Fire!

Hey guys, it's Adventure Van here with a blog about Fire! Fire is something dangerous to be avoided, right? But in all honesty, it's not that big of a threat if you're safe around it. It's even a good thing to sometimes set your arm on fire. Well, not a good thing. But a fun, non-damaging thing. You can run a line of fuel down your arm, then set it on fire. You've got three seconds before it actually starts being painful, meaning that if you brush it out before that, you can have your arm on fire for a good bit of time before actually having your arm on fire. And it's strangely an enjoyable experience. Kind of calming. Then, you'd want to brush down to put it out. And you can safely and truthfully say that you had your arm on fire.

Adventure Van, too hot to handle.

(Post-Edit:

Adventure Van realizes this seems to be implying that you should set yourself/a sibling/friend/enemy on fire. Adventure Van was given a safety course and this was done both by and in the presence of experts and proper safety. Don't set yourself or a sibling on fire with this newfound knowledge.

Enemies? That's debatable. But don't quote me.)

Barbarian Tides

Hey guys, it's Adventure Van here with a blog about the book TimeFrame 1500-600 BC (Barbarians Tide), which is a history book about the time period, when farming was a new invention, and roaming tribes was still the majority of mankind. But, kingdoms ranging from Greece to Egypt once again helped shape how our world works today. Barbarians helped shape those civilizations, thereby changing how our world works more then you would know. Trading routes being moved around, important supplies, people, and documents being captured or just disappearing, those all affect how the world around us works now.

Adventure Van, raiding off...

Three Hundred

Hey guys, Adventure Van with a blog about the math game Three Hundred. Three Hundred is a deceivingly simple game. In it, you use a select amount of + and -es and randomized numbers to make the closest possible number to 300. You get 8 pluses and 2 minuses to work mathematical equations with. Then, you use a randomizer in the form of an eggcarton with numbers penned in the bottom and two tokens to, well, randomize a two digit number. You then choose the order of the numbers, and add or subtract them. You then do that 10 more times. If you hit 300, or comfortably close to it, you can just stop the process and hope that no one manages to get closer. And after 10, it's over. Who ever is the closest to 300 wins. And although it looks like everyone would make the same move, it's possible to get wildly different results. It's actually a fun game. I'd recommend playing it.

Adventure Van, Mathing out.

A Picture History of France

Hey guys, it's Adventure Van here with a blog about A Picture History of France, a book that's a good history with nice art of France, but is slightly biased for France. It has good information, and stays unbiased for the majority of the book, but there are some times where it frames either the enemy in a more negative light, or France (or its people/generals/execution methods) in a positive light. Not always, as it also favors specific governments over others, especially some of the monarchical ones. But it is still a great book that gives a decent understanding of how France worked for a good chunk of time.

Adventure Van, White Flags.

Ancient Egyptian Women: Book Report

Hey guys, it's Adventure Van here with a blog about the book Ancient Egyptian Women. You probably know about Cleopatra, as she's one of the most famous of them, largely due to Shakespeare's play and because of learning the actual language. But there have always been women, important or not. And in ancient Egypt, women were actually more equal then a large amount of other ancient civilizations, with equal rights to property and inheritance, and being able to get into high positions. There was even a Pharaoh that was female, even though she wore a fake beard most of the time to cement herself among others.

The book that contains this information can be found here.

Adventure Van, historying.

Ancient Civilizations.

Adventure Van here with a blog about Ancient Civilizations, a book about the Ancient Civilizations. Ranging from Egypt, Greece, the Persians,  Mesopotamia, India, and China, there are tons of these that have effected how our every day lives work. And this book explains how those civilizations worked, and how the religions, technology, wars, peaces, uneasy between, and more have actually changed how we see the current world. Because it's so much more then going back in time and stepping on a butterfly 2000 years back when a war the same amount of time back goes one way over the other. And we often don't give credit to how advanced these peoples were, even when they were so advanced that it was their own advanced tech that killed them off, like when Mayan crops began dying like crazy about 100 years after they discovered sanitation and plumbing. It's interesting to see or read about how these things used to work like well oiled, or not, machines.

If you want to know what I'm talking about, I'd recommend checking out the book here.

Adventure Van, charging out.