Why I Love the Internet
Jun. 7th, 2006 03:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oakenguyReason One:
"Despite the fact that I actually know very little about him, Nikola Tesla has always been one of those historical figures that I'd picked up enough facts about over the years to be mildly fascinated by him. Still, if there was a better way to get me to sit down and actually read something about him than by having him team up with Mark Twain and use a giant robot body to fight an occult conspiracy led by Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan, I'd certainly like to hear it."
--Chris's Invincible Super-Blog, speaking for my heart in his review of The Five Fists of Science
Reason Two:
Necronimicon Plush Book (pre-school edition!) http://www.trollandtoad.com/p140196.html
Reason Three:
X-Men the Last Stand, Summarized. http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/1985185.html#cutid1
Reason Four:
From the Wikipedia entry for Killdozer:
"'Killdozer' has been used as a nickname for the armored bulldozer constructed by Marvin Heemeyer and used to demolish a significant portion of Granby, Colorado in the United States of America on June 4, 2004. There is no evidence that Heemeyer ever planned to name his creation, and no one was killed or injured in Heemeyer's rampage."
In 2004, Heemeyer was so angered by a zoning decision by a corrupt city government--which destroyed his business, ruined his property, and cost him $2500 in fines--that he spent six months constructing an armored, impenetrable bulldozer that withstood over 200 gunshots and three explosions, bursting through the walls of his muffler shop and going on a rampage that eventually resulted in the destruction of City Hall and Heemeyer's own suicide.
How the hell had I never heard of this before?
-Chris's Invincible Super-Blog again, asking the important questions.
Thank you, internet.
"Despite the fact that I actually know very little about him, Nikola Tesla has always been one of those historical figures that I'd picked up enough facts about over the years to be mildly fascinated by him. Still, if there was a better way to get me to sit down and actually read something about him than by having him team up with Mark Twain and use a giant robot body to fight an occult conspiracy led by Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan, I'd certainly like to hear it."
--Chris's Invincible Super-Blog, speaking for my heart in his review of The Five Fists of Science
Reason Two:
Necronimicon Plush Book (pre-school edition!) http://www.trollandtoad.com/p140196.html
Reason Three:
X-Men the Last Stand, Summarized. http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/1985185.html#cutid1
Reason Four:
From the Wikipedia entry for Killdozer:
"'Killdozer' has been used as a nickname for the armored bulldozer constructed by Marvin Heemeyer and used to demolish a significant portion of Granby, Colorado in the United States of America on June 4, 2004. There is no evidence that Heemeyer ever planned to name his creation, and no one was killed or injured in Heemeyer's rampage."
In 2004, Heemeyer was so angered by a zoning decision by a corrupt city government--which destroyed his business, ruined his property, and cost him $2500 in fines--that he spent six months constructing an armored, impenetrable bulldozer that withstood over 200 gunshots and three explosions, bursting through the walls of his muffler shop and going on a rampage that eventually resulted in the destruction of City Hall and Heemeyer's own suicide.
How the hell had I never heard of this before?
-Chris's Invincible Super-Blog again, asking the important questions.
Thank you, internet.
