While it wasn’t as good as Billy Madison or Happy Gilmore, I thought this was a pretty good Adam Sandler movie. It was cheesy, stupid, and crude, but I found it very entertaining. I think one of the reasons is because his character is such a charming goober. I just love the football scenes whereContinue reading “Things I Like: The Waterboy (1998 Film)”
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Fun Fact: Governor Meriweather Lewis
Since Meriweather Lewis had co-led the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Thomas Jefferson later made him Governor of the Louisiana Territory. Despite the name, most of the land he was Governor of was not even near modern-day Louisiana. Most of the important areas of the territory later became known as the state of Missouri.
Fun Fact: Louisiana Doesn’t Have Counties
While most states have their own separate counties, Louisiana does not. Instead they call them parishes which is obviously a name from their days under French rule.
Fun Fact: How Baton Rouge Louisiana Got Its Name
French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville gave the capital of Louisiana, Baton Rouge its name. The city’s name comes from a land-mark tree they named le baton rouge which means “the red stick” in French.
Fun Fact: When Tony Perkins Got Hit By Karma
The Family Research Council is a lobbying group that is so anti-LGBT that the Southern Poverty Law Center has classified it as a hate group. Since 2003 the Family Research Council has been led by Tony Perkins who was bold enough to claim that natural disasters were a punishment from God to those who areContinue reading “Fun Fact: When Tony Perkins Got Hit By Karma”
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