Weirdness: March 2008

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/03/raptor-satellit.html

Or at least the latest way to sell the idea of the Raptor...

Gaming Terrain

My fellow True Gamesman, Nick, sent this along to me:

http://beaverlick.blogspot.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He7Ge7Sogrk
I've always had a suspicion that these creatures are more "intelligent" than we give them credit for, (which is to say that we'd find we share more mental characteristics than most admit to).

(Thanks for the link, Margrete!)

Forget The Plasma Screen - This Is My Kinda TV Set!

http://blog.rifftrax.com/2008/03/29/ophidiophobics-do-not-read-this/

Earth VS The Flying Saucers VS Carl Stalling

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

I've always loved this film, (see DC destroyed!). Wonderful special effects by the great genius, Ray Harryhausen. Stalling, of course, is also a genius, taking Raymond Scott's tunes to animation.

Happy Birthday God!

http://www.ericclapton.com/
http://www.eric-clapton.co.uk/

http://www.whereseric.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF0EMnruqzY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l16jlallBMs&feature=related

Happy Birthday John Astin!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040014/
http://www.nndb.com/people/327/000023258/

odel B-29 and X-1 flight

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

This is so cool!

(Thanks for the link, Rob!)

the cutting edge of multi tasking with deck furniture

http://naturalplane.blogspot.com/2008/03/ohio-man-arrested-for-sex-with-picnic.html

Laporta's Restaurant - the plug

http://www.laportas.net/about/

I've known Ralph Laporta since he was a treacherous little high school Diplomacy player. He now helps run one of the best restaurants in NoVa. If you're near Old Town, here's the place to eat. The calimari is THE best I've ever had - it's to die for. Just don't get in a game of Diplomacy while you're there....

neat looking Fiat ad

http://community.livejournal.com/vintage_ads/925853.html

my next birthday cake!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/raingirllori/2363523132/

Happy Birthday Eric Idle!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001385/
http://www.eric-idle.com/

http://pythonline.com/meet/idle

Genius. Essential.

a new type of military armor...

http://www.defensereview.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1114

The Wide World of Sports

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

Would You Survive A Zombie Apocalypse? Take The Quiz!

http://www.justsayhi.com/bb/zombie
I'm only at 63%, there's no points for garroting in this damn thing!

(Thanks fof the link, Mathew!)

For Your Home Office!

http://www.thrivingoffice.com/

Classic...

disturbing playgrounds...

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/02/nightmare-playgrounds.html

The British Town Name Generator

http://www.generatorland.com/generators/british_town_gl.php

Essential for all fans of Monty Python...

home decorating

http://www.headington.org.uk/shark/

Disney's World of Wonder!

http://bitsandpieces.us/?p=1753

the cutting edge of do it yourself home improvements

http://bitsandpieces.us/?p=1749

an interesting life and footnote to WWII

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/26/db2601.xml

silly science

http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2294271,00.html
Yawn. all that has been proven here is that rats can be trained to play with things. I've no doubt that a million psych grad students can make the same claim. Rats can be trained to press levers that make lights go on and then have food automatically provided to them. That doesn't mean they understand levers, electricity, or much of anything else outside of a primitive S/R mechanism. B.F. Skinner taught two pigeons to "play" ping pong, I suppose these scientists will claim that they're smart enough to form a tournament association.

the love that dare not speak its name

http://www.examiner.com/a-1302828~Swan__Paddleboat_Getting_Back_Together.html?cid=rss-Strange

new leeches for Hollywood (in case they needed more)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7314531.stm

I love it when people come up with new ideas to relieve the wealthy of their money...

cell regeneration news

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/22/sunday/main3960219.shtml

Amazing stuff!

RIP Richard Widmark

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7315340.stm

Philosopher Action Figures!

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~iav202/powers/powers.html

Kids! Be the first on your block....

http://naturalplane.blogspot.com/2008/03/old-toy-gilbert-atomic-energy-lab-was.html

Happy Birthday Diana Ross!

http://www.diana-web.com/
http://www.dianaross.com/

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxZRdxrP0Vo

Empress of Motown

Happy Birthday Leonard Nimoy!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000559/

http://www.theofficialleonardnimoyfanclub.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04

The Lyon Sisters - A Sad Anniversary

http://www.wusa9.com/news/unexplained/unexplained_article.aspx?storyid=34358
Very sad, and one of the great crime mysteries of DC.

Happy Birthday Elton!

http://www.eltonjohn.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiO2PAuWS04

Happy Birthday Aretha - The Queen!

http://www.sodamnhappy.com/

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kkgQHcdlZU

impressive carvings from Zombie Pumpkins!

http://www.zombiepumpkins.com/gallery.php?gal=2007

am very ill with the flu

There probably won't be much from me over the next day or two.

The Zoomquilt

http://zoomquilt2.madmindworx.com/zoomquilt2.swf

Cool effect!

(Thanks for the link, Nick!)

I Am Addicted To High Culture

http://www.dcrollergirls.com/

My brother has been trying to get me to go see the DC Roller Girls. And I confess that I may have to. I still remember when Channel 20 started up, that roller derby was about the only thing they'd broadcast on weekend afternoons. And how can I resist women with names like Mason-Vixen, Brinka Destruction, and Demonica Lewinsky? They sound perfectly charming!

RIP Neil Aspinall

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23779385/

(Thanks for the link, Pete!)

The Justice Department has approved a merger between Sirius Satellite Radio and rival XM Satellite Radio.

As predicted, those of you who got conned into paying for it are now locked into a government sponsored monopoly. All that remains is for them to figure out how boring they can make it before enough people drop away to cause them to lose money.

The Cartoon Ambassador

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23716592/
I have warned the Navy to expect a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor by Gigantor. Thye have assured me that Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse are on high alert....

(Thanks for the link, Roger!)

The Washington Post Peeps Contest

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2008/03/21/GA2008032101983.html?hpid=artslot

This is absolutely Essential. View every single one of 'em. Great stuff!

(Thanks for the link, Linda!)

The Cutting Edge of Blowing Out Candles...

http://www.biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=5958

Very cool!

(Thanks for the link, Mathew! - who is correct in his claim that this resembles a Romulan weapon...)

Happy Birthday Harry Houdini!

http://www.houdinitribute.com/

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

Happy Birthday Nick Lowe!

http://www.nicklowe.net/

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=48065205

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbRyfr8iEJc

The Jesus of Cool!

Jason & The Scorchers perfrom Little White Lies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9unLB8lNCJ8

One of the best bands, ever. Perfect music for loving, fighting, driving, and drinking - preferably all at once.

Grand Funk Railroad perform The Locomotion

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

Ah, 1975. Stupid, but fun...

Jr. Walker performs What Does It Take

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFAC-7FOQ8U

Classic. One of my faves. Walker brought a slightly grittier edge to Motown, especially in his earlier hits.

The Marcels perform Blue Moon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2PoVGpQJcE

Another great doo wop tune.

Thin Lizzy performs The Boys Are Back In Town

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FmPhJkdTwU

Classic 70's style rock.

Rosanne Cash performs Seven Year Ache

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOLcK0aKsGU

Great song and performer.

Happy Liberty Day!

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

The name has been commandeered by all sorts of people for all sorts of reasons, but it was on this date that Patrick Henry made his famous Liberty or Death speech.

Happy Easter

;)

Monsoon perform Ever So Lonely

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr5-DITnIlw

Great band and song. Should've been THE breakthrough record for Indian influenced pop music.

Melanie performs Ruby Tuesday

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

Beautiful.

the Jive Five perform My True Love & What Time Is It

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

What Time Is It is one of my fave doo wop songs. Very cool.

The Maori in WWII

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/event/story.cfm?c_id=1500989&objectid=10499478

Another interesting footnote to the War.

Happy Birthday Chico!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0555597/

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

http://www.marx-brothers.org/

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0Fx252AgYeM&feature=related

Genius. Essential. One of my fave comedians and piano players.

Happy Birthday Bill Shatner!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000638/

http://www.williamshatner.com/

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=7367591

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

One of my favorite singers. Originator and master of the spasm school of acting.

Happy Birthday Werner Klemperer!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0459252/

http://www.angelfire.com/celeb/werner/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBn0zpORo5c

It's Spring and warm weather is on the way....

And for a few moments things seem possible

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LmxtcVklQc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRd6KRfy274

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TJQXmdRsNg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcsVOFh-Ipo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAtUw6lxcis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weQ4oNk7Pqc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP7Ub_qK1SA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75EX-iSomek&feature=related

more from the near future...

http://bitsandpieces.us/?p=1591

people need to get a real life...

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/15667065/detail.html

I am loathe to add more laws to the 10 trillion we already groan under. But I believe anyone who buys, sells, or otherwise deals in any sort of online genitalia should have a great big "L" branded on their forehead. I was going to add that they should be forbidden from breeding, but clearly that'll never be a problem....

Look, I know this is truly sad and tragic and awful, but....

http://www.wftv.com/news/15665068/detail.html

The Lizard King Was Here

One last "Lizard King" thing for Alexandria.
MARK OPSASNICK will discuss his book THE LIZARD KING WAS HERE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JIM MORRISON IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA; a question & answer session with Randy Maney and Bill Thomas (Morrison's GW High friends and classmates) will follow; the reception will feature live music by guitarist-vocalist Ivan Katz. Opsasnick will have copies of all seven of his books for sale at this event. Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 1pm sharp.
Perk Up Coffee House 829 S. Washington Street Alexandria, VA 703 838-2812

http://www2.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=33931

A great book - highly recommended for all fans of Morrison or NoVa pop history.

Oh! Sweet Mystery Of Life At Last I've Found You!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4443960a6009.html

so many jokes here....

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,339270,00.html

the blood farm...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7302649.stm

the suicide robot

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91221-1310084,00.html

Easter Island!

http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/

(Thanks for the link, Missy!)

The Onion covers the future....

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

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy World Poetry Day!

http://www.unesco.org/poetry/bienvenue.php?initia=english

http://home.earthlink.net/~kristenaa/naughty/lims1a.html

Mae West on Mr. Ed!

http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2008/03/mister-ed-with-guest-star-mae-west-1964.html

I don't remember this episode. Cool!

the gravestone

http://eatliver.com/i.php?n=2926

The Cart Whisperer...

http://www.nomoreabandonedcarts.com/

Very strange.

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday Dick Dyszel/Count Gore!

http://countgore.com/gore/

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

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

Happy Birthday Carl Reiner!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005348/

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/R/htmlR/reinercarl/reinercarl.htm

The Bonzo's perform The Monster Mash

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2008/03/the-bonzo-mash.html

a little something for the Ladies....

http://community.livejournal.com/vintage_ads/906335.html

4 episodes of the Addams Family TV show online!

http://www.hulu.com/show/633/the-addams-family

Speed Climbing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpm0m6bVfrM

Unbelievable.

(Thanks for the link, Rob!)

Happy Birthday Patrick McGoohan!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001526/bio

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

http://www.sixofone.co.uk/

http://www.the-prisoner-6.freeserve.co.uk/pmg_info.htm

http://www.the-prisoner-6.freeserve.co.uk/

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZUz88-xoqY

the robot "dog"

http://io9.com/368949/dogoid-robot-with-no-head-moves-in-an-eerily-lifelike-manner

There's going to be a military application for this very soon....

the newest line of products from Black & Decker

http://www.anorak.co.uk/strange-but-true/182075.html

A terrible and terrifying footnote to WWII and the Holocaust

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3537593.ece

I confess that this is all news to me. I was aware that there were small numbers of "favored Jews", made up of people that somehow or another had earned the affection, gratitude, or whatever of nzai bigwigs, but had no idea about this operation. There's more than one doctoral thesis waiting to be written on all of this.

RIP Arthur C. Clarke

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23697230/

Take a letter, Maria...

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSSYD30599020080318?feedType=nl&feedName=usoddlyenough

Happy Birthday John Sebastian!

http://www.johnbsebastian.com/

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

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKdpuhspYPY&feature=related

Another fave.

Happy Birthday Paul Kantner!

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn-nkxQTQYg

http://www.airplane.freeserve.co.uk/paul.htm

http://www.jeffersonstarshipsf.com/

One of my faves.

Happy Birthday Pattie Boyd!

http://www.pattieboyd.co.uk/

http://members.fortunecity.com/pattiboyd/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYT0gx1eHD8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-7Pk4XsOqQ&feature=related

Rock's Muse...

Happy Evacuation Day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_Day_(Massachusetts)

Happy St. Paddy's Day!

nazi dolphins!

http://eatliver.com/i.php?n=2914

Because The Night

http://media.brucespringsteen.net/non_secure/videos/080302_1S.mov
You take two names, Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith, and you put 'em together to write a song, and that's as close to religion as I get. Here's a nice clip from a performance by Bruce of Because the Night, (with a neat guitar solo by DC's own Nils Lofgren).

Bruce performs the Detroit Medley

http://www.brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html
Bruuuuuce!

Kermit the Frog lobbies Congress

http://www.muppetnewsflash.com/

The Year 2000 - when I got my degree in Martian

http://community.livejournal.com/vintage_ads/899636.html

(By the way, this looks like a VERY poorly designed motor home - all windows and no storage space. I hope they like the clothes they're wearing, it's the only set they'be got...)

a footnote to WWII is found

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=105&sid=1365948

Happy Birthday Leo McKern!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0571674/

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/mckernleo/mckernleo.htm

How cool can you be? Appearing as #2 in a record breaking three episodes of my fave TV show, The Prisoner; the star "villain" in the Beatles film, HELP; numerous films and TV shows, (including The Omen!); and Rumpole of the Bailey. Brilliant career!

Happy Bacchanalia Festivals!

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

I'm there!

All This & World War II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SauoefwQrnQ&feature=related

I confess to having missed this weird little movie, although I remember seeing this trailer for it, (I think it was at the old Dupont Circle Theater), and the soundtrack got some airplay, particularly Elton.

The Temptations perform Just My Imagination

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv4zBbblUC8
Perfection.

Vince Taylor performs Too Much

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWu0gpV93oE

Great, insane, and now almost forgotten...

Blotto's video for I Wanna Be A Lifeguard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KhXbtUldqg&feature=related

A fun group and song.

You'll get my eggs when you pry them from my cold dead hand...

http://www.cooking-gadgets.com/gun-shaped-egg-fryers/

Useless

http://www.cooking-gadgets.com/remote-control-beer-pager/

I've never had a problem finding my beer. If I ever do - please kill me.

The Eastern Haunters Convention is coming soon!

http://www.easternhauntersconvention.com/schedule.htm
Neat stuff!

Buzzards Return to Hinkley Ohio!

http://cleveland.about.com/od/clevelandareaparks/p/buzzards.htm

http://blog.cleveland.com/medinasun/2008/03/hinckley_buzzards_return_march.html

Happy Anniversary Plan 9 From Outer Space!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052077/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Outer_Space

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHRq80QNnJM

Premiered on this date in '58. One of my faves. Essential. One of the most entertaining movies of all time. If you don't agree, well, it's because of your Stupid Minds! Stupid! Stupid!

Happy Birthday Sly Stone!

http://www.slystonemusic.com/

http://www.phattadatta.com/

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ig-6f0g55c

Troubled genius. Essential.

Happy Ides of March/Brutus Day!

Bruce performs Growin' Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dy7RTicVr0
Soundtrack for a slice of a generation...

Ron Isley & Rod Stewart video for This Old Heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsayLq8VnfM

One of my all-time fave videos. Pure '66 vibe. Sexy & cool.

Lee Hazelwood & Nancy Sinatra perform Jackson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnkuRQ8tjIE

Classic & fun.

Soulful Strut by Young Holt Unlimited

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4_r-x9MOYU
I know predictions can be dangerous, but I think Spring has started here. It was a beautiful afternoon, plants are budding, and I've got fresh stores of Tab and Virginia Gentleman. There is calm. It reminds me of happy times, and so does Soulful Strut. Enjoy.

Bambi's Revenge!

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=116919&in_page_id=2

THE Sewing Machine Ad

http://community.livejournal.com/vintage_ads/887961.html

Peeps!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-peeps-poll,0,7061783.poll

Winnie The Pooh Lives!

http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL13835831?rpc=92

more from the Lennon & McCartney TV special

http://bedazzled.blogs.com/bedazzled/quicktime-the-music-of-3.html

Justifiable Homicide

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,337568,00.html

Happy Natinal Potato Chip Day!

http://www.rt11.com/

Happy Birthday Michael Caine!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000323/

http://www.michaelcaine.com/

http://www.michaelcaine.org/

Really, a great great actor. So many cool films...

Happy Birthday Michael Martin Murphey!

http://www.michaelmartinmurphey.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywv5fxFpR_8&feature=related

Happy Birthday Albert Einstein!

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html

http://www.humboldt1.com/~gralsto/einstein/einstein.html

The Whopper

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/15576111/detail.html

new Lovecraftian films!

http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=6122

Kowalski Lives!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067927/

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q71M88B12WA

One of my all-time fave movies, Vanishing Point, premiered on this date in '71. I loved it when I first saw it, and age and understanding have increased that affection. And the chase sequences!My father taught me how to drive, Kowalski taught me how to DRIVE. I put the lessons learned to work every evening commute....

And a thousand jokes are launched....

The planet Uranus was discoverd by William Herschel on this date in 1781...

The Pickle Sickle

http://www.picklesickle.com/

(Thanks for the link, Karen!)

At last, somebody who understands me....

http://www.myspace.com/horror_drunx

Nano-brains

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7288426.stm

Fascinating. And like most technology, full of mischief potential...

Happy Birthday James Taylor!

http://www.jamestaylor.com/

http://www.james-taylor.com/

http://www.jamestaylorweb.com/

http://youtube.com/watch?v=64_303eHaTM

Happy Birthday Agent 99!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271156/

http://www.wouldyoubelieve.com/feldon.html

Free Mary Ann!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_en_tv/people_dawn_wells
If only Mr Howell were around to bail her out...

(Thanks for the link, Doug!)

Count Gore is showing White Zombie this week on his webcast!

http://www.countgore.com/gore/lab.htm

Fun movie, and a great ghost host!

my new fave video production company!

http://www.break.com/index/worlds-best-video-production-company.html

Wonderfully awful!

(Thanks for the link, John!)

Happy Penny Loaf Day!

http://www.practicallyedible.com/edible.nsf/encyclopaedia!openframeset&frame=Right&Src=/edible.nsf/pages/pennyloafday!opendocument

Happy Johnny Appleseed Day!

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

Happy Birthday Douglas Adams!

http://www.douglasadams.com/

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything

Holy Toast Can Be Yours!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000KG8E52/

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

a WWII tidbit about the Aga Khan

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=528720&in_page_id=1770

charming little wretch...

Kinky's Castle For Sale!

http://www.kinkysaustinhome.com/

Healing Waters...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_re_us/pharmawater_i

I love how they mention finding six pharmaceuticals in DC water. Hell, you can get a contact high from looking at the Potomac....

It begins....

Winter seems to be ending around here, it's one week before St. Paddy's Day, the Jameson's is open, and I'm listening to my fave rebel music. All is as it should be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORifieiZiP4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lVHCHPayZM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asbP_uQqEcw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26OC215p718

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwHm18K3kjs

Undoubtedly the biggest registry in the history of the planet

http://dc.about.com/od/publicsafety/a/DCSexOffReg.htm?r=9F
I didn't know they made a Server with that much memory capacity....

& Teller

http://www.wunderkabinett.co.uk/damndata/index.php?/archives/1320-Teller.html

A neat little mini-movie featuring the stage magician, Teller, versus a zombie invasion.

herb garden of the damned...

http://www.theanticraft.com/archive/beltane06/dollparts.htm

Happy Birthday John Cale!

http://www.john-cale.com/
http://www.xs4all.nl/~werksman/cale/

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Mezzanine/9176/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYTj8LprBNw

Happy Panic Day!

http://www.wellcat.com/march/panic_day.htm

seawater on fire

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/11/14/saltwater.fire/

Nothing News!

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/229/1

a clip from Jack Benny's show

http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2008/03/jack-benny-show-with-nancy-kulp-cameo.html

(with Nancy Kulp)

Wuss America

http://www.bakelblog.com/nobodys_business/2008/03/bugged-by-hugs.html

I honestly don't think I could have even made it to third grade under the current dystopia.

Great Trivia

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_006.html

The difference between Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies. All courtesy of the highly recommended Straight Dope!

Happy Birthday Skipper!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001308/

http://alanhale.com/

tee hee!

http://eatliver.com/i.php?n=2887

neat sculptures!

http://www.stephanehalleux.com/

a plethora of Necronomicons....

http://danharms.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/the-necronomicon-on-lulu/

Alert Queequeg!

http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#more-13037

http://thetundradrums.com/news/story/1623

egomania

http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#more-13037
http://www.universetoday.com/2008/03/04/a-one-way-one-person-mission-to-mars/#more-13037

A guy comes up with the most expensive and flamboyant way ever to off himself. And taxpayers are supposed to foot the bill. Amazing. And what bogus arguments! Comparing a guaranteed one-way flight to mars with a mountain climbing expedition. How many mountaineers PLAN on dying up there?!? How many go up with only half the pitons, oxygen, etc. needed? And saying immigrants were like suicides is so fucking bizarre that whoever came up with it I definitely want on that rocket of doom. And cost savings! Hell, I can save more costs for the taxpayer - just duct tape Mclane to the tip of some Atlas rocket and send it smashing into the damned planet! Think of how much money will be saved in not having to worry about ANY food or oxygen for him! Better yet, just tell Mac that we're sending him on the biggest ego-tripping boondoggle of all time and then, when he's asleep, contentedly dreaming of eternal bad-ass celebrity-hood, off him with a $10 garrote. He dies happy, if a little mistaken. And we save a trillion dollars! Win-Win!

The Condiment Packet Gallery

http://condiment.portablefolkband.com/packets.php

Strangely Impressive!

(Thanks for the link, John!)

Frozen Dead Guy Days Begins!

http://www.nederlandchamber.org/FrozenDeadGuyDays/

http://www.frozendeadguy.com/

We finally got out to visit Nederland last year, (but not for the festival). Neat little town!

Happy Birthday Willard Scott!

http://www.thejoyboys.com/ronald.htm

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

A local legend...

The Takeoff

http://www.flightglobal.com/AirSpace/forums/lyushin-il76-nearly-runs-out-of-runway-2d00-with-7086.aspx#9030

Great commentary by the Australians. You wonder if this Russain plane is ever going to actually take off...

(Thanks for the link, Nick!)

Death Star Canteen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmZjzr_Wc14

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday Lou Costello!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182579/bio

http://www.abbottandcostello.net/

http://www.clown-ministry.com/index_1.php?/site/articles/lou_costello_biography_abbott_and_costello_hey_abbott/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M

All We Are Is Wind In The Dust...

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/02/29/gas-dust-animals.html

Mike Wallace interviews Rod Serling!

http://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2008/03/mike-wallace-interview-rod-serling-1959.html

Cool!

Eggs In Peril!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/15762702@N02/2298806034/

neat buildings

http://weburbanist.com/2008/03/02/5-incredible-works-of-insane-architectural-genius-wooden-skyscrapers-to-recycled-wonderlands/

the cutting edge of courtroom evidence

http://naturalplane.blogspot.com/2008/03/if-breasts-dont-fit-you-must-acquit.html

a bicycle built for hoo....

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=109994&in_page_id=2

insert Polish joke here....

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=109146&in_page_id=2

straddling the fence....

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=109257&in_page_id=2

a Russian spy during WWII

http://www.russia-ic.com/rus_international/in_depth/699/

Another interesting footnote to the War.

the cutting edge of sick leave

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/news/2008/03/02/wsick102.xml

the cutting edge of blood sausage

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2008/03/03/wsausage103.xml

The Kremlin Mice Conspiracy....

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3466775.ece

The Return of Magnus, Robot Fighter!

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/02/12-year-old-magneto-man-breaks-every-computer-he-touches/

outpatient

http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Patient-takes-drip-to-shop.3843544.jp

I believe this is how most Japanese horror movies begin...

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSGOR66472720070906

Crispus Attucks/Boston Massacre Day

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

http://www.africawithin.com/bios/crispus_attucks.htm

http://www.bostonmassacre.net/

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/bostonmassacre/bostonmassacre.html

Liam Clancy performs Mary Ellen Carter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t0okZ1PRfU
Written by the late great Stan Rogers - one of the greatest folk songs, ever. National Anthem of Lost Causes... There are songs that have saved lives, I have no doubt this is one of 'em.

Dexy's Midnight Runners perform Come On Eileen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ThWaMnlSZM

I know it's pretty hokey, but I'm a sucker for the whole depression-era Irish street urchin look, (call me a traditionalist...). Great song, captures all the hopes and desperations of young love.

The Seeds perform Pushin' Too Hard

http://bedazzled.blogs.com/bedazzled/quicktime-the-seeds-pushi.html

Inept lipsynch, but still cool....

RIP Gary Gygax

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080304/ap_on_re_us/obit_gygax;_ylt=AmqxlngV0W0PU2lX__2OIA1vzwcF
Wow, very mixed emotions about this. There's no doubt in my mind that Gygax was THE guy to get fantasy gaming in general, and role playing in particular, out there to a mass audience. And to me, he was always a nice guy. In the early days of the hobby, you could write Gary with a rules question and get a personal reply. I also talked briefly with him at two early GenCon's, he was very polite. But one can't ignore a certain amount of ego, hubris and greed also. Gary left a lot of angry people in his wake, as he made increasingly egomaniacal claims. He WAS the main guy in early fantasy role playing, but he wasn't the ONLY one, and ignoring or blacklisting people like Dave Arneson and making grandiose claims that one could only play D&D with HIS rules and HIS miniatures and HIS scenarios just got silly. And while he took the idea of fantasy role playing to a level where it was commercial and wildly successful, he wasn't the first to explore it as a gaming idea, (I was around in those days too, and a little known campaign called Midgard has never gotten its proper place in gaming history, plus there were other scattered and amateurish attempts being made, including one by yours truly). But Gary was the one to get it together enough to start a whole new hobby and subculture, and my hat's off to him. I still love D&D, and while enjoying the many satires of it and the nerdiness around it, still feel it's one of the greatly misunderstood games of our time. At its best, it's like living literature, with players and gamemaster forming an author/character combination that can become quite interesting and downright artistic*. Gygax was aware of that, especially at the beginning before the money got big. He got it right and he got it out to the public. And for that I thank him.

*Someday remind me to write some more on gaming, I think it's a lot more interesting than it's given credit for.

http://www.jeanharlow.com/

http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0001318/

http://www.jeanharlow.org/

So cool. You always hear Harlow described as the first blond bombshell, a sex goddess, etc. But she was a very versatile actress - brassy, seductive, funny, caring, smart and vulnerable. Her scenes with Clark Gable are always a joy to watch.

Happy Birthday James Doohan!

http://imdb.com/name/nm0001150/

http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/cast/69073.html

Only two more weeks until St. Patrick's Day!

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=25&sid=1355210
I hate the nanny state, I hate the Virginia legislature and its stupid sex fantasies*, and I hate the whole ABC boondoggle. One big taxpayer sucking make-work project for busy-bodies, parasites, and imbeciles.

*http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=600&sid=1326902

Weirdness

Monday, March 31, 2008

Gaming Terrain

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Friday, March 28, 2008

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

am very ill with the flu

Monday, March 24, 2008

The Justice Department has approved a merger between Sirius Satellite Radio and rival XM Satellite Radio.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Friday, March 21, 2008

It's Spring and warm weather is on the way....

The Lizard King Was Here

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Monday, March 17, 2008

Happy St. Paddy's Day!

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Happy Ides of March/Brutus Day!

Friday, March 14, 2008

Thursday, March 13, 2008