“I couldn't live a week without a private library
- indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor
before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess.” ― H.P. Lovecraft

Wednesday, July 07, 2004

The news is official: Lil' Zombie has been picked up by another site.

Yes, the good folks at Book Talk are now displaying the entire library of our very own, junior-miss, Queen of Surly.

My thanks to the real-life Zombie at Chaos In Motion for setting it up. Your belief in my work is much appreciated. And that goes for the rest of you Zombie-heads out there too. Your kind words are feeding my madness, and though I may one day come to regret it in therapy, for now it really makes my day.

So check out the site. I'd imagine that most of you reading this have already seen most of the strips, but there's more to see there than just my funnybook-making ass.

Tuesday, July 06, 2004

Historical Misconceptions



There is no evidence that Betsy Ross sewed the first U.S. flag. The story didn't even flutter forth from her relatives until 1870.

George Washington did not toss a dollar across the Potomac. Even if he did toss something, the dollar didn't come into being until after the U.S. gained independence.

Francis Scott Key did not write our national anthem. He penned the words then set them to an old English drinking song. It did not become our national anthem until 1931.

Most of the midnight ride of Paul Revere was accomplished by other horsemen. It was Samuel Prescott, in fact, who carried the warning to Concord.

The Declaration of Independence was not approved on July 4, 1776. Only John Hancock, for the assembly, signed it that day. The other signatures were made on August 2.

George Washington wasn't the first U.S. President. John Hanson was the president of the Congress of the Confederation and carried the title of president of the U.S., as did eight men after him.

"Yankee Doodle" is not an American song. It was a British ditty designed to harass ragtag colonists during the French and Indian War.