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Godfrey de Bouillon
Godfrey de Bouillon was born around 1060 into the French nobility in the Boulogne region of France. His father served William the Conqueror, survived the Battle of Hastings but died quite young leaving a very young Godfrey and his two brothers with their mother for their upbringing. Godfrey began his military training around about the age of ten and became a proficient horse rider, swordsman and bowman.
By Alan Russellabout 11 hours ago in Humor
Why the Rich Never Tell White Lies After Labor Day
Every year, as the last rosé is chilled, the final seaplane taxis off to Aspen, and Labor Day folds its socially acceptable linen napkin, an ancient tradition quietly stirs among the elite: They stop telling white lies. Why you ask?
By The Pompous Postabout 13 hours ago in Humor
Mirror, Mirror on the Feed:
The digital war between Brenda and Maya doesn't take place on a battlefield; it plays out in the saturated, filtered trenches of Social Media, fueled by cheap wine and a level of resentment that could power a small metropolitan area.
By Meko James about 20 hours ago in Humor
The MAGA-thon: Spite, Saturated Fats, and the Spin Cycle of Doom
The air in the "Spin Cycle" studio at the local gym was thick with the scent of organic citrus floor cleaner and the collective, desperate sweat of a dozen people trying to outrun their own bad decisions and mortality. But for Brenda, it smelled like treason. It smelled like a deep-state, gluten-free, avocado-toast-eating, woke communist conspiracy, that was personally trying to steal her breath and destroy her life.
By Meko James 3 days ago in Humor
Inside the Mind of Dr. Tina Quartz: Healer, Hoax, or Just Really Into Mason Jars?
You’ve heard the name whispered across candlelit kombucha bars. You’ve seen her quotes tattooed in Comic Sans on the backs of people named Trysten. You may have even enrolled, accidentally, in one of her courses after clicking on an ad that said: “Unlock Your Aura’s Credit Score.”
By The Pompous Post4 days ago in Humor
The Sex Safe!
Yes, we all know how important it is to practice safe sex...or at least, safer sex (I seriously doubt that any sex can truly be safe; cameras and eyewitnesses have a funny habit of sneaking up on you), but we are human, and often, like a woman caught in a rainstorm, we suddenly feel odd sensations we cannot control, and end up getting very wet...on a good day.
By Kendall Defoe 5 days ago in Humor
Lunar Vuitton: Why Space Needs Fashion More Than Oxygen
“One small step for man, one fierce strut for mankind.” – Naomi Armstrong (probably) Friends, readers, celestial wanderers… we must address the glaring oversight in modern space exploration: the complete and utter lack of fashion-forward thinking beyond our stratosphere.
By The Pompous Post8 days ago in Humor
The Irony of Flying While We Bomb the "World's Greatest Terror Regime". Top Story - March 2026.
Ah, the irony of flying at this moment in time as the United States is simultaneously bombing Iran - the nation officials have insisted for decades is "The World's Greatest Terror Regime" - while the TSA is on a go-slow, courtesy of a funding squeeze that's left its officers unpaid, quitting in droves, and turning checkpoints into something like slow-moving bread lines.
By Scott Christenson🌴8 days ago in Humor
The Legend of Don Conrado Pt. 6
He stepped back from this curb — our don (or perhaps we could now refer to him as our newfound philosopher?*) — just in the nick of time; for a paceline of cyclists — in some blazing hurry down the narrow bridge adjacent to his person — cursed indignantly in his direction. With one enthusiastic chap (from yonder down the end of the line) hurling the following salutation: “Out of the way, you muppet!” It was as if — in some bizarre foreshadowing from another famous tale** — this one particular high-ranking two-wheeler would’ve run him clean over, and without so much as a second thought; perhaps even (and in good measure) tossing a single circulated one-pound coin at his person and thus fulfilling an ancient prophesy — and, indirectly igniting an uprising in all the cyclists who ruled these here parts in this rendition.
By Delusions of Grandeur 9 days ago in Humor
