This Day in Blogging History: Handmade barristers' wigs; Palin thinks men and dinosaurs co-existed; FBI invokes PATRIOT Act on Adrian Lamo

One year ago today

A website for elaborately handmade barrister's wigs: The Hong Kong-based company claims their primary clientele are legal professionals, but Judicial cosplayers and barrister fetishists can also plunk down hundreds to thousands of dollars for handmade wigs stitched from the finest Australian and Mongolian pony hair.

Five years ago today

Palin believes dinosaurs and men once coexisted: Palin told him that "dinosaurs and humans walked the Earth at the same time," Munger said. When he asked her about prehistoric fossils and tracks dating back millions of years, Palin said "she had seen pictures of human footprints inside the tracks," recalled Munger.

Ten years ago today
FBI invokes Patriot Act against reporters covering Adrian Lamo case: The FBI is demanding that several reporters retail any notes or communication records pertaining to Adrian Lamo, the "Homeless Hacker" who turned himself in to Federal Authorities earlier this month.