Loony Moonies

Midway? What the hell is that?

If you've ever seen Nicholas Hytner's The Madness of King George, starring the ever-talented Ian Holm and Nigel Hawthorne, you have an idea of the insanity poor George suffered throughout the end of his reign as king of Great Britain in the mid-1700s. While most believe he suffered from a disease known as porphyria, an affliction that attacks the nervous system and can induce many terrible symptoms, George III became an unpopular figure to both the people of the newly independent United States of America and of Great Britain as well.

In a final declaration to his people, King George's last debut was recorded in history as so:

"... there he was sitting on the Throne with his King's Crown on, his robes scarlet and ermine, and held his speech written out for him, just what he had to say. But, oh dear, he strode up and made a bow and began "My Lords and Peacocks'".

Crazy Claude Francois, with his hit song, J'avais un marteau:

Also, see if you can recognize this song in French - and then ask yourself, "Pourquoi, mon Dieu, pourquoi?"



Speaking of people off their titties, (James, Scott's roommate being one of them) bootleggers and moonshiners were a main topic in my class today and, as it spiked my interest, I wanted to know the exact origins of the idea of "moon shine." Now bootlegger, of course, gets its name from the boots worn and used to conceal alcohol during the times of prohibition. Moonshine, as I am told by HowStuffWorks, simply received its name from illegal operations of selling alcohol at night in backwoods to ensure a safe transfer of the outlawed subtances. Originally a term coined by the British, moonshining was defined as "any job or activity that was done late a night." Technically, I am moonshining by writing this blog. I'm also drunk, which makes this one a double-whammy. Hoot.