TV Shows I Like

• Babylon 5
• Crusade
• Heroes
• Dexter
• Sliders
• The Dresden Files
• Doctor Who
• Torchwood
• Early Edition
• Secret Diary of a Call Girl
• Primeval
• Alien Nation
• Futurama
• Chuck
• Forever Knight
• Breaking Bad
• New Amsterdam
• My Own Worst Enemy
• Threshold
• Warehouse 13

Places I wish still existed

A list of places and place names I wish still existed:

• Thibet - as an alternate spelling of Tibet.
• Formosa - Old Portuguese name for Taiwan. From Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle".
• Cipangu - Marco Polo's rendering of Japan from a Chinese source.
• Siam - Old name of Thailand.
• Burma - On-again off-again name of Myanmar.
• Contantinople - Not Istanbul.
• Zaire - Now the Democratic Republic of Congo, not to be confused with the Republic of Congo, which is confusing.
• Roumania, Rumania - as alternate spellings of Romania.
• Prussia - A place that no longer exists, the territory now belongs mostly to Russia, Poland and Germany.
• District of Keewatin - Former Canadian territory now mostly in Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
• Sandwich Islands - When Hawaii was delicious between 2 slices of bread.
• Holy Roman Empire - Not really holy nor Roman, but now mostly modern Germany and northern Italy
• Cathay - Again, Marco Polo's name for China.