BFF Kay told me the other day, “When you say, ‘Do NOT go here,’ I don’t go there.” No, you’re not playing the game correctly.You’re supposed to go there. Amazing. She’s my best friend of almost 20 years and she takes my smart-aleck dorkball drivel seriously. Well, some of it anyway. I love her.
But you really may not want to go here today if you’re in a hurry — and especially if you’re a history geek in a hurry. I love Eyewitness to History.com. Here are some of my favorites:
- Irwin Rommel’s forced suicide, as told by his son
- The Massacre at Wounded Knee
- The Hindenburg Explodes Over New Jersey
- The Galveston Hurricane of 1900
[With regard to #2: the book is crucial reading for every American. It was life-changing for me. I’ve also got the movie in the Netflix queue, after forgetting all about it since that long-ago post.]
Well, let’s see if we’ve got school today…