On This Day In History - 2nd January
On This Day In History - January 2nd On this Day in 1920, Isaac Asimov was born. Perhaps. Maybe. No one knows for sure, not even him. It wasn't until after being probed by aliens and slapped around the face with a wet kipper by a sentient cyborg that Asimov decided to celebrate his birthday today. No one knows why. But some blame the worms. Yes, Asimov is best known for his ability to communicate with Worms. From the age of three, when Asimov moved to the United States with his parents, or the other way round, these Worms controlled him, manipulated him, and spied on him when he peed. The Worms taught him to read and write. To ride a bike, and to rub a duck. But these little perverts weren't all nice. They had a plan. They wanted to be famous. They told Asimov stories of a fantastical nature. Showed him how to write them down, forced him to write query letters to literary agents and publishers, and stroked his go...