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Throwback Thursday: Ten Common Historical Myths That Simply Refuse to Die
These are stubbornly persistent
It’s been a few months since I published the exercise in futility that is the Throwback Thursday article, and because I do love exercises in futility, I thought it was time to bring it back to kick off the start of cooler weather (supposedly cooler; it’s going to 107 degrees here for the next two days before the heat finally breaks). I shouldn’t be surprised at the level of disinterest a throwback article usually generates; Thursday is the red-headed stepchild of the days of the week, so the word alone elicits a yawn. It’s not cool like the weekend and yet not heinous enough to be despised like Monday. And it sure as hell isn’t Taco Tuesday, the poor thing. It’s stuck with Throwback Thursday.
Throwback Thursday began as a simple idea: it was a way for us to share old pictures of ourselves on Facebook, fondly recalling those long-ago days when we had hair, no kids, and fit into those size 30 jeans. It later became a way to draw attention to older articles; I’ve tried it multiple times with mixed results. I continue out of sheer stubbornness and a pathological love of hopeless causes. Thirty years on, I still believe, against all evidence, that the Dallas Cowboys will someday win another Super Bowl.
