Spooky phone calls

https://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-unexplainable-phone-calls/aaron-edwards?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=weirdhistory&utm_campaign=wh_active&utm_content=20250307&lctg=6116f914812a73074114bb26&user_email=86071bfb6e32b4882347fbda2eef5d80 

I've not heard anything recently, but in the 1980's there were similar reports of a few home computers receiving mysterious and disturbing message.  One report was that the machine was actually unplugged!

A great Christmas story

https://www.newsfromme.com/2024/12/19/my-xmas-story-6/ 

Happy Birthday Dad

 You are missed.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/le-grande-thanksgiving/2011/11/18/gIQA2nerYN_story.html

This particular column by Art Buchwald became a DC tradition up until his death.  I continue that tradition.

Vampire mathematics

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/vampire-math?utm_medium=atlas-page&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawGLfjFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdfhIFhGqktXgm5vbYe48PUaY5mvN-Rx51O7zfvt2OcsuDF3DCspAcxriQ_aem_JkTE3EP6EHyrhXAoOTWKCw 

The Ig Nobel Awrds

https://www.neatorama.com/2024/09/13/Drunk-Worms-Dead-Trout-and-Milk-Spewing-Cows-The-2024-Ig-Nobel-Prize-Winners/ 

The roots of Trick Or Treating

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/celtic-origins-trick-treating-halloween-180984916/