Cool Obscure Facts

Witches have become an intrinsic part of Salem, Massachusetts. You don’t see ads like the above anymore, of course. Although that sort of positive, Witches Can Help philosophy is much present. Very unlike the ad I describe in HIDDEN HISTORY OF SALEM (an ad that uses the hanging of Salem…

Today, October 29, is National Cat Day and to celebrate I shall share with you a partial SOLUTION to the BIOSHOCK Cats Mystery. Including cats for the player to discover actually IS a game-within-the-game. While it is still unknown who originally designed the black-and-white cat and put him/her in the…

This is the story of how an ACTUAL CRAZY AXE MURDERER killed seven people – Wisconsin’s worst act of mass murder until 2005, inspired a Thomas Wolfe story – as well as many an urban legend, and completely changed a style of architecture – yet most of us have probably never even…

Abduction is a popular storytelling device when it comes to historical romance, which isn’t surprising since you can trace its place in romance literature right back to the Abduction of Persephone. When you’re talking historical romance set in England or Wales, abductors – and elopers, for that matter – are…

Have you seen this new Dr. Pepper advertisement? There has been some shock expressed at the perceived misogynistic content.  Good thing those American consumers don’t know about the Yorkie chocolate bar wrapper – it’s been this way for years: What do you think? Amusing or sexist?

I have re-done my HIDDEN HISTORY OF SALEM book-teaser because MY BOOK INSPIRED A SONG and that is just too cool not to share: Buy the book!  You’ll like it. Click here  There’s real history plus cool obscure facts plus ghost cats and candy and coffee and romance and a…

I love Chris Avellone. Seriously. He is the coolest dude. And I shall now believe in my heart of hearts that Vulpes/Arcade is canon. (FYI: The link in the above tweet I sent goes to THIS post) Everything is Vulcade and nothing hurts!! You would not believe the squeee-ing and…

A quality coffee post by enderrr: Yes, folks, this is a coffee post. At least once a day someone comes in and asks me which different roasts we have, or tells me they’d like a cup of the dark roast because they ‘like strong coffee’. I politely tell them we have…

This blog post is from: http://bathsbloggers.blogspot.com/2011/08/sweet-cheese-cake-but-not-as-we-know-it.html Sweet Cheese Cake but not as we know it…. You will need: 130 grams plain flour 250 grams ricotta cheese 1 egg 4 bay leaves 4 tablespoons of clear honey Serves 4 Libum to be made as follows: 2 lb cheese well crushed in a…

This snippet is from a late Victorian medical book written by a (male) doctor. I just love the line: “… I am afraid the poor little uterus would be constantly skylarking from one part of the pelvis to the other.” My first thought upon reading this was that Aristotle’s theory…