Like History? Good. You're akin to 98% of the population that slept through history class and only turns on the History Channel if "The History of Sex" is on late at night. But whether you admit it or not, history can be pretty amusing and freakin' cool. I'm going to prove that to you, or at least give you some fun facts you can use to impress your friends.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Sometimes I Feel like I Live in Grand Central Station..
I don't know where to begin this week. It's midterm time here at the ol' Skidmore so of course that means everyone is freaking out about EVERYTHING. It doesn't help that it's the beginning of March, so everyone's super sluggish and ready for a well deserved break. I'm in the same basket as everyone else. I've got two exams and two papers this week to do and I've gotta get cracking (later?). The sad thing is that doesn't leave much time for researching stuff for you guys and of course, this is the one week where a lot of pretty cool stuff happened.
LIKE the telephone being patented! Woo! Yep on March 7th 1876 Alexander Graham Bell patented the world's first telephone. Yeah, yeah, it's kinda boring compared to NASCAR, but I mean, half of you are probably reading this blog on your iphones, all thanks to Mr. Bell.
Well..
One thing that's kinda interesting about this story is that while Bell was inventing the telephone, Elisha Gray was inventing something extremely similar. Bell beat out Gray's in issuing a patent by two hours. Which OBV made Gray pretty pissed. So pissed that he started to work for Thomas Edison to invent a better telephone. Bell promptly sued their asses though, which is why he is credited as the first and only inventor of the telephone. Suck it Edison, you get enough credit for you so called 'lightbulb', stop being such a goddamn attention whore (and elephant electrocution-er).
Anyway, since this is a pretty boring post, I'll leave you with a smidgen of Family Guy to cleanse the palate.
Happy Spring Break!
Ding-a-ling, "Hello" "Hello is this Kim?" "Yes who's this?" "Docnemus." "Oh, hi." "Pretty weak effort this week. What's the matter too many PBR's last night?" "Fuck off Dad." (hang up)
Hey! I missed this post. Great juxtaposition of blues, blip about Bell, and then the ever irreverent Family Guy. Really, how does anyone have the time to find this stuff!
Ding-a-ling, "Hello"
ReplyDelete"Hello is this Kim?"
"Yes who's this?"
"Docnemus."
"Oh, hi."
"Pretty weak effort this week. What's the matter too many PBR's last night?"
"Fuck off Dad." (hang up)
nothing like Family Guy to lighten the mood during a chaotic time with mid terms, gross weather, and cabin fever.
ReplyDeleteHey! I missed this post. Great juxtaposition of blues, blip about Bell, and then the ever irreverent Family Guy. Really, how does anyone have the time to find this stuff!
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