I feel that I simply *must* halt my western civ studying for a moment to inform you of this...

Certain 41ers (ahem) occasionally like to kid me about my name, Ludwhig. It was, as any educated human being should know, inspired by the great Ludwig van Beethoven...



...who wrote way cool music.

However, some have daftly compared me to this fellow...



What utter nonsense. King Ludwig II was some crazy nut who really liked castles. Well, that part generally fits me, but there is clearly no further correlation.

So!

For the record... some Ludwigs who actually made positive contributions... other than the afore-mentioned way cool composer.



Here we have Mr. Ludwig, Jr., inventor of the famous Ludwig drums. And yes, that's him with Ringo Starr of the Beatles. I like that slogan of theirs.

Take note of this page, from none other than the Handbook of Texas online, which has a fascinating article about a Count Ludwig who helped German immigration to Texas. Now that's pretty freaking cool.

And finally, what did bring on this page of utter Ludwhig-ishness? I was reading western civ and a certain Ludwig Erhard was generally responsible for Germany's economic recovery after World War II. The job was referred to as an "economic miracle," so Mr. Erhard couldn't have been all that dumb? Must've been his first name. ;-)