First Pig to Fly – Lord Brabazon

First Pig to Fly – Lord Brabazon

The first historically recorded flight of a pig took place on British soil, at Leysdown in Kent in 1909. The pig was carried aloft by J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon, later the First Lord Brabazon of Tara, in his personal French-built Voisin aero plane.

Snout Trails

Snout Trails

Back in a simpler time (ca. 1997) and space (Geocities pre-Yahoo!) cursor trails were cool to have on your web page. Now they’re vilified and it is suggested they might even be a trigger for epileptic seizures, brain hemorrhages and Adult Attention Deficit Disorders.

Got Milk?

Got Milk?

Here on Wall Street, the Darwinian struggle to hold on to one’s tender loins requires energy and stamina. After a grueling day of hogging the market – a mean feat with cloven appendages – I need to relax with an ice-cold glass of milk.