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Right on my fellow intellects! Welcome to another episode! Today’s bit o trivia: Caryl Chessman. This was a bad dude that ran around LA/ So. Cal for many years. Started out stealing cars and going to juvi. Steal; juvi. Then, robbery paid better so he did that… and would go to prison for a bitContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 18”

Another day, Another DAY to get after it! Rainy, but still AWESOME!!! Today’s bit o trivia: Judge Charles Williams Fricke. Judges are human beings and feel the pressures that society builds up. Fricke was no different. See, back in the early 40s, in a place called Sleepy Lagoon, a murder took place. Twenty two teensContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 17”

What it is, what it is, WHAT IT IS!!! and Hello to all my adulating fans (of which I am the only one). Today’s bit o trivia: Judith Catchpole. She was a young woman who came from Europe as an indentured servant. What’s that? It’s like a slave but they get their freedom once theyContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 16”

Hello, Hello, Hello! My esteemed colleagues and seekers of wisdom from the non-wise! Today’s bit o trivia: Yaws. Not Jaws but Yaws! This is a childhood skin disease which still affects kids especially in the Pacific Islands. It shows up in highly infectious lesions on the skin but it causes deformities in the bones. AndContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 15”

The day after the storm HELLOOOO to you all!!! Today’s bit o trivia: Tom Thumb. Now, there was more than one Tom Thumb. One of them was a circus side show. See, back in the day, physical deformities, if severe enough, could result in employment with the circus as an oddity to observe. General TomContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 14”

What a lovely day this is turning into and a fine GOOD MORNING to you all! Today’s bit o trivia: Luigi Galleani. No, this is not Mario’s brother. There is an unsolved mystery at the FBI. It relates to a terrorist bombing that occurred in 1920 on Wall Street. Killed 30 people this bombing did.Continue reading “Ed-vise Episode 13”

A three part HOWDY to you all. That would be howdy, howdy, howdy!!! Today’s bit o trivia: Dr. Edward Curtis. Edward was an army surgeon. In the US army. One morning he was scrolling through his social media feeds on his Iphone 1 when he received a text: come quickly… he’s been shot. So, rollingContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 12”

A genuine heartfelt Hello and prayers to my friends and readers fighting the fires and hoping for the best.  My thoughts are with you as I cannot physically be. Today’s bit o trivia: Vasili Arkhipov.  Ever hear of him.  Russian or, depending on your generation, a Soviet.  Well, in the winter of 1963, we thoughtContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 11”

Another Smoke Filled Evening to you all!!!  Thankful today for our emergency folks keeping the fires in check.  Thank you to them all! Today’s bit o trivia: John the Fearless.  I so wanted my parents to name me Ed the Fearless.  But they were narrow minded and refused to change it.  So John was killedContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 10”

A STILL blustery and orange overcast GOOD MORNING to you all!  Today’s bit o trivia: Sappho.  Yup.  Sappho the Poet.  She was considered the Bill Shakespeare of her time back in 600BC or so.  She cranked out all kinds of hits.  Such as Ode to Aphrodite and The Tithonus Poem along with other poems thatContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 9”