The Waffle House Disaster Index

http://www.inquisitr.com/382680/femas-waffle-house-index-on-sandy-directs-aid-to-eastern-pa/
Strange...


(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Perfect for your Thanksgiving Meal!

http://laughingsquid.com/barfing-squirrel-gravy-boat/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+laughingsquid+%28Laughing+Squid%29

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Air Travel Safety Instructions - Via the Hobbit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBlRbrB_Gnc&feature=youtu.be
I gotta say, this is damn cute!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Paint Balls VS Asteroids!

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1030-peta-fish-memorial-20121030,0,2658162.story

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday Bud Spencer!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817881/

Happy Birthday Kinky!

http://www.kinkyfriedman.com/index.html

Happy Birthday Tom Paxton!

http://www.tompaxton.com/

Happy National Magic Day!

http://www.ehow.com/how_2310806_celebrate-national-magic-day.html

Happy National Candy Apple Day!

Yum!

Happy Carve A Pumpkin Day!

http://www.zombiepumpkins.com/

Happy Nutcrack Night!

http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-nut1.htm

Happy Allantide!

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

Happy Halloween!

PETA now writes for The Onion! (Apparently...)

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1030-peta-fish-memorial-20121030,0,2658162.story


(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Armageddon - the world's strongest beer

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/916027-scottish-brewery-creates-worlds-strongest-beer-armageddon
Interesting, but I'm somewhat doubtful that something like this meets the definition of 'beer' at this point.

DC's Drag Queen Race delayed....

http://dc.about.com/od/specialevents/ig/DC-Drag-Queen-Race-/?nl=1

Alive & Well

It's still too dark to see how most of the neighborhood is doing.  But we here at the Manor survived Hurricane Sandy with no more problems than a loss of power for about four hours.  It is quite cool outside, (upper 40's), and there's still a light rain falling, (that makes it about 30+ hours of constant precipitation), but only a gently breeze is left to remind us of the gusts from last night.  The worst was around 10-11PM, (when our power went out), I'd guesstimate those winds reached 70-75mph.  At any rate, we appear to have dodged a bullet.  There are a lot of roads closed due to flooding and downed trees, power will be out for some folks for awhile, etc.  but I think the area did much better than expected.

Happy Devil's Night...

Anniversary of the War of the Worlds Broadcast

The greatest radio broadcast, ever.
http://www.war-of-the-worlds.org/

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0617_050617_warworlds.html

Happy Birthday Grace Slick!

http://www.jeffersonairplane.com/the-band/grace-slick/

Happy Birthday Ruth Gordon!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002106/

Happy Birthday Otis Williams!

http://www.otiswilliams.net/

Happy Haunted Refrigerator Night!

http://www.wellcat.com/october/haunted_refrigerator_night.htm

Happy National Candy Corn Day!

Yum!

Happy Day Before Halloween!

Known as: Devil's/Cabbage/Tick-Tack/Mischief/Corn/Goosy/Trick/ Gate/ Beggars Night 

Halloween Week - Night of Remembrance of the Recent Dead

Chicken Poop Bingo!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443749204578048740198716834.html


Clearly, the Sport of Kings!


(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Halloween Light Show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1UjvHMXmtfI#!

Fun stuff!

The Geneva Tsunami

http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/10/tsunamis-lake-geneva?fsrc=nlw|newe|10-29-2012|3970448|35096511|

A fascinating (to me) article on science explaining history.  And frightening.  I had the great pleasure of visiting Geneva once, many decades ago.  My Father had spent quite a bit of time there and showed his family the city, and I loved it, (and have always wanted to return).  It was attractive and cosmopolitan, in a DC sort of way, and I felt at home there.  And it had Davidoff's, probably the world's leading tobacconist. I was a pipe smoker at the time, and remember buying several samples and feeling quite swank and sophisticated, being a grizzled 17 year old....  And I purchased and smoked my only Cuban cigar, there.  I cannot remember the brand at all, I'm afraid, and didn't think a whole lot of it, (but that may be unfair, as I don't consider myself much on cigar knowledge or compatibility).  At any rate, Geneva was cool. 

The Old Guard VS Hurricane Sandy

http://www.wtop.com/1211/3097920/Tomb-Sentinel-stands-in-face-of-Sandy
I always encourage visitors to DC to visit Arlington, and particularly the Tomb of the Unknowns.  For me, one of the most impressive sights in the area, and as close to the word "Sacred" as I get.

Happy Birthday to the Internet!

http://mashable.com/2009/10/29/happy-40th-birthday-internet/

Happy Birthday Ralph Bakshi!

http://www.ralphbakshi.com/

Happy Birthday Bill Mauldin!

http://billmauldin.com/

Halloween Week - The Night of Remembrance of Forgotten Ancestors & Heritage

Happy Hunter's Moon!

http://www.almanac.com/content/full-hunters-moon-octobers-moon-guide

Frankenstorm, continued

Well, there's a light rain that has started here at the Manor.  But so far, no big deal.  On the other hand, all of our weather reports are literally screaming the deluge is hitting tomorrow.  Almost everything is closing down as I type this - the Metro, trains, buses, the Federal government, all the school systems, etc.  I remain agnostic and somewhat cynical as to the accuracy of all of the death and destruction predicted for our region. 
Over the past thirty years the media has devoted vast resources to weather reports, and between that and our modern 24 hour a day news cycle, these clowns have to do something to justify their jobs and expenses, so every snow flake becomes an earthshaking event to be trumpeted about for days before and afterwards.  I'd guesstimate that 2/3 of the time it's much ado about nothing.  Perhaps this week will be different.  But I'll wait and see....

New graphic novel of Lovecraft's works!

http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121028/ENTERTAIN/210280308/1006/ENTERTAIN

(Thanks for the link, Chris!)

Dark Side of the Net

http://www.darklinks.com/

An essential resource for all things gothic, dark, scary, Halloweeny, etc.

That gift for your favorite Cthulhu Cultist...

http://www.shanalogic.com/tentacle-wine-stopper.html

The movie about the Bayou is coming out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKY03edBiK4&feature=g-u
A legendary DC music club....

The science of precognition?

http://www.dailygrail.com/Mind-Mysteries/2012/10/Feeling-the-Future-Round-Two

The Island Where People Forget To Die

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/magazine/the-island-where-people-forget-to-die.html?pagewanted=all&_r=4&

Interesting little article on longevity.

Martian Guinea Pig!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXGFJyy9aig

Forget the train set - try the airport!

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=gn1qMYfFrro&feature=related

Wait till the end of the video for take offs and landings!

(Thanks for the link, Margrete!)

Happy Birthday Elsa Lanchester!

http://elsalanchester.freeservers.com/

Halloween Week - The Night of Remembrance of Pets & Familiars

Happy Wild Foods Day!

http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/wild-foods-day

Happy All Hallow's Read Week!

http://www.allhallowsread.com/

Inflatable Cthulhu Beard!

http://mcphee.com/shop/inflatable-cthulhu-beard.html

WMD

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-19963880

Frankenstorm

So, all of our weather drones are predicting the worst storm of all time will begin to hit us in about the next 30 hours.  They have already written New Jersey off as totally lost, (insert Jersey joke here).  As for the rest of us - we'll see what happens.  The Manor is, as always, prepared.  Have already (regrettably) taken down all of our outdoor Halloween decorations, for fear of them getting blown away in the gale force winds that are predicted. 
The grocery stores are, of course, already besieged and are being denuded of any and everything.  The only serious question is in regards to the power grid - will it go down; and if so, for how long.  DC's is becoming increasingly precarious and unreliable in storms.  It is no long unusual for some neighborhoods to go without for days or even a week.  Like I said - we'll see what happens...

Happy Birthday Lara Parker!

http://laraparkersite.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_7252.html

Happy Birthday Garry Tallent!

http://www.garrytallent.com/

Happy Birthday John Cleese!

http://www.thejohncleese.com/

Halloween Week - tonight is the Night of Nurterers

Anniversary of the publishing of the Federalist Papers

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fedpapers.html

They started publishing on this date in 1787.

Happy Birthday to You Bet Your Life (the radio show)

Premiered on this date in 1947.

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

http://www.otr.net/?p=ybyl

Happy Birthday to The Great Pumpkin!

Premiered on this date in 1966.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060550/

Happy National American Beer Day!

http://www.stonebrewery.com/

Happy National Potato Day!

Yum!

The Manitou Springs Coffin Races are today!

http://manitousprings.org/event/emma-crawford-coffin-race-parade/?instance_id=1188

A wonderful review of the documentary on the Bowman Body

http://rvamag.com/articles/full/16795/sunday-documentary-pays-tribute-to-horror-host-at-the-byrd-theatre

A nice quickie analysis of why the Central Powers lost WWI

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17011607
Economics is essential...


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday Natalie Merchant!

http://www.nataliemerchant.com/

Happy Birthday Doonesbury!

Premiered on this date in 1970.

http://doonesbury.slate.com/

Halloween Week - Night of Artists

Happy National Pretzel Day!

Yum!

http://www.juliussturgis.com/

Happy National Pumpkin Day!

http://www.extremepumpkins.com/

Happy Frankenstein Friday!

http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/October/frankensteinfriday.htm

Anniversary of The Charge of the Light Brigade

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

There are many lessons here...

Halloween Week Celebration - The Night of Heroes & Martyrs

Happy World Pasta Day!

Yum!

Happy Punkie Night!

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

The most bizarre/worst idea for a sitcom, ever?

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/146572

This is a minor legend within schlock culture.  I've heard of it, but never seen it, until now.....

THE Absolute Cutting Edge of Cupcakes...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4604750/std-cupcakes.html

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

The Beginning of Halloween Week

Tonight we celebrate the Night of Seers...

http://thesocialpagan.wordpress.com/tag/all-hallows-week/

Happy Birthday to Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064115/

Premiered on this date in 1969.

Happy National Bologna Day!

http://www.sclydeweaver.com/home.aspx
Yum!

The cutting edge of Halloween candy

http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/leisure/2012/10/22/most-bizarre-halloween-candy/?intcmp=features#slide=1
(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Happy Birthday Weird Al!

http://www.weirdal.com/

Happy Birthday Ellie Greenwich!

http://www.elliegreenwich.com/

Happy Birthday Johnny Carson!

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

The evolution of the raptor suit from Jurassic Park

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAzQr3Ml0UI&feature=youtu.be

Neat-O!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

20 Great vintage Halloween costumes

http://www.flavorwire.com/339253/20-incredibly-bizarre-vintage-halloween-costumes

Fun stuff!

(Thanks for the link, Audrey!)

Happy Birthday Timothy Leary!

http://deoxy.org/leary.htm

Happy Birthday to The Sterile Cuckoo!

One of my all-time faves.  Premiered on this date in 1969.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065037/

Happy Birthday to She Wore A Yellow Ribbon!

Premiered on this date in 1949.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041866/fullcredits

Happy Birthday Bobby Fuller!

http://www.rockabillyhall.com/BobbyFuller.html

Happy Birthday N.C. Wyeth!

http://www.ncwyeth.org/

Happy National Nut Day!

Yum!

The Monitor Ad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeXMxuNNlE8&feature=youtu.be

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

The New York Witch Festival

http://www.newyorkwitchfestival.com/

A ncie write up on the life of tom Guernsey

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/a-local-life-tom-guernsey-md-musician-who-penned-regional-hit-in-the-1960s-dies-at-68/2012/10/20/b5a5248e-13d7-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_story.html
The Hangmen were DC's main entry in the history of garage bands.

Happy Birthday Samuel Taylor Coleridge!

http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/292

Happy Birthday Manfred Mann!

http://www.manfredmann.co.uk/

Happy National Caramel Apple Day!

Yum!

Only 10 Days Till Halloween!

A presentation on the ghosts & folklore of Alexandria

http://www.nvfaa.org/events/ghosts-and-folklore-alexandria

The Entombed Factory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvPoncNYF5g&feature=player_embedded

Weird...


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

The return of Weird Tales magazine!

http://weirdtalesmagazine.com/2012/10/12/weird-tales-360-table-of-contents/

Happy Birthday Art Buchwald!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/19/obituaries/19buchwald.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0


He was a DC institution, my childhood introduction to politics and political writing, and a nice man.

Happy Birthday Carolyne Mas!

http://www.carolynemas.com/

Happy Birthday Margaret Dumont!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0241669/

Happy Birthday Tom Petty!

http://www.tompetty.com/news

Happy Birthday Bela!

http://www.lugosi.com/

A new book out on Agent Garbo

http://www.tnr.com/book/review/spy-v-spy-how-double-agent-won-d-day-the-allies?utm_source=The+New+Republic&utm_campaign=679d176263-TNR_Daily_101912&utm_medium=email#

One of the more fascinating stories from WWII.

Images of Normandy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219584/Ghosts-war-Artist-superimposes-World-War-II-photographs-modern-pictures-street-scenes.html

Haunting....


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday Tor Johnson!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426363/

Happy Birthday Trey Parker!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005295/

Anniversary of the War of Jenkins' Ear

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins%27_Ear

My favorite named war.

Happy Yorktown Surrender Day!

http://www.nps.gov/yonb/index.htm

Damn That Government Intrusion!!!

http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/18/donna-the-deer-lady-learns-the-hard-way-deer-crossing-signs-are-for-humans-not-deer-audio

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

I think I've developed a fan crush on Disco...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ldawsDDuoPo#!

The Great Grand Rapids LipDub

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPjjZCO67WI

Fun stuff!  And one of my fave songs!


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday Bunnyman!

NoVa's own monster legend.  First sighted on this date in 1970.


http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/vr/bunny/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5Bk4CXebP0

Happy Birthday Laura Nyro!

http://www.lauranyro.com/

Happy Birthday Chuck Berry!

http://www.chuckberry.com/

The ultimate death-delaing computer hack

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9232477/Pacemaker_hack_can_deliver_deadly_830_volt_jolt?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2012-10-17

Oh...my....gods....


(Thanks for the link, Bill!)

A Break...

Dear Readers,
     Life is quite busy right now for me, so there'll be a break in most postings over the next few days.  I'll be back...

Happy Birthday Hollywood Squares!

Premiered on this date in 1966.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059995/

Happy Birthday Jim Seals!

http://www.nndb.com/people/685/000206067/

Happy Birthday Tom Poston!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692976/

Happy National Pasta Day!

Yum!

Literary (and film) pumpkin carvings

http://www.bookliciousblog.com/2012/10/roundup-literary-pumpkin-carvings.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bookliciousblog+%28Booklicious%29

The Poe is amazing!!!

The Stratos Jump - In LEGOS

http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/the-stratos-jump-in-legos-v.html

Cute!


(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

Happy Birthday Nico!

http://smironne.free.fr/NICO/

Happy National Liqueur Day!

Yum!

Happy Dictionary Day!

http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/October/dictionaryday.htm

Happy World Food Day!

http://www.worldfooddayusa.org/

Punkin Chunkin is coming up!

http://www.punkinchunkin.com/

Star Trek Catan!

http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20121014/star-trek-catan-lets-settle-settled/

Happy National Grouch Day!

http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/National_Grouch_Day

Happy National Roast Pheasant Day!

Yum!

Happy Birthday Justin Hayward!

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

Happy Dorothy Parker Day!

http://dorothyparker.com/nj/index.html

A nice use of Mike the Headless Chicken for an article

http://www.bikemag.com/blog/miracle-mike-the-headless-chicken-is-our-muse/


Fun stuff!  Needless, to say, I've had my photograph taken by that statue, in beautiful downtown Fruita!

I guess E.T. did phone Home...

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/bill-shock-customer-charged-1476648189564155600-20121011-27e8j.html

Nice software testing, guys....

Headline of the day

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/09/kidnapped-goat-gets-manicure_n_1951992.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

Halloween & Ghostly Events in Alexandria this month

http://www.alexandrianews.org/2012/10/alexandria-a-hip-and-historic-halloween-hot-spot/

The cutting edge of recycling...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-man-allegedly-returned-enemas-cvs-article-1.1181642


(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Happy Birthday Lenny Bruce!

http://www.lennybruceofficial.com/

Happy Birthday Paul Simon!

http://www.paulsimon.com/us

Happy Birthday John Ford Coley!

http://www.johnfordcoley.com/

Ghost Tours of Richmond

http://eerienights.com/tours.html


(Thanks for the link, Carol!)

Peanuts - the early years

http://fiercepancake.tumblr.com/post/31818762846/mudwerks-suyhnc-i-would

Donkey Love - the trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=C1BePpr7xW0
I'm....uh....speechless.....



(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Happy Birthday, Love Happy!

Premiered on this date in 1949.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041604/

Happy Birthday Aleister Crowley!

http://hermetic.com/crowley/

Happy Birthday Sam Moore!

http://www.sammoore.net/

Happy Birthday Melvin Franklin!

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

Happy Farmers Day!

http://familycrafts.about.com/od/holidays/p/FarmersDay.htm

Happy World Egg Day!

http://thinkegg.com/index.php/world-egg-day/?lang=en

Cthulhu Jack O'Lantern!

http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/11/Cthulhu-Jack-O-Lantern/

The Giant Eye

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/10/11/162740104/softball-sized-eyeball-washes-up-in-florida-can-you-i-d-it?sc=17&f=1001

Neato-O!  I think Cthulhu needs a glass one!


(Thanks for the link, Karen!)

Christopher Walken reads Honey Boo Boo

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/christopher-walken-reads-honey-boo-boo_n_1954930.html

Truly, we live in the End Times...


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Satellite images show training for the assult on osama

http://news.yahoo.com/satellite-images-appear-show-us-bin-laden-op-143934665--abc-news-topstories.html

Amazing!


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Monster University

http://monstersuniversity.com/edu/index.html

An amazinf site devoted to the new film from Pixar.


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy National It's My Party Day!

http://voices.yahoo.com/october-11-national-its-party-day-6880820.html

Happy Birthday Eleanor Roosevelt!

http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/roos-ele.htm

Happy Birthday Saturday Night Live!

Premiered on this date in 1975.

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072562/

Happy Birthday, to Have & Have Not!

Premiered on this date in 1944.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037382/

Happy Birthday Mike Nelson!

http://www.rifftrax.com/riffers/riffers/mike-nelson

Happy Pulaski Memorial Day!

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


A Patriot.

Only 20 Days Until Halloween!

Happy National Sausage Pizza Day!

http://www.crozetpizza.net/

A new brewpub in NoVa

http://www.northernvirginiamag.com/gut-check/2012/10/05/the-start-of-nova-beer-country-lovettsville-brewpub-mad-hourse-brewery-opens-tomorrow/

Ghost tours around the DC area

http://dc.about.com/od/walkingtour1/a/GhostTours.htm?nl=1

One Word: Sushi

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/national-arboretum-to-sell-surplus-carp/2012/10/09/1d59691e-0e65-11e2-bd1a-b868e65d57eb_story.html?hpid=z4

Happy Birthday Diamond Dave!

http://www.rotharmy.com/forums/index.php

Happy Birthday Kirsty MacColl!

http://www.kirstymaccoll.com/

Happy Birthday Ed Wood!

http://mailer.fsu.edu/~lflynn/edwood.html

Ghost Hunting Talk in Carroll County, MD

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/advocate_of_hampstead/news/library-to-feature-ghost-events-in-october/article_2eb28eee-4bc5-5b9f-88cb-5f7fb40f2893.html

A little article about the Dumb Supper

http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/samhainoctober31/p/Dumb_Supper.htm?nl=1
I've always wanted to attend one of these...

Happy Leif Erikson Day!

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

Happy Birthday John Entwistle!

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

Happy Birthday Jackson Browne!

http://www.jacksonbrowne.com/

Happy Birthday John!

http://www.johnlennon.com/

Happy National Hoagie/Hero/Submarine Day!

Yum!

Mandy Patinkin talks about The Princess Bride

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2012/10/05/162383428/mandy-patinkin-25-years-after-the-princess-bride-hes-not-tired-of-that-line


Nice interview...

Found: A lost script to a Black Adder Christmas show

http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2012/10/07/Lost-Christmas-Blackadder-script-found/UPI-91621349622707/?spt=hs&or=en

Cabaret Poe - A Musical

http://www.cabaretpoe.com/

A palace in Egypt

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2201662/Baron-Empain-Palace-A-Belgian-millionaire-Egyptian-palace-shrouded-superstition.html
Fascinating.  I'd just found out about this building.  Love the staircase!

Dracula - Restored!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXGnOvTZSIg&feature=plcp

Neat-o!

Scotty Smiles...

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/10/dilithium-crystals-warp-drive/

The Hobbit is coming....

http://www.thehobbit.com/index.html

Happy Columbus Day!

http://columbus-day.z12.net/2012.php

Happy Birthday, Imagine!

Released on this date in 1971...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x102el_john-lennon-imagine_music

Happy Indigineous People's Day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_People%27s_Day

Find a haunted attraction in your area

http://www.hauntedhouse.com/

New book out on the ghosts of Capitol Hill

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/26/capitol-hill-haunts-tim-krepp-ghosts_n_1916186.html

The latest drug craze...

http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/front-page-news/oopsy-daisy-10212.html

I had no idea that the following was a narcotic-drenched tune, (at least in England...):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5AzmEX-txw

I'm going ivory hunting!

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57524678/man-arrested-for-dui-says-he-swerved-for-elephant-on-road/
Of course, Groucho always maintained that the best state for ivory gathering was Alabama, because the Tuscaloosa....

The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze!

http://www.hudsonvalley.org/events/blaze

Happy Birthday John Mellencamp!

http://www.mellencamp.com/

DC's spooky Movie Festival is coming up!

http://thespookymovie.com/

Neat interview with one of the last Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

http://www.armchairgeneral.com/interview-with-navajo-code-talker-chester-nez.htm
I'm in awe of those guys.


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Mad Hatter Day!

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~ari/madHatter.html

Happy National Noodle Day!

Yum!

RIP Tom Guernsey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4996rWJwLJs

http://www.garagehangover.com/?q=reekers

The wolfsbane has returned to The Manor!

And yet more on the poor Poe House

http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/consultant-stuff-poes-museum-in-the-bo-railroad-caboose/2012/10/04

This whole thing stinks, and smacks of corruption, kickbacks, and Baltimore fuckups and professional parasites on the public purse. 

Some local ghost tours and "haunted" houses

http://oldtownalexandria.patch.com/articles/halloween-fun-local-scares-and-haunted-houses-fb8a25d0

Happy Birthday, Monty Python!

Premiered on this date in 1969.

http://pythonline.com/

Happy Birthday to Love Me Do!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xuMwfUqJJM

The Beatles first 45, released on this date in 1962.

RIP R.B. Greaves

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/arts/music/r-b-greaves-of-take-a-letter-maria-fame-dies-at-68.html?_r=0

Headline, (and military story), of the day

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmurph/articles/20121003.aspx

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday Sputnik!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1

Happy Birthday Isaac Asimov!

http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_home_page.html

Happy Birthday Buster Keaton!

http://www.busterkeaton.com/

Happy National Taco Day!

Yum!

Headline of the day

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/love-joule-japans-first-bar-devoted-female-masturbation-opens-tokyo_n_1930552.html?utm_hp_ref=weird-news

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday to You Bet Your Life! ((the TV show))

Premiered on this date in 1950.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042171/

Cthulhu Christmas Ornament!

http://www.eldersigngames.com/cthulhu-ornament/

Real-life cartoon woman

http://shine.yahoo.com/beauty/real-life-anime-girl-anastasiya-shpagina-8217-bizarre-172400323.html


There is something disturbing to me about all of this...

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Upcoming Storm Names

http://www.startrek.com/article/khan-to-take-the-country-by-storm

I just know that Q is going to be awful...

Happy Birthday to The Maltese Falcon!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033870/

One of my all-time fave films.  Premiered on this date in 1941.

Happy Birthday to Mythbusters!

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/mythbusters/

Premiered on this date in 2003.

Happy Birthday to The Dick Van Dyke Show!

http://www.dickvandykeshow.com/

In my opinion, the best sitcom of all time.

Happy Birthday to The Captain Kangaroo Show!

Premiered on this date in 1955.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047718/

Happy Birthday Lindsey Buckingham!

http://www.lindseybuckingham.com/

Happy Birthday Charles "Ming the Merciless" Middleton!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0585481/


A man that I've based my management style on...

Happy Birthday Eddie Cochran!

http://www.eddiecochran.info/
One of my faves.

Amazing pumpkin carvings!

http://villafanestudios.com/

(Thanks for the link, Jim!)

And the stereotypes receive a boost...

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/kentucky-restaurant-shut-down-roadkill-kitchen-160225525.html

Ray Bradbury talking about books and libraries

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/the-book-bradbury_n_1930901.html?1349198200

I absolutely identify with and love this article!  For me, it was the old Queen Street branch of the Alexandria Library.  I started going there, (and got my library card), when I was four.  Saturday mornings, my Mother would take me in for a haul of books, mostly Dr. Seuss and dinosaurs.  Later on, the city purchased a book mobile that came by much closer to the house.  It parked in front of the local Baskin Robbins, so I lucked out like a bandit - ice cream and books in a single shot! 

Happy Birthday to The Twilight Zone!

Debuted on this date in 1959.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052520/

Happy Birthday Peanuts!

Debuted on this date in 1950, most successful comic strip, ever.

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

Happy Birthday Groucho!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000050/

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

Happy Birthday Bud Abbott!

http://www.abbottandcostello.net/

Happy National Fried Scallops Day!

Yum!

Bigwig Digs

http://www.bigwigdigs.com/

An amusing little site.  It details where various famous and notable folks have lived around the DC area.  It's just starting up, and their hope is to expand, (it's lacking quite a few celebs, but I suspect folks will contribute and the list will become more comprehensive). 

Military History Weekend coming up soon in Williamsburg

http://mhwshow.com/

iran believe The Onion!

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/01/14168994-iran-apologizes-for-citing-onion-spoof-obama-poll-as-fact#.UGnE_ijY8r4.email

It's no wackier than anything else they believe over there....


(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

Happy Birthday American Pie!

I don't have an exact date, but know that Don McLean released American Pie during this month in 1971.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsV5-Hv-7U

Happy Birthday to The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson!

Premiered on this date in 1962.

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

Happy Birthday James Lawrence!

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

A Patriot.  "Don't Give Up The Ship"

Happy Birthday Dave Arneson!

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

Only 30 Days Until Halloween!

Happy National Homemade Cookies Day!

Yum!

Happy Intergeneration Month!

http://intergenerationmonth.org/