A little unorthodox, yes, but today this week we’re starting Hamster History Month a few days early with a brand new segment I like to call: Famous Hamsters in History (brought to you by State Farm Insurance)!

Bud: Shortstop

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The the Lord sent fire and flaming smoke raining down from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah. And he sent destruction on those towns, with all the lowland and all the people of those towns and every green thing in the land. But Lot’s wife, looking back, became a pillar of salt. - Genesis 19:23-26
The Toast [...]

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A few people have asked me how it is that I pick what entry I will use each Wednesday for “The Wonderland of Knowledge Wednesdays.” It always starts with me picking a random volume off the shelf and a few flips through the pages. I will then stop when something looks interesting or if there’s [...]

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The Wonderland of Knowledge Wednesdays returns (triumphantly) with another look at the animal world. We’ve seen the horrible puns that the book used for geese (and then some geese took out an airplane over the Hudson River the very next day), we’ve seen the authors’ feelings towards birds, but today’s entry marks the first time we’ve [...]

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Dear General Mills Corporation,
For months now I’ve been silent, but I can not allow this to continue. I have enjoyed Cinnamon Toast Crunch for several years now, but something has changed. Maybe you thought we wouldn’t notice. Maybe you thought we would just continue shoving our mouths full of sugar and cinnamon swirls.
I noticed, General [...]

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From 1968 to the present day, firefighters have gone through a bit of a “public perception makeover” (please note, despite my use of quotation marks, this is not an accepted phrase). After the September 11th tragedy, the status of firefighter has changed dramatically from “hated enemy of the police department” to “hero.” This is all [...]

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Ladies and gentlemen. It’s a new year, and as such, I present to you a new segment here at RamseyEss.com: Famous Hamsters in History (brought to you by State Farm Insurance)!

Ferrero Rocher: Future Hamster
Here we have an interesting case in that this particular famous hamster in history is not from history, but rather, the future. It [...]

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As RamseyEss.com historians will one day note, last week’s The Wonderland of Knowledge Wednesday entry was the shortest Wonderland of Knowledge Wednesday entry ever to appear on this site.
When I post an entry from the encyclopedia without much commentary from myself, the next week I try to find one that will allow me to write something [...]

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This actually happened.
 
 
 

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Teacher: All right everyone, now that you all seem to have grasped division, we are going to move forward with long division. Now, if something doesn’t divide equally, instead of using remainders we’ll use the decimal point. Let me show you on the board.
Me: I’m sorry, hold on for one second, Mrs. Neely. What’s wrong [...]

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