Scaphism – The Persian Execution Method
As I was looking through a list of unusual deaths I kept coming back to this one : 401 BC – Mithridates, a soldier condemned for the murder of Cyrus the Younger, was executed by scaphism, surviving the insect torture 17 days Scaphism it turns out is even more gruesome then it sounds. It’s an … Continue reading
Ice Hotel – The World’s Fanciest Igloo
Usually when I think of having a good night’s rest it involves curling up in a cozy bed under a really huge blanket – but one day I will have to make an exception to this rule if I ever hope to stay a night at an ice hotel. I first heard about the concept … Continue reading
Steampunk
While many people may have heard of cyberpunk (high tech, low life) , it seems like only a few know about the movement it spawned called steampunk. Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction featuring elements of fantasy that became popular in the 1980s and early 1990s. As the term suggests, it imagines a world … Continue reading
Parkour – The Art of Movement
par·kour (pär-kōōr’) A sport or athletic activity in which the participant seeks to move quickly and fluidly through an area, often an urban locale, by surmounting obstacles such as walls and railings and leaping across open spaces, as in a stairwell or between buildings So it’s 3:00 in the morning and I just finished watching … Continue reading
Mangoes and Pineapple Express
Looking at this epic poster for Pineapple Express it’s hard to believe I even thought twice about watching it. Today, after watching the trailer for the hundredth time I finally made up my mind to sit back with a bowl of mangoes and watch it. Pineapple was awesome! I have to say, I liked this … Continue reading
I’m Typing, So I’m off to a Good Start
First posts are kind of useless I find. I don’t know what to type and no one knows what they’re about to read. It’s like having to draw on a crisp white sheet of paper. You feel like you’re going to ruin its perfection, so you end up either drawing nothing or massacring the page … Continue reading
Data Back To Earth 