Here's what I don't understand about Renaissance Fair(e)s. The costumes. Why would people want to dress in what is probably the absolute lamest period with regards to clothing? Those clothes look stupid! I could totally go for a Victorian fair and wear those early-modern style suits with top hats, but the Henry VIII look I think is something that should have stayed in the 16th century.

I've been doing some amount of research into my family's genealogy, and it's fairly frustrating. Passenger lists from ships have turned up little, and the census records, while valuable, have had entirely too few details. What I have determined is that the branches of my family have been around in America for a decent amount of time, probably first having arrived in the early 19th century. Even earlier than the potato famine, with regards to the Irish parts. As I previously understood, the different nationalities appear to be Irish, English, and Scottish, which I suppose means I'm essentially British Isles through-and-through. Which is no surprise. I'm white as a polar bear.

Voted off the islands

In ancient Greece, there was a practice called ostracism, the politician who was viewed as the most dangerous to the state was exiled from the land for ten years. Anyone wish that still was around?

Objection!

I wasn't able to get any good photos of the Republican debate going on at the University, or any of the hubbub surrounding it. I did get this, however.



I'm pretty sure that makes it all worthwhile.