verse. Bukowski (1920-1994) wrote with a brutal honesty dealing with love, death, being poor, being famous, and being crazy.  Picture Ernest Hemingway…but less refined and more raw. Great art cuts like a knife and his art did that spectacularly. Here are some examples:

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/charles_bukowski/poems/12980

http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/charles_bukowski/poems/13095

Bukowski, a salty dog, wrote works that stand with some of the greatest poets of all time. But, this was a man who was once quoted as saying “Sometimes you just gotta pee in the sink.” In his younger days, the poet fought in back alleys, drank, whored, and worked scores of shit jobs. Slowly his writing gave him fame and notoriety.He wrote about the harsh realities and the sublime ones. Fans and critics could fuck off. In his later days, he would gamble at the Santa Anita racetrack and and bang coeds in the bathrooms at poetry readings.  His writing did to a blank page what kamikize pilots did to battleships. Charles Bukowski stayed his own man and showed a plastic world just how fake it really was.

Man was a pirate.

Originally by Captain Fuerza.




Mar192010

The divorce of Texas and Thomas Jefferson

Texas 20Logo The divorce of Texas and Thomas Jefferson

Texas. It’s a huge ass state that the U.S. fought for against the Mexicans in the Mexican War and was annexed quickly afterward as a result. It is a state where things are big – boobs, sports teams budgets, food, and people. It is a state where Bush came from. Enough said.

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Thomas Jefferson. He wrote our Declaration of Independence and had a lot of influence on the Constitution and Bill of Rights. He was the 3rd U.S. President. He made the Louisiana Purchase (which put us closer to Texas) from France. He also impregnated his slave Sally Hemmings. He also rocked a nice blow out and was named man of the millennium (not falcon).

divorce poster The divorce of Texas and Thomas Jefferson

Divorce. A separation of two people or things usually over some crazy circumstance (money, cheating, etc.). Think Sally Field and Burt Reynolds. Think Jon and Kate. Think Raquel Welch. Think Seattle and the Supersonics. Think Texas and Thomas Jefferson?

According to the brilliant folks on the Texas School Board, Thomas Jefferson was too much of a leftist and will be left out of the state’s curriculum for History. Basically no kids for the next ten years will learn anything about Thomas Jefferson because the state believes he’s too much of a bad influence on its children. The guy only bought the land that enticed people to move west. He only created the document that gave us our freedom. Definitely no big deal, right?

I don’t know about you, but I’m at a loss here. What’s up with Texas?




Mar122010

Pearl Jam Tour Announcement!

pearl jam Pearl Jam Tour Announcement!

Pearl Jam is hitting the road again! The fellas are gearing up for a long summer of sloring over in Europe and decided to visit the Northeast and play a bunch of tunes:

  • May 3rd Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
  • May 4th St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
  • May 6th Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
  • May 7th Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
  • May 9th Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
  • May 10th Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena
  • May 13th Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live
  • May 15th Hartford, CT XL Center
  • May 17th Boston, MA TD Garden
  • May 20th New York, NY Madison Square Garden
  • May 21st New York, NY Madison Square Garden

The band is touring to support “Backspacer” which received critical acclaim upon its release in the fall and quickly found its way into my CD library at home (where it stayed for months without being listened to). There were some good songs on it, but it marked the end of the 2-3 minute recording room jam sessions that made “Ten” timeless.

While this past CD didn’t really do it for me, seeing them live is an experience. It’s made me spoiled to go to another show and expect at least 2 hours of play minimum. If you can swing it, I suggest you see a show. It’s definitely worth the money. Just don’t wait to get tickets – they go faster than Captain Flintheart when he’s pleasuring his mistress.




Mar112010

Your turn to make history you drunk.

drunk Your turn to make history you drunk.

Alcohol was invented for a reason. Well firstly, to get drunk. Second, to make ugly people look not so ugly so when you sleep with them you don’t feel so bad because she kind of looks like Taylor Swift but when you wake up it’s really Ke$ha. And third, to travel through time aka blacking out. So be it that, alcoholics have always had an affect on history. Here are some fine examples which may or may not be entirely true:

- Thomas Jefferson wrote The Declaration of Independence hammered drunk. The version we all know and love is actually version number two. You see, during his first draft, Jefferson completely forgot what he was writing about and began to ramble on comparing the vast similarities and differences of a taco to a gordita to see which was the better of the two. He actually wrote 14 pages worth of information. Some of that info included:

“Although similar in shape and style, a gordita’s shell is soft whereas a taco’s shell is crunchy. Fascinating.”

And also

“I am pulled in by the ingenuity of the gordita but then the classic style of the taco draws me right back. Only if there was a way to combine the two.”

In the end of his first draft, Jefferson would in fact change history as we know it. He concluded:

“In my arguments, I have fathomed a fantastic new idea. If you put together the soft shell of a gordita, smear cheese whiz on it, then place a crunchy taco shell on the inside whilst filling it with taco fixtures, you my friend have created the all mighty. Jesus ain’t got shit on this.”

Not only can we celebrate this nations freedom on July 4th but on July 2nd, 1776 ladies and gentlemen, Thomas Jefferson invented the Cheesy Gordita Crunch. Fiesta time bitches.

- Joan of Arc was an alcoholic…or insane. Either way, she was one crazy bitch. She led the French across the battlefield during the Hundred Year War as a woman. Back then that’s like a baby Water Buffalo leading a pack of Lions to a kill. Well sadly enough, her drinking got the best of her. She got drunk one night and tried to sleep with an enemy soldier attempting to gain some quality intel. It turned out that she decided to try and hook up with the only gay guy on the enemy side. He freaked out and turned her into his superiors. She was then burned at the stake. Game fucking over.

- The reason the automobile was invented was directly related to alcohol. One night Karl Benz was drinking with his buddies when they ran out of alcohol. Being it they were too far and too drunk from the closest 7-11 to walk, they needed a quicker way to get there. Flying was out of the questing since it was not invented yet and taking the train wasn’t an option since the closest station to 7-11 was too far. So Benz got to thinking. He and his buddies went to his garage and started to build. This is what they came up with. So, they got their beer, came back and had a great night.

Now that you have seen how alcohol has affected history, it is your turn. Guinness, the greatest beer in the world, has began a Proposition to make St. Patrick’s Day an official holiday. Yes, this would mean instead of getting drunk at the office on March 17th (when on a weekday), you would be getting drunk on your sofa on March 17th. Isn’t Democracy a great thing?

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Get your wannabe Irish ass to this bloody website.




Mar12010

Drunk History, Volume 1

I enjoy Michael Cera’s small body of work (aka playing the exact same role in every acting job he’s ever had) so here’s another one you can add to the list, Alexander Hamilton. This internet only video Drunk History Volume 1, involves a guy getting plastered and recounting to us the Alexander Hamilton/Aaron Burr duel. I wish all history could have been taught to me by a drunk when I was in elementary school, rather than the drunk bum who lived in the alley across the street from my school.

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