Just one hit, then I gotta go.

The intrepid reporters at Gawker have announced, for the edification of those readers who didn't attend a state school, that today is 4/20, man, signifying the High [groan] Holy Day of Stoners everywhere. Because this is predicated on a myth, not unlike every other spiritual belief, and because I think I'm pretty much the only YM crew member who doesn't like to burn--got that out of my system in high school, which is about where my knowledge of the drug parlance stopped as well--I am much more interested in the other reasons that 4/20 is historically significant. (4/19 is also important, but since history is written by the winner and this is a loser's blog, we'll lump them together for all intents and purposes.) All conveniently in single Wikipedia link form, because as 99 pointed out to me the other day, in the future, blogging will be reduced to and endless slew of Wikipedia links. (And, probably, YouTube videos. We at YM are working on hastening this trend.)

• First and foremost, Happy Birthday Hitler!

• Second, the the siege at the CSA Compound, 4/20/85

• Third, the siege at the Branch Davidian Compound, 4/19/93

• Next, the OKC bombing, 4/19/95

• Honorable mention: Columbine High School shooting, 4/20/99

For further reading, here's the government's "strategic analysis," written after the conclusion of Project Megiddo. No new sieges since then! (Well...) Thanks government!

Oh, and yeah: I think that I wrote this strictly so that I could post a photo of Hitler during Passover. Pop quiz: Will Krucoff hate me more for this, or for posting mid-90s alt.country?

Waco Brothers-Bad Times (Are Comin' Round Again)