Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
Alfred W. Crosby

Born: January 15, 1931
Died: March 14, 2018 (aged 87)
Bio: Alfred W. Crosby Jr. was a Professor Emeritus of History, Geography, and American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He was the author of such books as The Columbian Exchange and Ecological Imperialism.
Known for:
- The Columbian Exchange (1972)
- America's forgotten pandemic (1976)
- The measure of reality (1996)
- Children of the sun (2006)