Mata Hari

Mata Hari was put on trial, accused of spying for Germany and consequently causing the deaths of tens of thousands of soldiers. Although it has been speculated since that there was no concrete evidence, she was nevertheless found guilty and was executed by firing squad on October 15, 1917, at the age of 41.

Mata Hari's body was not claimed by any family members and was accordingly used for medical study. Her head was embalmed and kept in the Museum of Anatomy in Paris, but in 2000, archivists discovered that the head had disappeared, possibly as early as 1954, when the museum had been relocated.

the war

František Fajtl was a Czechoslovakian figher pilot. He escaped the country when it was Annexed by Germany. He lived in France, and flew for them briefly in 1940, until France was forced to surrender. After that, he made his way to England, where he flew for the RAF from 1941 to 1944. Then he led a squadron of Czech pilots in the Soviet Untion from mid-1944 to early 1945. He died on October 4th.

weeked update

Cyn and I were thinking of going out ot see a movie on Thursday night, but we ended up staying in and watching Night of the Comet. Good clean dumb fun.

Friday night was Willy Porter with Rory Block at the Pabst Theater. Willy's always good.

Saturday was going to be a relaxing morning and afternoon, maybe with some yard work. At 10:15, Cyn remembered we were supposed to be babysitting. At 11:00, my sister brought her kids over. That was fun.

In the evening, we went out to dinner with Drew and his girlfriend. We ate at The African Hut. The food was good, and the girlfriend turned out to be really nice, as one would expect with Drew. Expensive night, though. Note for the future: don't go there when there's an event at the arena.

On sunday, the weather was great again - fifty and sunny. Fifty isn't that great, but it was well above freezing, so I won't complain. I did some yard work, including mowing the lawn for hopefully the last time this season. I would have liked to do a lot more work out there this weekend, but saturday was shot with the kids, and I had to leave for gaming by 4:30.