I was beginning to wonder if I was ever going to get back to this. Now that I am unemployed again this exciting blog is back in action.
So the Olympics came and went. Curling has got to be one of the strangest sports in history. The earliest reference comes from Scotland in 1541. The town of Kilsyth claims to have the world's first Curling Club, and I can't see a reason to lie about such things. Kilsyth is also the proud parent of indie rock band The Twilight Sad. Hiram Maxim, excuse me, Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim patented the first curling iron in 1866. He is also credited for inventing the Maxim machine gun, the mousetrap, an inhaler, and possibly the lightbulb.
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