Happy Birthday Dad

You are missed.

Scared of Santa

http://www.southflorida.com/events/sfl-scaredsanta,0,2245506.photogallery?index=1

Tee hee!

Gaming News!

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=&storyid=2006-11-29T144949Z_01_L28244012_RTRUKOC_0_US-ASIAN-CHESS-DOPING.xml&src=nl_usoddlyenough

Just so long as they don't test for bourbon...

Electric Hellfire Club perform Incubus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQFEna8K1Tg
Dark, disturbing. I always liked these guys.

TV Land's 100 Greatest Catchphrases

http://www.wftv.com/entertainment/10413341/detail.html

If I may be so bold to add a few:

"Make It So" - Captain Picard from Star Trek

"He's Dead, Jim" - Dr. McCoy from Star Trek

"Sock It To Me" - Judy Carnes (and others) from Laugh In

"Say the Secret Word (Woid) and Win $100" - Groucho

"You bet your sweet bippy" - Laugh In

"We'll be right back" - Johnny Carson (everyone was hoping this would be on his tombstone)

"Look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls" - Laugh In

"HiYo!!!" - Ed McMahon on the Tonight Show

"Nanoo Nanoo" - Mork & Mindy

"Shazbot!" - Mork & Mindy

"And Now For Something Completely Different" - Monty Python

"It's..." - Monty Python

"Well, I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition!" - Monty Python

"I am not a Number! I Am A Free Man!" - The Prisoner

"Mrs. Peel, We're needed..." - The Avengers

"We've got Movie Sign!" - MST 3000

"Mah fellow Amerikuns" - Lyndon Johnson

nice article on Germany's invasion of Norway in WWII

http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/Rambling/2006/11/27/oslo_s_arizona

Lobster Electrocutor

http://www.crustastun.com/single.html

decorated trucks

http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/electric-light-truck-decoration-in.html
Amazing...

more info on the Spider Boat

http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/mysterious-spider-boat-appears-out-of.html

new deja vu research

http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20061028233817data_trunc_sys.shtml

I constantly suffer from Vuja De - feeling that I've never been anywhere before...

possible solar cell improvements

http://physorg.com/news83872601.html

bastardization

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1959457,00.html

No wonder they put him in jail...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/6192628.stm
He didn't have a leg to stand on! Would this qualify as lead foot driving?

A Christmas gift for that special someone

http://www.weaponsblog.org/entry/ihurt-ever-smallest-machine-gun-packs-a-knockout-punch/

You too can be a Russian assassin!

http://www.defensetech.org/

article on contemporary gunships

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002978.html

43 years ago today...

The Beatles released I Want To Hold Your Hand (in the UK).

Happy Birthday Stan Rogers!

http://www.stanrogers.net/
One of the greatest folk singers, ever.

liquid armor for the military

http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=108

Infinity

http://www.clublaugh.com/es-items/712.swf

Save The Animal Costumes!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15892404/


(Thanks for the link, Roger!)

Lois Lane Pizza

http://www.wftv.com/foodnews/10411902/detail.html?treets=orlc&tid=2654358485813&tml=orlc_strange&tmi=orlc_strange_1_10000311282006&ts=H
I guess this brings up the question of whether or not there are other comic book steets: Braniac Avenue, Jimmy Olsson Mews, or the Great Perry White Way.

Alert King & Goffin!

Many of you are better connected than I am at this point to contemporary music, so please correct me if I'm wrong. But it looks like we're having some sort of mini-revival of the Brill Building Sound here.

http://www.myspace.com/luckysoulluckysoul

http://www.thepipettes.co.uk/

You Can Get Anything You Want...

The Alice's Restaurant Massacree took place on this date in 1965.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1FUtasUxjI

Happy Birthday Berry Gordy!

http://www.history-of-rock.com/motown_records.htm
http://www.iconnect.net/home/bsnpubs/gordystory.html

http://members.aol.com/maainc/index.html

http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=111

NO WAY!

http://dcfud.smorgasblog.com/archives/003037.html

The Government will get my trans-fatty acids when they pry them from my cold dead arteries...
Long Live Five Guys! http://www.fiveguys.com/

My kind of keyboard...

http://englishrussia.com/?p=376

(Thanks for the link, Infidel753!)

I was Pitch Black before Pitch Black was Cool...

http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20061021191115data_trunc_sys.shtml

Ha! When in doubt, try again!

http://englishrussia.com/?p=492

(Thanks for the link, Infidel753!)

The Pretenders perform Message of Love!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hicSuUyYbPs

All Things Must Pass...

George released his magnum opus on this date in 1970, (some references put it on 11/30), 36 years ago. Another of those albums I must have listened to several hundred times in my mis-spent youth. An elegant mix of pop and mysticism. And tomorrow will be the anniversary of his death, five years past. As usual, I feel old...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORngDilodDg&mode=related&search=

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Things_Must_Pass

Attack of the Sprouts!

http://www.eyegas.com/xmas05/

We'll Always Have Paris...

Casablanca debuted on this date in 1942. My all-time fave movie. Immortal. Essential.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/

http://www.vincasa.com/

http://www.serve.com/Lucius/Casablanca.index.html

Happy Birthday Sparky!

http://www.snoopy.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz

An amazing legacy. I used to be a fanatic on Peanuts when I was a kid - buying up the books, watching the TV specials, and of course reading each day's installment. I think each of us can identify with the challenges posed by the kite eating tree, Lucy's place kicking mendacity and of course, the eternal struggle against the Red Baron.

a love song...

The Sex Pistols released Anarchy in the UK on this date in '76. Britain was falling apart, and it wasn't looking too hot here either. And there were the Pistols, the Ramones, Patti Smith and others. Creating a soundtrack for anger and desperation. Wow! Thirty years ago...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILDaukuQnUI&mode=related&search=

Free perfrom All Right Now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cXwgyZgCfg
Classic stuff.

a dark day...

Carrie Nation was born on this date in 1846...

Zombie Descrimination!

http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S20211.html

Prejudice is never pretty. And I plan to work tirelessly for Zombie Liberation and putting an end to their persecution. I Have A Dream!

(I was unaware of how technologically backward Minneapolis apparently is. Being in possession of "wires" is considered a weapon of mass destruction?!? Down here we are awash in palm pilots, Blackberries, cellular phones, walkmen, ipods, laptops, and other geegaws. Half the people at Tysons Corner look like they're well on their way to becoming Borg, they have so much electronica on them. And yet in Minnesota some guy can apparently get arrested for having an antenna on his transistor radio. Sheesh! Think of the shock when 8-Track tapes finally get discoverd up there!) I'm reminded of advice from the Hitch Hikers Guide - Remember guys, the secret is to keep banging those rocks together...

The Seeds perform Pushin' Too Hard!

http://spikepriggen.onlinestoragesolution.com/pushin_too_hard.mov

the missing legs of the Wicker Man

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/6176828.stm

Happy Anniversary MST 3000!

http://www.mst3kinfo.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Science_Theater_3000

Probably my second favorite TV show. Brilliant. Essential.

Happy Birthday Forry!

http://4forry.best.vwh.net/

http://www.whataslacker.com/scifi/forrest_ackerman/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_J_Ackerman

A living legend in horror and sci-fi...

Q Camp

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6166226.stm

Interesting little article on a WWII era experiment in what I guess would be called permissive child rearing. Curious that the British seemed to veer from this to the other exteme of the old Dickensonian boarding school (rum, sodomy and the lash...).

thorw away that old Rand McNally...

http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/061117_app_mount.html

neat article on stage magic and perception

http://www.livescience.com/othernews/061120_magic_brain.html

Internet store for historical replicas and geegaws

http://www.aurorahistoryboutique.com/

Looks pretty neat.

(Thanks for the link, Tony!)

Happy Birthday Boris!

http://www.karloff.com/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000472/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Karloff

One of my faves. Imortal.

Happy Birthday Harpo!

http://www.marx-brothers.org/living/harpo.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpo_Marx

Happy Thanksgiving!

Outside of the usual feast, there are two traditions to this holiday for me. The first goes right back to my childhood, and that's Art Buchwald's annual column. The Post has been publishing it since forever. It was one of my father's favorites and I can remember him reading it to me as a kid - he loved the "franglaise" puns. And later on, every year when we'd get together he'd always ask me if I'd caught it and I always would so I could answer in the affirmative. It probably won't strike most of you as particularly funny or that big a deal. Times change. But like any good tradition, it's a small reminder of some pleasant and important times to me. Here you go, Dad:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/22/AR2006112201825.html

The second ritual is that every year, Linda will be in the kitchen busily cooking up a storm, and I'll play Alice's Restaurant on the stereo. I mentioned seeing Arlo just a couple of weeks ago and finally seeing this performed live. A very cool experience. Enjoy, and I hope you all have a happy and safe day with friends, family, and good memories.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_7C0QGkiVo

a gift for that necrophile in your life

http://girlsandcorpsesstore.com/2007-girls-and-corpses-cale.html

The Onion reveals the Spanish Threat!

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/55531

Cthulhu Christmas Stocking!

http://www.trollandtoad.com/p144956.html?PHPSESSID=1f672692c70bd0078e44a29b1632e095

I want one...

Blow & Tell

http://www.wftv.com/news/10378443/detail.html?treets=orlc&tid=2654358485813&tml=orlc_strange&tmi=orlc_strange_1_10000211222006&ts=H

new exhibition on the Code Talkers of WWII

http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096414026

nice article on US countermeasures against Japanese balloons

http://www.lompocrecord.com/articles/2006/11/21/news/featurednews/news01.txt

My one problem is that the interviewee mentions using jets against the balloons. There were so few and so late that I doubt that. Can anyone confirm this?

lip-reading Hitler

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/22/nhitler22.xml
I think I'd find this pretty interesting. I still recommend reading The Pyshcopathic God by Robert Waite for additional insights into him.

Happy Birthday Little Steven!!!

A great performer and songwriter, and my fave DJ!

http://www.littlestevensundergroundgarage.com/

Happy Birthday Bungalow Bill!

The White Album was released on this date in 1968. I've very fond memories of sitting with my cousin Marshall in his room listening to it over and over, (along with some other great LP's like the Doors first four albums and Surrealistic Pillow). A fun and amazing record.

Happy Birthday Terry Gilliam!

http://www.pythonline.com/plugs/gilliam/
http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/

http://www.digitalmediafx.com/Features/terry-gilliam.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Gilliam

Dave Edmunds performs I Hear You Knockin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBDlzX7YBYk

A great cover of the Smiley Lewis tune, (it was a minor hit for Edmunds in the Spring of '70 when he led a neat little band called Love Sculpture). The first time I got to see him was at a Blondie concert at Merriweather Post Pavillion. Unfortunately, their wretched hit, "Heart of Glass" had just broken through and the crowd was full of cultural philistines who only knew that one song, rather than the first two (great) albums. Rockpile had been added on to the show, unannounced, at the last moment. I was in heaven! Edmunds. Nick Lowe and Billy Bemner right there!!! The rest of the suburban Maryland crowd stood there listlessly like deer caught in the headlights, just waiting for their 3 minute top-40 disco, and totally ignored what was probably one of the top five rock bands going at that time. Pathetic wankers.

Jackie Wilson performing Baby Workout

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLKOIsbYVyY&mode=related&search=

Mr. Excitement!

Call me a traditionalist,

But nothing says Christmas like Twisted Sister...

http://www.razorandtie.com/label/artistdetail.asp?artist=450

Brokeback of the Dead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=matnsvuFZ70

So wrong...

Strange Stream

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=654826

O Come All Ye Faithful

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2006/11/19/2429646-ap.html

the face of Jack The Ripper?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6164544.stm

the cutting edge of putt-putt golf

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6164988.stm

Mind/Machine Meld is on the way

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2006/11/hitachi_commerc.html
The military applications will be endless...

the non-pc burger joint

http://www.heartattackgrill.com/menu.htm

I suspect this is going to be a winning marketing campaign. Of course, I heartily (pun intended), recommend Northern Virginia's own 5 Guys! http://www.fiveguys.com/

We Five perform You Were On My Mind

http://spikepriggen.onlinestoragesolution.com/we_five.mov
Very nice mid-sixties folk rock.

Second Hand Songs

http://www.secondhandsongs.com/home/
A database devoted to cover songs. It's not 100%, but it's pretty cool.

(Thanks for the link, Susan!)

En Garde!

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=23638&in_page_id=2

Happy Birthday Dick Smothers!

http://www.smothersbrothers.com/
Brilliant! He and brother Tommy's TV show was one of my faves.

Happy Absurdity Day!

Still Dead...

Franco passed away on this date in 1975...

dice stacking

http://www.funnyjunk.com/movies/409/Dice+Stacking/
Cool! I'm trying to figure out if this could help me when playing RISK...

(Thanks for the link, Nancy!)

Tee Hee!

http://www.theflatearthsociety.org/

WWII files being released

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2664227&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

new book out on the Spitfire

http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1950458,00.html

Fortean TV (mostly cryptozoological stuff)

http://www.cfztv.org/

Happy Birthday Graham Parker!

http://www.grahamparker.net/index.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Parker

Grave Rage

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/17/061117192359.e8iodtj3.html

Loony.

An interesting review (with sound samples) of an intriguing artist and album

http://www.slate.com/id/2153950/fr/nl/

Okay, any of you music fanatics, (and I know you're out there), ever heard of her? Can you add anything to this? It's pretty interesting stuff, (anyone who uses "gibbering" in a lyric has my attention...).

Extreme Blending

http://www.willitblend.com/

Some cute stuff here - and very smart marketing! I'm pretty impressed with their blender!

levitating islands...

http://www.ecoenquirer.com/levitating-islands.htm

RIP, JA The DJ

Jack Alix died yesterday. He was a major fixture on Top 40 radio here when I was growing up. There's a nice tribute and some great info on him here: http://www.amandfmmorningside.com/splash.html

http://www.amandfmmorningside.com/wpgc_jack_alix.html

Rogue Taxidermy

http://villagevoice.com/nyclife/0646,tudor,75027,15.html

Asteroid Nudging...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1950258,00.html

latest Israeli military research (supposedly)

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2006-11-17T082415Z_01_L1751091_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-WEAPONS.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

the next step in robots

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=&storyid=2006-11-17T063546Z_01_N16287866_RTRUKOC_0_US-SCIENCE-ROBOT.xml&src=nl_usmorningdigest

Like "Intelligence", I think we're going to have to really closely re-examine exactly what we mean by "Consciousness" - or if they can accurately defined at all. While both words will go on forever in popular conversation, I wonder if the same will be true for the scientific community.

A Most Sinister Fuel Source...

http://www.lovecraftbiofuels.com/

I just know that Chuck Heston is going to burst in yelling "Biofuel is PEOPLE!!!!!"
The guy who fills your tank is gonna have the "Innsmouth Look", etc...

Happy Birthday Peter Cook!

http://www.stabbers.org/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0177228/

weird little footnote on Hitler and Iceland

http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16539&ew_0_a_id=244889

Deerly Beloved...

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1116061deer1.html

Virginia - the North/South Divide

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/15/AR2006111501395.html
The article is a little too breezy for my taste, (as most things in the Post are). Nevertheless, it gives a real taste of the state's social/political realities for those of you who don't live here. As for me, I shall continue to hug the Beltway...

Capitol of Punk Tour

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/15/AR2006111501478.html

Cute idea...

the latest quantum weirdness...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/292378_timeguy15.html

"Green" Weaponry

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6081486.stm
There's something very strange about this...

Martian Mirrors

http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn10573-space-mirrors-could-create-earthlike-haven-on-mars.html

Fascinating idea.

neat little article on Damascus Steel

http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/mg19225780.151-secrets-out-for-saracen-sabres.html

Very cool, I was under the apparently mistaken impression that there were no good exisiting examples of that steel.

Before The Music Dies

http://www.beforethemusicdies.com/blog/about-the-film
A film about the increasing corporate control of pop music, (and the ways around that). This looks really interesting.

(Thanks for the link, Erik!)

Happy Birthday Petula Clark!

http://www.petulaclark.net/

Another fave. Probably the first female vocalist I ever really got into. I had a crush on her in grade school, and probably always will. See ya Downtown, Pet...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRWTjiT66-0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb87hPzZ2us

neat card trick

http://www.glumbert.com/media/cyril

some neat jack-o-lanterns

http://www.halloweenpumpkins.be/

Equal Opportunity Horror

http://www.creaturesfromthepinklagoon.com/

Chef Jacques on the History Channel next month

Just received word that Jacques will be hosting a show called "A Bite Of History" on the History Channel, Saturday, 12/16. This is the chef from L'Auberge Chez Francois, for all of you locals. One of our favorite restaurants. Fantastic food and service. And next month is the time to go - Christmas goose...

http://www.chefjacques.com/home.php

http://www.laubergechezfrancois.com/

"Terminator Tongues" for the Air Force

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002957.html

Tesla Avenged!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6129460.stm

Sooner or later, I suspect Tesla will be viewed as one of the Greats of Science.

Shop Early!

Only 350 days until Halloween!

The Supremes perform Stop! In The Name Of Love

http://spikepriggen.onlinestoragesolution.com/supremes.mov
Classic Motown...

American trailer parks will never accept Euros as payment

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6142912.stm

Sebastian & the Spoonful perform Do You Believe In Magic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaqRwFyoGgQ

An early video, probably recorded on some local TV show up in New York. An amazing band doing their best song. There was always a soft innocense to the Lovin Spoonful and their tunes,(despite their name); most bands could never have pulled it off without the odor of cynicism and contrivance. But John , Zally and the boys really could. I still smile when I hear Magic on the radio. Lost childhood...

Callgirls of Cthulhu...

http://www.cafepress.com/cp/store.aspx?s=eselkunst.50367

They're Just Like Us!

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=qw1163362143967B235

wrapping paper for that special someone...

http://www.vampfangs.com/RudeWrap_Wrapping_Paper_s/46.htm

interesting article on Jewish resistance to anzis in WWII Belarus

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061110/NEWS0102/611100359/1075

E. A. Poe Birthday Party Event

http://mysteriousmd.com/poe_birthday.htm

new Mythos collection

http://shocklines.stores.yahoo.net/inofinbbystl.html

The Resurrection of Kirk?

http://trekweb.com/articles/2006/11/12/William-Shatner-Says-Abrams-Wants-Kirk.shtml

All you single Cthulhu Dudes!

http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=hi8OaGJUa6U

Have I got a girl for you!

Foamhenge!

http://www.virginiawind.com/virginia_travel/foamhenge.asp

a little something lost

Yesterday was just about as perfect a Fall day as one could ask for, (today we're back to a rainy dreary climate). I was out in the yard raking up leaves and looked around the neighborhood. Times have changed. Burning leaves is now forbidden in the region, (and with good reason, given the current crop of ignoramuses we've got); but am I the only one who misses the delightful smell of burning leaves? And now the garbage companies insist they be bagged up - no piles. I don't know how long it's been since I've seen kids jumping and playing in a leaf pile. Decades, probably. And I'd bet 2/3 of the houses in our area hire lawn services to take care of them - no kids making pocket money from the neighbors by raking, (I guess it would interfere with their video games). Another little ritual of life has become industrialized. Pity.

some interesting veterans' stories from WWII

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2006/11/11/news/top/d8d81e62683076338625722300181686.txt

http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=1871788

http://www.suwanneedemocrat.com/suwannee/local_story_311231511.html

http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/local/states/georgia/counties/houston_peach/15965463.htm

Giant Snails!

http://www.planetsave.com/ps_mambo/The_News/Strange/Giant_snails_invade_island_200611098086/
Isn't this how most Roger Corman movies start?

Happy Birthday Neil Young!

http://www.neilyoung.com/

Interesting article on Animal Consciousness

http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/animals/are_animals_conscious.htm

MAD TV takes on The Wizard Of Oz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sFbK1yhkJQ

Great stuff...

(Thanks for the link, Phil!)

VERY Cool Party Mixes For Download

http://bloodymixes.blogspot.com/

There's some incredible stuff here.

The collapse of Western Civilization

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/11/nz.text.ap/index.html

Government support of illiteracy...

the perils of trick or treating!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/10/AR2006111001547.html

I wish this happened to some kids in my neighborhood...

Happy Birthday Ennio Morricone!

http://www.enniomorricone.com/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001553/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_Morricone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKlxyoPNaFI

Genius. Essential. My fave soundtrack creator. The Composer With No Name...

Happy Birthday Marshall Crenshaw!

http://www.marshallcrenshaw.com/
One of the msot under-rated performers in America. A power pop genius.

Happy Birthday Jonathan Winters!

http://www.jonathanwinters.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Winters

One of my faves...

Happy Veteran's/Armistice/Remembrance Day!

http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/

Guy Fawkes Revenge!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wear/6132140.stm *
(Thanks for the link, Infidel 753)

And incidently, I highly recommend folks checking out his blog at: http://www.infidel753.blogspot.com/ for a solid individualist commentary on contempoary social and political issues, culture and other neat stuff.

*And for those of you into stupidity, gore and mayhem, (and I know I am):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HG3pzEdOCY

RIP Jack Palance

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001588/

the cutting edge of tax collecting

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=&storyid=2006-11-10T135101Z_01_DEL30254_RTRUKOC_0_US-EUNUCHS.xml&src=nl_usoddlyenough

pictures of the new mystery boat!

http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_strange_boat.htm

Happy Birthday Claude Rains!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001647/

http://www.meredy.com/clauderains/

Marevlous actor. An essential performer in Casablanca.

interesting article about Hitler's library

http://fu3.org/2006/11/hitlers-forgotten-library.html

new site devoted to Northern Ireland in WWII

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6126810.stm

2007 World Fantasy Convention is in Saratoga Springs, NY

http://www.lastsfa.org/wfc2007/

Turn Me On, Dead Man

Paul McCartney died on this date in 1966.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead

Get A Life!

In the future, (2346), today will be the anniversary of the Khitomer Massacre in which Worf becomes an orphan...

Happy Birthday Hedy Lamarr!

One of the most beautiful women to ever grace the screen. And a Patriot.

http://hypatiamaze.org/h_lamarr/scigrrl.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001443/

Happy Chaos Never Dies Day!

Arlo In Concert!

http://www.arlo.net/

Linda and I just got back from seeing Arlo Guthrie at the Birchmere, (Thanks for the tickets, Pete!!!). It was a fun show. He performed with his son, daughter and her husband. We got to hear Motor-cycle and City of New Orleans as well as many other tunes by Arlo, the daughter and Woody; but there were two real highlights for me. The first was hearing Woody's son and grandchildren sing This Land Is Your Land. I got goosebumps during that.
The second was that he performed Alice's Restaurant in its entirety! If you're not a baby boomer, that probably doesn't mean a whole lot to you. And I'm not sure I can really explain it. All I can say is that Linda and I can now lay claim to having sung along with Arlo on the chorus - and that's very cool indeed.
This was also our first time at the new Birchmere. I like it, much nicer than the first two versions. We both remembered the building from having worked there when it was Berkey Photos, (a thuggish and suspicious company if there ever was one....). A very cool evening - thanks again, Pete!

Johnny Rivers Sings Secret Agent Man!

http://bedazzled.blogs.com/bedazzled/2006/11/johnny_rivers_o.html

Fantastic! One of my faves - a personal theme song in grade school, probably because I could identify with the line "Odds are he won't live to see tomorrow...".

Radar Weirdness

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htecm/articles/20061106.aspx

the game

http://www.wftv.com/news/10264215/detail.html?treets=orlc&tid=2654358485813&tml=orlc_strange&tmi=orlc_strange_1_10001111082006&ts=H

What "game" makes you take off your shirt?

Happy Birthday Bram Stoker!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker

A Stranger in a Strange Land...

Tee Hee!

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54916

Actually, this would make a pretty good ad for Frito-Lay!

Mystery Boat

http://www.oregonlive.com/metro/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1162871704278510.xml&coll=7
Very weird and very interesting.

RIP Nigel Kneale

http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/sciencefiction/story/0,,1936877,00.html
The creator of Quartermass...

the cutting edge of Wermacht* Recruitment

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2067068.html?menu=
*Whoops! I meant Bundeswehr; old habits die hard ;)

the "silent" plane

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6120132.stm

It's My Life was released on this date in '65

One of my all-time faves. The Animals were one of the coolest bands, ever. I honestly believe I played this record every day for about a year. Part of my DNA. Essential.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEdOliSn4cA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_knAeixBwyc

DeBaggio's reopens on 11/18

http://www.debaggioherbs.com/

This is the premiere herb grower in the DC region. He almost has a cult following amongst the herbalist community here.

Vote Early, Vote Often, Vote Kinky!

https://www.kinkyfriedman.com/tv/

Why the Hell Not?

The Mamas & Papas sing California Dreaming (on Hollywood Palace)

http://bedazzled.blogs.com/bedazzled/2006/11/the_mamas_the_p.html
(a lipsync, but still cool. And where's John's fur hat?!?)

the cutting edge of washing machines

http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060921/the-orgasmatron-3000/

the latest from Gnome Liberation

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2006-11-03-gnome_x.htm

grow your own Goth Garden!

Cute!

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=DFGG0011

Happy Birthday Dr. Smith!

http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/binary/139/home.html

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364893/

Happy Saide Hawkins Day!

neat little site devoted to unusual wine labels

http://www.winelabels.org/

Disney during WWII

http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=370949

It's interesting that the article misses the fact that Uncle Walt was pro-nazi until it became inconvenient....

the missing ME 109

http://www.indianexpress.com/story/15988.html

Support Group...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfterHalloweenDepressionDisorderGroup/

Awls Well That Ends Well

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/15914427.htm

Happy Guy Fawkes Day!

Scut Farkus Lives!

For those of you into the TV movie, A Christmas Story, there's now a museum devoted to it in the original house.

http://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/index.shtml

This is SOOOOO DC....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/03/AR2006110301819.html

Only here do we have megalomaniac fathers compensating for their small sex organs by setting up football leagues JUST so their brat can be a "sports star". I'm not sure adjectives exist that can do this family justice. How pathetic.

Pulp Adventure Con coming up in NJ

http://members.aol.com/boldventurepress/6pacon.html

The Return of Elric!

From the Coming Attractions website:

Del Rey Books has announced that they have acquired the rights to publish Michael Moorcock's original Elric novels plus stories, essays, a comic book script, and other material featuring Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone. The works will be released in matching trade paperback omnibus editions, illustrated throughout by well-known fantasy artists. Included are the following titles: ELRIC OF MELNIBONE, STORMBRINGER, THE FORTRESS OF THE PEARL, THE SAILOR ON THE SEAS OF FATE, THE WEIRD OF THE WHITE WOLF, THE VANISHING TOWER, THE REVENGE OF THE ROSE, and THE BANE OF THE BLACK SWORD. The books will be published in the order in which they were written, rather than in the chronological order in which they have appeared since the 1970s. Moorcock will be writing new introductions for each volume.Michael Moorcock states on his website that the collections will contain new material, much of which has either not been collected in the Elric books before or hasn't been collected at all, including scripts of graphic novel versions and so on. There will be one volume every three months in much the same style as Del Rey's Robert E. Howard volumes, with new specially commissioned illustrations as well as 'archive' pictorial material. Trade paperback format.The first volume, THE STEALER OF SOULS, will be illustrated throughout and with cover artwork by award-winning artist John Picacio. Five additional omnibus volumes will follow.

For REH Fans - New issue of The Cimmerian

http://www.thecimmerian.com/

the Air Force enters CyberSpace!

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4800&ref=y

Go Ask Alice...

"Through The Looking Glass" was first published on this date in 1871, (I think). Grace Slick hasn't been the same since...

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/metastuff/looking/lookingdir.html

Happy Birthday Will Rogers!

http://www.willrogers.org/

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Will_Rogers/

http://www.willrogers.com/

Happy Waiting For The Barbarians Day!

a very cool yard haunt in Hollin Hall

http://members.cox.net/dadgonemad/2006index.html

interesting article on crow intelligence

http://www.thothweb.com/article4108.html

new book coming out on radio

http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375509070

Marc Fischer is a local reporter of some note. And although I think he's wildly naive and optimistic about corporate control of the media, I also suspect this'll be a pretty good history of it.

Shit! This Looks Fucking Great!

http://www.cusscontrol.com/

The Pumpkin Computer

http://www3.uark.edu/bkst/pumpkin/steps1.htm

Justin Hayward sings Forever Autumn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOHiOWxd0V0
This was a minor hit in November of '78 and it's reminded of me of this month ever since.

When the Pumpkin Fairy Visits!

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/01/pumpkin.town.ap/index.html

Yummy!

http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/10/31/421588-truck-spills-2-tons-of-pig-heads-on-road