Today I learned that, after the Civil War, Texas was broke. However, it was cow-rich. Rich with cows. Hence the cattle drives and the evolution of the cowboy. Cowboys were actually kind of looked down upon in their working circles, but everyone else idolized them. Cowboys were literally guys who had to see to the cows at the back of the heard, and to put them in their place, ranchers and businessmen would call them "boys," hence "cow-boy."

Yesterday I learned that the "bitch" in Jay-Z's "99 Problems (but a Bitch ain't One)" is actually a bitch, a female dog. The song actually refers to a time Jay-z was pulled over while drug trafficking. He managed to talk the cop out of searching his car by being aware of his rights and the fact that his car couldn't be searched without probable cause. As he pulled away from the roadblock, he saw, a few feet from where he'd been stopped, a K-9 unit. The "bitch" he didn't have a "problem" with was the dog cop who surely would have gotten him busted if he had not been able to drive on.

Yesterday I also learned that Tiger Woods doesn't usually blink when he plays golf. His concentration on his job is so singular that it is almost like being asleep or in a hypnotized state.

I have been learning a lot of crap lately, lulz.