№ CCCXXXI - The Thirty Years' War, Part II: Catholicism triumphant—The Second Defenestration of Prague (1618), the Bohemian Revolt & the Battle of White Mountain (1620), the Imperial & Spanish conquests of the Palatinates (1620-1622), the resumption of the Eighty Years' War (1621), the end of the "Palatinate phase" at the Battle of Stadtlohn (1623), the Siege of Breda (1624-1625), & the final defeat of the Huguenots at the Siege of La Rochelle (1627-1628).
Operation AXIOM
Nine years ago to the day, 12 March 2004, the first episode of Wonderfalls aired on the Fox broadcast network. (They style it as FOX, to echo the improperly punctuated styling of "ABC," "NBC," & "CBS," but "FOX" is neither an acronym nor an initialism, so I refuse to play ball.) I contributed to the swift, regrettable cancellation of Wonderfalls in that I meant to watch the show, but missed it week after week, eventually catching only the four & finale episode to be broadcast, "Pink Flamingos," the high school reunion episode. On the strength of that solitary episode, I acquired the D.V.D. boxset of all thirteen episodes, including the nine that Fox never aired. I've seen Wonderfalls all the way through thrice or maybe four times, a task made easy by the show's sad brevity & a task made splendid by the show's too little-recognized brilliance. Wonderfalls, nine years ago to-day.
Caroline Dhavernas, who played series protagonist Jaye Tyler.
The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Séan McCann, "Sooner or Later" courtesy The Watergirl (T.L.A.M.)
Commentary:
"Jesus Christ came down to save Mankind,
He forgave the sinner, he cured the blind,
But we wouldn't let Him change our minds,
So we nailed Him to a tree and He died."
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