question of the day...

[katster]

On a different topic, while I was typing out long rant, my sister came in and asked me a question:

Why is Boston called Beantown?

Check it out, the answer is fascinating, to both history geeks and science geeks.

Comments

[phenyx.livejournal.com]

heh, for some reason that reminded me of Damon's rant in Good Will Hunting about why he can't work for the NSA.

Not that that's a bad thing, just an instance of someone putting a bunch of things together that most people wouldn't think about.

[phenyx.livejournal.com]

... and now I want to watch that movie again. Dammit. I can't afford to buy any more DVDs this month, but I really want that one. Ah well. Rental time...