Random Historical Anecdote of the Week

So when people ask me "Gee, how are you going to combine your random majors of History and Mass Communications?" I usually don't have much of an answer. On "Random Historical Anecdote of the Week" however I think I've found a way. Here I'll try and bring you an interesting or humorous little story from the past every week. So without further adieu..

In the past week or so I have had not 1, not 2, but three different conversations with friends who have been overstressed to the point of contemplating quitting school altogether and fleeing the City of the Hills for good. It would seem this long stretch of time without a break is bringing many to the breaking point.(October 8th can't come soon enough eh?) So when I heard a story about this dude Isidore of Seville in class the other day all I thought was "Wow, how relevant."

His Wikipedia article that I just linked doesn't do him justice, but this story does. Apparently while spending time at the 7th century Spanish equivalent of college Isidore too, like many of us, became overstressed and apathetic. One day he just up and left, fled to the countryside and found a nice cave to live in.

Sounds like a plan right? Isidore thought so. While chilling in his cave however he started to notice things. One day while watching water trickle into his cave from the top he randomly became fascinated with the fact that water could eat through a solid rock cave. So fascinated that he went back home and re-enrolled back in college. Eventually he would become possibly the greatest thinker of the Early Middle Ages.

Pretty crazy huh? Moral of the story I suppose is to hang in there. I mean ya never know right? For all you know you could be our generations next great thinker...and get a sweet statue of yourself somwhere ...or something...yeah.