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Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Saturday, August 3, 2013
React to a Fact
TRIVIAS:
1. Liu Bang had a bit of a superiority complex, to say the least. When he became the first Han emperor, he declared; “At last, the whole world is mine.” He had control over a territory half as large as modern China. Liu despised learned Confucians whom he identified by their distinctive peaked hats. Upon encountering them, he would snatch the hat from the head and pee in it.
Me: I didn't know that he's so mean. He's one of the emperors that I like (maybe because Liu Bang rhymes with my friend's last name, Liu Chiang) in our Social Studies book. This guy knows how to troll.
2. A man survived multiple murder attempts by his "friends". His name was Michael Malloy, and after all this, he became known as Mike the Durable and Iron Mike. He was a homeless Irishman living in New York city in the 1920s. He was most famous because 5 acquaintances tried to murder him to collect on life insurance policies that they took out on him.
3. Crime-fighting vigilantes dressed in disguise are the stuff of comic books or blockbuster films, not real life. Ken Andre would disagree with this. The 33-year-old father of two calls himself "Shadow" and uses his martial arts skills to keep the streets of Yeovil, Somerset in the UK safe.
*I put an 's' to trivia and all the Grammar Nazis go crazy. Hihhihi*
1. Liu Bang had a bit of a superiority complex, to say the least. When he became the first Han emperor, he declared; “At last, the whole world is mine.” He had control over a territory half as large as modern China. Liu despised learned Confucians whom he identified by their distinctive peaked hats. Upon encountering them, he would snatch the hat from the head and pee in it.
Me: I didn't know that he's so mean. He's one of the emperors that I like (maybe because Liu Bang rhymes with my friend's last name, Liu Chiang) in our Social Studies book. This guy knows how to troll.
2. A man survived multiple murder attempts by his "friends". His name was Michael Malloy, and after all this, he became known as Mike the Durable and Iron Mike. He was a homeless Irishman living in New York city in the 1920s. He was most famous because 5 acquaintances tried to murder him to collect on life insurance policies that they took out on him.
Three of the 5 got policies on Malloy, which came up to be over $3500 (in 2011 dollars, over $60,000). This set off the plot to kill him. One of the conspirators owned a bar, and gave Malloy unlimited credit, thinking that he would drown himself to death in alcohol. When he did not die in alcoholism, they mixed in antifreeze instead of liquor. Malloy still lived. Then, they substituted it with turpentine, horse liniment and even, rat poison. He still lived.
They tried feeding him raw oysters soaked in methanol, and then a sandwich of spoiled sardines mixed with poison and carpet tacks. Their attempts got more and more ridiculous! They eventually decided to see if they could freeze him to death.
On a night that reached -14F, Malloy blacked out drinking. The murderers carried him to a park, poured 5 gallons of water on his bare chest and left him to die. He came back for a drink the next day. Then they hit him with a cab at 45 miles per hour. Iron Mike still lived.
They finally managed to kill him one night when they strapped him to a gas hose and turned it on. He was pronounced dead of lobar pneumonia. However, there was justice in this case. The 5 men squabbled too much on how to divide the loot and when the police heard rumors of Mike the Durable, they investigated and it led to their arrest. 4 were given the electric chair.
Me: Poor guy though. What kind of people are his "friends"? They deserve more than an electric chair. I should have wrote what kind of torture they deserved but I don't want to veeerry violent cause it involves blood, lots of it, some parts of the body, vehicles, sharp objects, ropes, boiling water, chemicals, and public humiliation.
3. Crime-fighting vigilantes dressed in disguise are the stuff of comic books or blockbuster films, not real life. Ken Andre would disagree with this. The 33-year-old father of two calls himself "Shadow" and uses his martial arts skills to keep the streets of Yeovil, Somerset in the UK safe.
Andre is an ex-military guard and an expert in the Japanese art of Ninjutsu. He wears black Ninjutsu robes and a hearing aid when he patrols at night. The hearing aid amplifies sounds so he's able to detect cries for help. Andre's vigilantism started when he was young and would see his mother beaten up by abusive boyfriends. He vowed he would not sit idly by and watch such things happen.
Andre says that he is "a force for good." He fights drug dealers, gang members, muggers, abusive boyfriends, etc. With his martial art skills and a wooden pole. "Shadow" defuses the situation and then fades back into the night before police arrive.
Me: He is supermegafoxyawesome!!! He's better than those comic book characters cause he's real. The world would be a better place if there were more people like him. This guy deserves a medal.
Friday, August 2, 2013
Me, Right Now
ME: I want to go back to sleep. I need to review for the UPCAT. I need to finish writing my reflections. I have to go out and buy food. I should fix my bed. I should finish reading Tuesdays with Morrie.
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