Before the maps today, I’d like to draw special attention to this bonus map link. I occasionally provide an extra link to a cool map or map-related article at the bottom of my Fun with Maps posts but I found this one to be extraordinary and worth a look. Bonus Map Link: The Geography of…
Map 111 shows the countries never invaded by the British in white. All the pink countries, have, at one time, been invaded or colonized by the British. If you’ve taken any kind of history class recently (or have a good memory), you may remember two or three dozen instances over time of the British expanding their…
Map 109 displays the largest Fortune 1000 Companies headquartered in each of the fifty states. Why? Because someone at Business Insider loves maps as much as me! The first obvious observation of the map is that not every state is represented by a Fortune 1000 Company. This makes plenty of sense as larger cities are…
It has been a while since my last post because Beth and I were hosting my good friend sister, Katie, for a couple days. Katie, a “grooms-ma’am” (trademark pending) in our wedding, was in town for vacation. She’s a teacher in the St. Louis Public School System and, for the second year in a row, decided to take a trip North to the…
It’s been a long, four-day, holiday-shortened week. Businesses, like my employer, tend to cram five days of work into four days when forced by law to be closed on holidays. I’ve also been training a new employee for 11 straight weeks (ten weeks with one dude that just didn’t get it and one with another new guy). Because of this, I’m…
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