I’m ashamed to admit that I hadn’t read Mark Twain since high school. Then on a whim I picked up A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court and realized what I’d missed. This dude was funny! (And by the way, he used the term “dude” way back in 1889.) In the book a Connecticut engineer receives a knock on the head and is transported back to Arthurian England. Using “modern” concepts and knowledge, he convinces people he’s a powerful magician. Supposedly Twain got the idea from a dream wher...