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[OHSportsFan]

I love Chicago.

Fact that nobody cares about but me: During the closing days of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the mayor of Chicago offered to annex Omaha as a suburb.

Apparently nobody cared about Iowa back then, either.

Also in 1893, this was named America's best beer:

:cheers:

 

[knapplc]

Yep, Pabst won that blue ribbon at the World's Fair. That was also the event that introduced Ferris Wheels to the world.

And yes, I'm reading a book about that fair right now. I wouldn't ordinarily know this stuff.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

knapplc: Avert your eyes from the rest of this post.

Yep, Pabst won that blue ribbon at the World's Fair. That was also the event that introduced Ferris Wheels to the world.

And yes, I'm reading a book about that fair right now. I wouldn't ordinarily know this stuff.

Folks, THAT is how boring Nebraska is. Reading a book about a World's Fair from 119 years ago is a GOOD diversion from what is considered normalcy.

New state motto:
Nebraska: Don't even go there.

 

[knapplc]

knapplc: Avert your eyes from the rest of this post.



Folks, THAT is how boring Nebraska is. Reading a book about a World's Fair from 119 years ago is a GOOD diversion from what is considered normalcy.

New state motto:
Nebraska: Don't even go there.

No, no, no. We are not giving up our current (unofficial) motto:

Nebraska: Bring Something To Do



The book I'm reading is The Devil In The White City, about a serial killer preying on fair attendees. It's interesting how ill-equipped we were to deal with people like this guy back then.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

I'm assuming you're reading the Devil and the White City?

Pretty good book - I'm about halfway through, though reading at a snail's pace.

 

[knapplc]

I'm assuming you're reading the Devil and the White City?

Pretty good book - I'm about halfway through, though reading at a snail's pace.

Hah, yes. I didn't know you were reading it, too. It reads like an encyclopedia entry, doesn't it?

I'm almost done, mercifully. It's not the most gripping book I've ever read.

 

[Gatorubet]

Andrew Johnson. Not Jackson.

SEC!

Yeah. Brain fart. Geographical hazard. We sort of have Jackson on the brain here when I start to type any President named "Andrew".

My hood is directly across the river from the Chalmette Battlefield.

 

[knapplc]

Ordinarily I wouldn't toss out the "SEC!" stuff, but I'm contractually obligated now that we're in the Big Ten.

 

[Gatorubet]

Hah, yes. I didn't know you were reading it, too. It reads like an encyclopedia entry, doesn't it?

I'm almost done, mercifully. It's not the most gripping book I've ever read.

So - no H.H. Holmes references then?

 

[stowfan]

Yeah. Brain fart. Geographical hazard. We sort of have Jackson on the brain here when I start to type any President named "Andrew".

My hood is directly across the river from the Chalmette Battlefield.

I would guess when you live in the south, you try your best to forget Andrew Johnson's presidency.

 

[knapplc]

So - no H.H. Holmes references then?

The book is really vague about him. Since it's "historic" (based off of newspaper reports, personal correspondence and the like) we never get a really clear picture of Holmes. Maybe it's intentional to keep him an enigma. Whatever the reason, it's just not pulling me in. It's the most non-fiction fiction I've ever read.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

The book I'm reading is The Devil In The White City, about a serial killer preying on fair attendees. It's interesting how ill-equipped we were to deal with people like this guy back then.

Damn, that pretty much ruins the joke. :(

It reads like an encyclopedia entry, doesn't it?

But that validates it again.

If you haven't read them, I highly recommend Caleb Carr's books: The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness. Sounds like a similar premise. Although entirely fictional.

 

[knapplc]

If you haven't read them, I highly recommend Caleb Carr's books: The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness. Sounds like a similar premise. Although entirely fictional.

I really liked The Alienist. I only just heard about The Angel of Darkness, coincidentally from the same guy who loaned me Devil in the White City.

 

[BUCKYLE]

aaaaaaaaaand...threadjacked

 

[knapplc]

Just trying to keep #Nebraska trending on Buckeye Planet today. So far, it's working.