Draw A Card, DRINK 234!

A notification came buzzing over the old textural waves to Daniel's iPhone. "We need cards." Daniel and I shared a concerned look. If Jake found out about this we were all doomed. A deck of cards meant drinking games, drinking games mean a "Jaked" Jake. It may be the end of civilization as we know it. Despite all our concerns Danny still told Jake about the situation.

Danny: Jake, they said we should bring cards.

(From behind the bathroom door:)

Jake: Really!?!

We could hear the smile smearing across his face. He emerged from the bathroom all hott and foaming at the mouth tearing through the house looking for his coat. Just seconds later we were walking toward the C-Store (That's what Jake calls the gas station.) As Jake loped out about 6 paces ahead of us.

When we got inside there was a slight kerfuffle dealing with the payment of pianist and a snarky ATM machine. So in order to meet the exact fee I offered to buy the deck of cards in order to obtain a few smaller bills.

$2.34 for a pack of red Aviator playing cards.

In 234 BC 100,000 Zhao soldiers were killed in the battle of Pingyang (if you know anything else about the battle of Pingyang you should post in Wikipedia, I'm sure Jimmy Wales would greatly appreciate it.)

The Wikipedia article on 234 BC claims that construction of Great Wall of China started that year. A claim that is apparently uncorroborated by the Great Wall of China article. Sorry 234.

In Greece some junk was destroyed by Demetrius II (such a temper, but what's the king of Macedonia gonna do?)

And finally Zenodotus of Ephesus the first Librarian of the Library of Alexandria died. He was the guy who had this great idea to separate all of the books based on their subject material there. He also monkeyed around with the Iliad and The Odyssey, but who hasn't? Right?

234 BC. It was a pretty boring year. But not as boring as 234 AD. Want a good nap? Try reading up on it!