Happy Birthday Zero Mostel!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0609216/

An interesting cooking blog

http://victorykitchen.blogspot.com/


Devoted to foods prepared during the World Wars...

Happy Birthday Mary Jo Pehl!

http://www.mjpehl.com/

Happy Birthday Joanne Woodward!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940946/

Happy National Strawberry Day!

Yum!

A nice article about ethics and outlook in the series, Firefly

http://fans-pages.com/a-world-without-sin-morality-in-firefly-by-levon-ritter-2/

Creature From The Black Lagoon Keychain!

http://monstersuniverse.com/crfrbllake.html

Neat-O!

Happy Birthday Godfrey Cambridge!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131387/

One of my faves.

Happy Birthday Johnny Cash!

http://www.johnnycash.com/

Happy Birthday Fats Domino!

http://fatsdominomusic.com/

Happy Birthday Francis Marion!

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americanrevolutio1/p/American-Revolution-Brigadier-General-Francis-Marion-The-Swamp-Fox.htm

A Patriot.

Your own Tiger tank!

http://www.mark-1-tank.co.uk/tiger-1.html


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

The Bayou Documentary is being broadcast

http://www.mpt.org/dcbayou

A local DC legend.  Been there many a time....

Happy Birthday Jim Backus!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000822/

Anniversary of the release of Give Ireland Back To The Irish

In 1972....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0zGVVcsbPg

Happy Birthday to Yes, Minister!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/yesminister/

Brilliant.  This, along with its sequel, Yes Prime Minister, is one of the best, and few, TV shows that understands and captures politics and government correctly.  Despite its British subject manner, I can assure all of you outlanders, that this is exactly how DC works...

Happy Birthday to Your Show of Shows!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042173/?ref_=sr_1

Premiered on this date in 1950.  Genius.  Essential.

Happy Birthday Carroll Borland!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0096968/

She was a very minor actress.  But her vampire look has survived the ages.

Happy Birthday George!

http://www.georgeharrison.com/#/news

Happy Birthday Zeppo!

http://www.marx-brothers.org/biography/zeppo.htm

Happy National Clam Chowder Day!

Yum!

The Kinkster is running for governor - again!

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Kinky-Friedman-May-Run-For-Governor-Again-192788351.html

Bacon

http://www.retronaut.com/2012/09/bacon-costume-1894/

Happy Birthday Michelle Shocked!

http://www.michelleshocked.com/

Happy Birthday George Thorogood!

http://www.georgethorogood.com/

Happy Birthday Franz von Stuck!

One of my fave artists.

http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/symbolism/Franz-Von-Stuck.html

Happy National Tortilla Chip Day!

Yum!

A neat article about Babylon 5

http://io9.com/5985727/the-strange-secret-evolution-of-babylon-5

The Times, They Are A Changin'...

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bob-dylan-lays-off-2000-workers-from-songwriting-f,31407/



;)

This is how most monster movies start...

http://news.sky.com/story/1053694/green-space-slime-baffles-nature-experts

Neat article about ectoplasm

http://whitecrowbooks.com/michaeltymn/entry/ectoplasm_hokey_but_true/

The Cult of the Moon Beast

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/02/the-cult-of-the-moon-beast/


Another fascinating little tale of the occult.  I will point out that something vaguely similar was hinted about during the infamous Son of Sam murders....

The Witch Men of Chile

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2013/02/into-the-cave-of-chiles-witches/

Fascinating little bit of history.

a stupid story about the Poe Toaster

http://gralienreport.com/folklore/nevermore-the-mib-at-edgar-allan-poes-grave/

The Poe Toaster didn't exist for seven generations, merely one and a half.  The identities of both individuals were known to the curator of the Poe House, (enabling him to identify the 'real' toaster, as opposed to the many fakes who show up that evening).  The reality is a fun little story and pseudo-mystery, and has nothing to do with the MIB.  

The gentle nite light of death

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21459520

Needless to say, I've got to catch up on my gardening....

A bad habit to get into...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21534215


Actually, I see potential for some sort of annual "Nun Day" at the pub.  Anyone who comes in dressed appropriately gets the first one on the house, etc. 

Prevent extinction!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/familyhistory/9886124/Goodbye-Mr-Chips-as-study-highlights-surnames-facing-extinction.html

If I had a child, I would name him/her Raynott Woodbead Harred Chips.

It's called "Animal Husbandry"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21505191

Trimming the herd and fleecing the flock....

Mystery Trains

http://articles.philly.com/2013-02-18/news/37146111_1_engines-wheels-new-jersey-museum

I prefer them attached to sharks

http://www.phenomenica.com/2013/02/sun-powered-lasers-could-vaporise-asteroids-before-they-get-close-to-earth.html

The cutting edge of lottery celebrations

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/18/brothers-blow-up-house-while-celebrating-lottery-win-with-drugs/

Darwin Award potential?

The cutting edge of paternity

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/horseman-baby-687431

Black Bunny Bounces British Burglar

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9873002/Giant-rabbit-scares-burglar-out-of-family-home.html

A short article about the White Rose

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21521060

These were the real, (and all too few) heroes in Germany during the nazi regime.  Long-time readers will remember my utter disgust at the marketing given to the hypocrites of the aristocrat/officers' conspiracy, all of whom giddily supported hitler until the Russians' advance threatened  their Prussian estates.  The White Rose were the real deal and the real opposition, pathetic though it may have been.

Strange Creature in York, PA?

http://paranormal.about.com/od/chupacabra/a/tales_13_02_31t.htm

Cthulhu Playing Cards!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tat2bito/cthulhu-bicycle-playing-cards-deck-hp-lovecraft?ref=tag

Happy Birthday Majel Barrett!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000854/

Happy National Chili Day!

http://www.hardtimes.com/

Today is Iwo Jima Day

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

Happy Open That Bottle Night!

http://guides.wsj.com/wine/entertaining-and-celebrating-with-wine/open-that-bottle-night/

If the walls could talk....

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/house-where-bruce-springsteen-wrote-born-to-run-for-sale-20130222

Happy Birthday Edward Gorey!

http://www.edwardgoreyhouse.org/

Genius.  Essential.

Happy Birthday Dwight Frye!

http://www.classichorror.free-online.co.uk/dwight.htm

Happy Birthday Sheldon Leonard!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502766/

Happy Birthday George Washington!

http://www.mountvernon.org/

A local boy who done good.

250 Days Until Halloween!

A modern Coyote VS Roadrunner!

http://www.wimp.com/looneytoons/

(Thanks for the link, Gail!)

Olde London - mapped

http://www.locatinglondon.org/index.html

What a cool resource!

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

DC in 1863

http://ghostsofdc.org/2013/02/20/capitol-dome-1863-panorama/?fb_source=pubv1

Very cool!


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday Mary Chapin Carpenter!

http://www.marychapincarpenter.com/

DC's Finest. 

LBJ Orders Pants

http://putthison.com/post/2795418773/in-1964-lyndon-johnson-needed-pants-so-he-called

Fun stuff!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Stalin's Son

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/archive-files-suggest-son-of-stalin-surrendered-to-invading-germans-a-883119.html

An interesting, (and sad), little footnote to the War.

RIP Kevin Ayers

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9883347/Kevin-Ayers-founder-of-Soft-Machine-has-died-aged-68.html

Alligators in Ol' Virginny!

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/animal_forecast/2013/02/alligators_in_virginia_climate_change_could_be_pushing_cold_blooded_species.html?wpisrc=newsletter_tis


I, for one, look forward to our reptillian overlords.

The Value of Whale Vomit

http://science.howstuffworks.com/zoology/ambergris.htm
(Thanks for the link, John!)

You know, recently someone found a big wad of this stuff on the beach, and a bunch of you good people sent me the link, and I didn't publish; simply because I thought Ambergris was sort of known about by the general public.  But clearly, that doesn't seem to be the case, (I suppose it may say something about me that whale mucous is a topic not considered particularly exotic...).  So yes, by all means, scour the beaches for that lucrative lugee!

Happy Birthday Richard Matheson!

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

Happy Birthday Sydney Poitier!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001627/

Happy Birthday Joel Hodgson!

http://joelhodgson.com/

Happy Hoodie-Hoo Day!

http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/hoo.htm

Cancel my appointments

http://news.yahoo.com/subatomic-calculations-indicate-finite-lifespan-universe-225300183.html

Happy Birthday to the Phonograph!

Edison is awarded his patent for it on this date in 1878.  A device that has dominated my life...

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

Happy Birthday to the Bowman Body show!

Premiered on this date in 1971.  A legendary Virginia horror host.

http://www.bowmanbody.com/

Happy Birthday Bobby Hart!

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

Happy Birthday Smokey Robinson!

http://www.smokeyrobinson.com/

Happy Birthday Copernicus!

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/copernicus/

The cutest little frog that you're going to see today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cBkWhkAZ9ds

It's a good thing that Maker's Mark are distillers, and not vintners..

It would be difficult to stomp on grapes, given that you've shot yourself in the foot....

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/makers-mark-stop-watering-down-its-whiskey-1C8410338

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/02/18/where-makers-mark-went-wrong-on-diluting-the-bourbon-not-enough-economics/

Of course, my boys at A. Smith Bowman remain a bulwark against barbarianism....

Norway is one exciting country!

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-norway-television-fire-idUSBRE91E0SH20130215?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews

Be still my Heart!

A little Cthulhu humor for the children...

http://cheezburger.com/7066982656

Happy National Tickbird Day! ;)

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

Happy Birthday SONiA!

http://www.disappearfear.com/_nSite2012/index.html


One of my faves, and Baltimore's Finest.

Happy Birthday Jack Palance!

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

Happy Birthday Gahan Wilson!

http://www.gahanwilson.com/


Genius.  Essential.

Happy Drink Wine Day!

http://www.virginiawine.org/

Happy Presidents' Day!

http://www.history.com/topics/presidents-day

RIP Tandyn Almer

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/2013/02/16/76d3ebba-5f44-11e2-a389-ee565c81c565_story.html

RIP Tony Sheridan

Just got the word... (Thanks, Perry!)

Tolkien the wargamer, (and reenactor?)

http://vintagewargaming.blogspot.com/search/label/J.R.R%20Tolkien


Interesting.


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday John Sullivan!

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

A Patriot.

Sacrilege....

http://www.nextmovie.com/blog/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-animated-film/

The taste sensation that's sweeping a naton!

http://inventorspot.com/articles/chocolate_covered_shrimp_chips_are_cuckoo_cocoa_combo_0

Zombie Felted Soap

http://www.etsy.com/listing/108696530/felted-soap-mini-monster-zombie-brains

19 Reasons to visit the Bar

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/15/19-good-reasons-to-drink_n_2631462.html?utm_hp_ref=comedy

Keep mum, she's not dumb!

http://unhistorical.tumblr.com/post/26940553717/british-propaganda-posters-warn-against-careless

I'm a total sucker for propaganda posters .

RIP Shadow Morton

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/producer-and-songwriter-shadow-morton-dead-at-71-20130216

Neat little article on the "occult war" going on inside WWII

http://www.strangehistory.net/2013/02/12/british-occultists-and-world-war-ii/

Fun stuff!

The Slender Man...

A sinister bit of modern folklore

http://elm.washcoll.edu/index.php/2013/02/behind-you-the-cultural-relevance-of-slender-man/

Headline of the day

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21431678

I too welcome our alien overlords

http://local.stv.tv/glasgow/213492-aliens-would-receive-a-warm-and-peaceful-welcome-from-glasgow/

Priorities

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21410565

He saved the fish & chips...

The Pot & The Kettle...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/9862776/Sorcery-crackdown-Chechnya-leader-orders-hard-line-on-wizards.html

Religious dispute

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/priest-fined-1000-for-ear-biting-20130212-2eah8.html

New Cthulhu Collecton on the way!

http://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Over-Innsmouth-Stephen-Jones/dp/1781165289/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359939200&sr=1-2

Congrats to Lititz, Pennsylvania!

American's coolest small town!

http://www.budgettravel.com/contest/americas-coolest-small-towns-2013,14/#candidate-detail12246

 Yes, I know it's just a little popularity contest.  Nevertheless, I'm impressed by the choice.  Lititz is definitely my favorite town in Pennsylvania, have visited there dozens of times and always find it charming.  Highly recommended!

In terms of Colorado, I confess to being a little surprised to see Glenwood Springs at the top of the heap.  It's okay, but I never found it particularly charming, (and their geography forces the road system to be a bit of a hassle).  I'd suggest Durango, Ft. Collins, Montrose, Dolores, Lake City, Telluride, or Ridgway. 

Happy Birthday Sonny Bono!

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

Happy Birthday Jerry Moore!

A local Horror Host.

http://www.monstermadhouse.com/

Happy Birthday Harvey Korman!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0466327/

Happy Birthday Matt Groening!

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

Genius.  Essential.  And a very nice guy.

Happy Pully Lug Day!

http://books.google.com/books?id=sIBBAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA644&lpg=PA644&dq=pully+lug+day&source=bl&ots=cEVIjMVxKI&sig=AvktTH_yrUq8mBHrni1mKX4prMM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=X3wOUbHtN9C80QH4moH4Dw&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=pully%20lug%20day&f=false

Official candy heart rejects

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/02/you-are-gay-fax-me-lets-read-and-17-more-amazing-retired-sweetheart-candy-sayings/273137/
Fun stuff!

(Thanks for the link and title, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday Ray Teller!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teller_%28entertainer%29

Happy Brithday Robert Shea!

http://bobshea.net/

Happy Birthday Jack Benny!

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

Genius.  Essential.

Happy Birthday Emperor Norton!

http://www.emperornorton.org/

Happy Valentine's Day!

A very nice analysis/attack on the current state of radio

http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2013/02/terrestrial-radio-sucks.html
I couldn't agree more.  And I was a radio fanatic.  Now, I'd rather kiss the backside of a barbary ape than listen to the corporate swill and endless commercials.  I love the whole idea of radio, and hate the idea of paying for something that was once free, but I am forced to, in order to hear the magic that once was and can be again - Little Steven's Underground Garage, and it's full-time Sirius channel . It represents everything that I love about rock'n'roll and radio. 
. 

Happy Birthday to Black Sabbath! (the album)

One of my faves.  Released on this date in 1970.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sabbath_%28album%29

Happy Birthday Peter Gabriel!

http://petergabriel.com/

RIP Rick Huxley

http://todayentertainment.today.com/_news/2013/02/12/16938867-dave-clark-five-co-founder-dies-at-72#.URq8NIWI98Q.email

(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

And the rot sets in...

http://www.wtop.com/1228/3223223/Makers-Mark-cutting-alcohol-volume-in-its-bourbon

My second favorite distillery sells out.  Curious, isn't it, how they've successfully used a recipe for decades, (with great success), and suddenly change it - claiming that it makes no difference at all.  And all coinciding with the greed element of cutting your ingredients with water to increase supply.   I wonder what would have been the response, say, five or ten years ago, if I'd told them that their recipe wasn't all that important, and that they needed to water it down. 

Achtung! Cthulhu

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/modiphius/achtung-cthulhu-the-ww2-keepers-and-investigators
A (possible) new role playing game.  Sounds pretty neat!

The shoddy and dishonest attack on comics - exposed

http://news.illinois.edu/news/13/0211comics_CarolTilley.html
I'm not a huge fan of comics, (outside of the old Warren and EC horror titles), but I always knew  that Wertham and his fellow moral scolds were crackpots.  It's nice to see them exposed and humiliated.

A day in the life of a distiller (at Bowman's!)

http://www.northernvirginiamag.com/food-and-wine/life-by-texting/2013/02/11/16-hours-with-a-master-distiller-truman-cox-of-a-smith-bowman-distillery/
My fave bourbon...

Happy Birthday Dracula! (the movie)

Premiered on this date in 1931. 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/

Happy Birthday Ray Manzarek!

http://www.raymanzarek.us/

Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln!

http://alplm.org/

Happy Mardi Gras!

http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/

My Kind Of Field Guide!

http://www.amazon.com/Stray-Shopping-Carts-Eastern-America/dp/0810955202/ref=pd_cp_b_0

Zombie Outbreak In Montana!

http://gawker.com/5983516/montana-tv-stations-emergency-alert-system-hacked-warns-of-zombie-apocalypse

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Poe's Cask of Amontillado Wine Tasting!

http://www.poeforevermore.com/events.html

There's A Cure!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsND7aibvOQ&feature=youtu.be

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday Sheryl Crow!

http://www.sherylcrow.com/

Happy Birthday Leslie Nielsen!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000558/

Happy Birthday Gene Vincent!

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

Happy Birthday Bobby "Boris" Pickett!

http://www.themonstermash.com/

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


One of my faves.  Creator of the National Anthem for Halloween!

RIP Paul Tanner

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/09/arts/music/paul-tanner-musician-with-good-vibrations-dies-at-95.html?_r=0

(Thanks for the link, Perry!)

Happy Birthday Jimmy Durante!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002051/

Happy Birthday Lon Chaney, Jr.!

http://lonchaney.com/

Smart Phone Medicine

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21134540/vp/50582822#50582822

Pretty incredible!


(Thanks for the link, Tony!)

Fun Snowmen

http://www.happyplace.com/12689/hilariously-disturbing-snowmen-we-hope-never-come-to-life

Anniversary of the Beatles appearing on Ed Sullivan

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

 Amazing...

I am one of the few people willing to admit that I missed that performance.  I was busy watching Disney's film - The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh , featuring my boy Patrick McGoohan.  

Happy Birthday Wizards!

One of my all-time fave films.  Love this. 

http://www.ralphbakshi.com/films.php?film=wizards

Happy Birthday Frank Frazetta!

http://frankfrazetta.net/

My favorite illustrator.  Genius.  The master of Sword & Sorcery pictures.

Happy Birthday Barbara Lewis!

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

One of my fave singers.  Absolutely beautiful voice.  

Happy Birthday Carole King!

http://www.caroleking.com/

Genius.  Essential.  An American Treasure.

Happy National Bagel & Lox Day!

Yum!

http://www.bodosbagels.com/

A nice listing of famous last words

http://www.popcrunch.com/20-badass-famous-last-words/?utm_source=crowdignite.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=crowdignite.com

Happy Birthday England Dan Seals!

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

Happy Birthday Jules Verne!

http://www.biography.com/people/jules-verne-9517579

I believe that there's a horror movie in all of this...

http://www.kgun9.com/news/local/189113371.html

Headline of the Day

http://www.theweek.co.uk/crime/51287/brazilian-woman-laced-vagina-poison-kill-husband

Fred Astaire dancing while dressed as Alfred E. Neuman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQjm7A-N4a8&feature=share

We live in a great country.

Bio-pic coming on Bowie and Iggy!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/feb/07/david-bowie-iggy-pop-biopic


(Thanks for the link, Peter!)

I love the card catalog!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thesugarmonster/3453700961/in/photostream/


(Thanks for the link, Jeff!)

A documentary about MAD magazine!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1438570989/when-we-went-mad-a-documentary-of-ecch-ic-proporti

Oldies Television

http://www.oldiestelevision.com/

Addictive...

(Thanks for the link, Rob!)

The Asteroid Impact Calculator

http://simulator.down2earth.eu/#
The ultimate weather report...


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday Bob Marley!

http://www.bobmarley.com/

Happy Birthday Patrick MacNee!

http://patrickmacnee.com/

Happy Birthday Adam Weishaupt!

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

Monty Python's Final Crusade...

http://www.ericidle.com/blog/?p=306

RIP John Walker

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/arts/music/john-walker-musician-with-walker-brothers-dies-at-67.html?_r=0

(Thanks for the link, Perry!)

RIP Reg Presley

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/9848986/The-Troggs-singer-Reg-Presley-dies-aged-71.html

Happy Birthday to the Urban Verbs!

Their self titled debut album was released on this date in 1980.  Great band and album.

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

Happy Birthday to The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour!

Premiered on this date in 1967. 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061296/

Happy Birthday H.R. Giger!

http://www.hrgiger.com/

Happy Birthday Otis Williams, Jr.!

http://www.otiswilliams.net/

Happy Birthday John Carradine!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001017/

Happy Birthday Alice Cooper!

http://alicecooper.com/

Happy National Homemade Soup Day!

Yum!

Happy Birthday Tadeusz Kosciuszko!

http://www.nndb.com/people/114/000049964/

A Patriot.

Happy National Stuffed Mushrooms Day!

Yum!

http://www.sherrockmush.com/

A little math humor...

http://www.snorgtees.com/t-shirts/dear-algebra-stop-asking-us-to-find-your-x

iranian monkey business

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/02/01/iran_s_fake_monkey_mission_report_suggests_the_whole_thing_was_a_fake.html

What a surprise...

Guide to airline fees

http://i.slimg.com/sc/aw/photo/c/co/comprehensive_airlines_fees_chart_v2.pdf

Just discovered this.  Looks pretty handy for those of you who travel a bit.

PG County doing what it does best - ripping people off

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/prince-georges-considers-copyright-policy-that-takes-ownership-of-students-work/2013/02/02/dc592dea-6b08-11e2-ada3-d86a4806d5ee_story.html?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads

I don't care what anyone says, I don't care what anyone does, I don't care how many billion dollar complexes and shopping centers and "harbors" are built.  The place will always be a corrupt dump.

The Ultimate Star Wars Collection

http://mashable.com/2013/02/02/rancho-obi-wan/#113389An-Expanded-Universe

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Bye bye Miss American Pie...

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

Happy Birthday Creature Feature!

First broadcast on this date in 1973, starring Count Gore De Vol.  One of my faves.

http://www.countgore.com/

Happy Birthday Charles Roberts

The Father of modern wargaming....
http://www.alanemrich.com/CSR_pages/Articles/CSRfoundingfather.htm

Happy Birthday Melanie Safka!

http://melaniesafka.com/home.cfm

Happy Birthday Norman Rockwell!

http://www.nrm.org/

Ab Fab coming to film!

http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2013/01/24/ab-fab-film---absolutely-fabulous-musical-project---jennifer-saunders-joanna-lumley

Firefly Returns?

http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/firefly/24267/joss-whedon-would-love-to-return-to-firefly
Long time readers will note that I'm a huge fan of this show, and consider its cancellation to be one of the great sins of modern TV.  But the followup film killed off two of the main characters, and I feel that it would be a struggle to recapture the magic of the original lineup...

One small step for a porn star...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4775634/coco-brown-to-be-the-first-porn-star-in-space.html

The Tamam Shud Mystery

http://forteana-blog.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-tamam-shud-mystery.html

Interesting....

Another report on the black eyed children phenomena

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/01/terror-lurks-in-pennsylvania/

A batplane from Area 51?

http://www.bubblews.com/news/181882-area-51-batplane-caught-on-video

Dung Beetle Navigation

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/24/dung-beetles-navigate-via-the-milky-way-an-animal-kingdom-first/


A fun and interesting article.  I love the statement, "live in a rough-and-tumble world where competition for excrement is fierce".  Clearly, they are natives of DC....

The Emergency

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/01/25/man-calls-911-after-being-stood-up

You've got to have friends

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/01/24/photos_sperm_whales_adopt_deformed_dolphin.html
Just one more example where I think definitions of intelligence and personality are going to have to become more nuanced and detailed.

Happy Birthday Wilbur Whately!

Born on this date in 1913 in Dunwich, MA, (according to his biographer, H.P. Lovecraft...)

http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dh.asp

Happy Birthday Graham Nash!

http://www.grahamnash.com/

Happy Birthday Tom Smothers!

http://www.smothersbrothers.com/

Happy Birthday Talleyrand!

The patron saint of Diplomacy players.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Maurice_de_Talleyrand-P%C3%A9rigord

Puppy Bowl Tomorrow!

http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/puppy-bowl

I'm a total sucker for this thing.

Happy Groundhog Day!

http://www.groundhog.org/

Happy Imbolc!