RIP Les Paul

Wow, Les Paul died today. If you don't know, he invented the solid body electric guitar, and helped reshape music into what it is today. Rock and roll wouldn't have ever come about if it hadn't have been for Les Paul and his guitar, which is kind of funny on several levels. Les wasn't ever really a rock and roll kind of guy, instead spreading out 40's pop hits, country, and jazz over his lifetime. Did you know that one of his big early influences was Django Reinhardt? Django was a gypsy, and played a compelling style of gypsy swing jazz that also made a large impact on the scene.
I guess you could say that by following the lines, rock and roll is the spawn of gypsies. I like that.

Wild, wild woman

That's right, pardner. One woman is known to have ever robbed a stagecoach in the Old West. Pearl Hart, in Arizona robbed the Globe, Arizona stage on May 29, 1899 with a man called Joe Boot. Then they got lost, and arrested. Got lost, huh? She must have been leading. Kidding, totally kidding.

Did you know that the longest word in the English language is 189,819 letters long? Its the chemical name for titin, the largest known protein. Still, some folks don't accept it because they don't accept chemical names. They're probably just jealous.

A google or a googol

Were you aware that the company "Google" gets its name as derived from the term "googol" which is a name for the number 1 with a hundred zeroes following it. It was coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of mathematician Edward Kasner, when he was 9 years old.
Its kind of funny, because the company Google uses the name to kind of show how vast the search engine is, but Kasner used the original term to contrast an unimaginably large number to infinity. The number is still quantifiable, whereas infinity is still infinity.

Papa's got a brand new blog!

Here I am! This new blog is designed to serve several purposes: give me a bigger internet presence, provide you with some stunning photos taken by yours truly, and last but certainly not least, a chance to find out some really neat trivia!

Everyone loves trivia, and my head is full of it.
I spew it out at people regularly, why not share it with the world? For instance: did you know that Carol Vorderman has the most appearances of any actor or actress on the IMDB, with over 5000?

I'll have to share a picture later, I don't have one handy. Oh wait, here we go! Flamingos!