Kids - Remember Protection!

https://twitter.com/HorribleSanity/status/561521048680939521/photo/1

Seattle - My Kind of Town!

http://www.strangeco.blogspot.it/2014/12/newspaper-clippings-of-day-new-years.html

Your moment of terminal cuteness

http://dogsome.net/22-photos-that-prove-babies-need-pets-number-17-especially/

Regency era slasng of crime and criminals

http://18thcand19thc.blogspot.com/2015/01/regency-language-of-cheats-pickpockets.html

Fun stuff!  I love this type of history.

Marriage Or Death?

http://www.executedtoday.com/2015/01/10/1430-ten-men-beheaded-and-an-eleventh-man-married/

I believe that the Western/Comedy film, Goin' South is all about this, as well.

Irish Werewolf Cub Scouts From Hell

http://www.strangehistory.net/2011/01/26/irish-werewolfs-cub-scouts-from-hell/

The chair of death

http://unmyst3.blogspot.com/2015/01/busbys-cursed-chair.html

The mystery of the Rohonc Codex

http://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/ancient-text-baffled-researchers-indecipherable-rohonc-020160

Electric Light Poisoning

http://www.strangehistory.net/2015/01/18/horror-electric-lights/

An article about the history of Soviet space dogs

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/soviet-space-dogs-who-took-giant-leaps-for-mankind/

A short article about the modern alchemist, Fulcanelli

http://locklip.com/the-mystery-of-master-alchemist-fulcanelli/

I will point out, that most of his reputation is based around Jacques Bergier's writing, and I consider him to be an accomplished liar and exaggerator (although I absolutely love his books, nevertheless - they really get you thinking!)

The first human cannonball - Zazel!

http://twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com/2015/01/zazel-worlds-first-human-cannonball.html

A Pact With Satan

http://esoterx.com/2015/01/24/the-day-the-devil-comes-to-get-you-the-immortality-of-christoph-haimann/

A nice little footnote to art history.

The next addition to my garden

http://www.odditycentral.com/news/being-stung-by-the-gympie-gympie-tree-is-the-worst-kind-of-pain-you-can-imagine.html

18th century slang

https://dralun.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/fart-catchers-and-duck-fers-the-world-of-18th-century-slang/

This is wonderful!

The mystery of the white pyramid

http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/search-legendary-1000-ft-white-pyramid-xian-002470

The latest on the antikythera mechanism

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/decoding-antikythera-mechanism-first-computer-180953979/?no-ist

The mysterious disappearance of a film pioneer

http://www.strangeco.blogspot.it/2015/01/the-sinister-disappearance-of-film.html

A great historical mystery!

Australian Tribes and the Oral Tradition

http://www.climatecentral.org/news/tales-of-sea-level-rise-told-for-10000-years-18586

Fascinating!

Marlene Dietrich plays the musical saw!

Pretty neat!

http://boingboing.net/2015/01/30/marlene-dietrich-musical-saw.html

Rolling Stone magazine archive online!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/rolling-stone-teams-with-google-play-to-open-archives-in-unprecedented-way-20150130?utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=013015_16&utm_medium=email&ea=bWVuZGlwQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ==

Happy Birthday Johnny Rotten!

http://www.johnlydon.com/jlhome.html

Happy National Seed Swap Day!

http://seedswapday.blogspot.com/

Happy Birthday Suzanne Pleshette!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0687189/

Stay Alive to '75!

http://www.strangehistory.net/2012/09/04/stay-alive-to-1975/

I think that I want to get a t-shirt that says "I survived 1975 and all I got was this lousy t-shirt"

It gets warm in Arizona

http://afv.com/weatherman-keeps-cool-technical-difficulties/

Happy Birthday Tapestry!

Released on this date in 1971.  Beautiful album.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapestry_%28Carole_King_album%29

Happy Birthday Saul Alinsky!

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

Today is the anniversary of the 1969 rooftop performance by Beatles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles%27_rooftop_concert

They passed the audition....

Happy Birthday Steve Marriott!

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

Happy birthday Marty Balin!

http://martybalinmusic.com/

Happy Calves Head Day!

https://www.yas.org.uk/content/treasures/calveshead.html

Happy National Croissant Day!

Yum!

Hi-Tech Rube Goldberg!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSfnrRNUfs4&feature=youtu.be

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Save The Canadians!

http://www.savethecanadians.org/?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=STC&utm_content=keyword&utm_term=costa%20rica%20save%20canadians&gclid=CIS8qsupucMCFRCEaQodI7MArw


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

CAnnibal Shia LaBeouf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0u4M6vppCI&app=desktop

A very odd little performance/song...


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

The original demo of Bobby Fuller's I Fought The Law is out!

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/bobby_fullers_original_demo_of_i_fought_the_law#disqus_thread

Necronomi Con News!

http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f1a24e1411ce61f2685884ac3&id=888b5c8cef

Dream From The Witch House - Women Authors of the Cthulhu Mythos

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dreams-from-the-witch-house-women-of-lovecraft
I'm looking forward to reading this!  I've high hopes for some new perspectives.

Happy Birthday Andrew Loog Oldham!

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

Happy Birthday to The Muppets Show!

Premiered on this date in 1976.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074028/

Happy Birthday to The Raven!

First published on this date in 1845.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178713

Happy Birthday W.C. Fields!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001211/

Happy Birthday Light Horse Henry Lee!

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

Happy Birthday Harriet Tubman!

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



The date is approximate.  I've seen references to March, as well.

Happy Birthday Thomas Paine!

http://www.thomaspaine.org/

http://www.thomas-paine-friends.org/

Happy National Corn Chip Day!

Yum!

Happy Freethinkers Day!

http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/freethinkers-day

Way Out

http://vimeo.com/116099110

A wonderful short animation about our addiction to 'virtual communication'.


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Kids - Don't Drink and Drone

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/28/us/white-house-drone.html?_r=0

The Insane Button on Tesla

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/28/tesla-insane-button-video_n_6560170.html

Chickenshits....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/01/27/two-weeks-after-zuckerberg-said-je-suis-charlie-facebook-begins-censoring-images-of-prophet-muhammad/

An online library about the American Revolution

http://lib.jrshelby.com/

Just discovered this - it looks amazing!

Happy Birthday Elijah Wood!

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

Happy Birthday Sarah McLachlan!

http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/home/

Happy National Kazoo Day!

http://www.kazoos.com/

Route 666

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/01/the-highway-to-hell/
I don't think I've ever been on this road at night, but have driven it, or been a passenger, dozens of times over the course of my life, and outside of the usual numerological nonsense over 666, have never heard anything bad about it.  I'm sure there are quite a few accidents on it, both due to the usual phenomena of a very straight road that lulls drivers asleep or inattentive, as well as a large number of drunks on it.  The lack of development around it has nothing to do with monsters and hauntings, but is due to the fact that it is primarily located on the Ute Indian reservation; and, as the article points out, is pretty damn desolate.  The nearest towns of note, aren't all that big or economically exciting/secure themselves.  It is off the beaten path, and that explains much more of the economics than spooks and devil cars do. 

TV Special About Leadbelly Is Coming In February!

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Smithsonian-Channel-to-Air-LEGEND-OF-LEAD-BELLY-in-Honor-of-Black-History-Month-223-20150120#

Happy Thomas Crapper Day!

http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/thomas-crapper-day

Happy Birthday Lewis Carroll!

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

Today is the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

http://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/commemoration-of-holocaust-victims

http://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-features/special-focus/international-holocaust-remembrance-day

Film and sound recording of le Petomane!!!

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/farting_performance_art_from_the_turn_of_century

A Legend of entertainment.

Cthulhu Yoga

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/cthulhu_yoga_goths_embrace_their_dark_side_while_staying_fit

Happy Birthday Babylon 5!

premiered on this date in 1994

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105946/

.

Anniversary of the Battle of Mengo in 1892

Believed to be the first use of machine guns by white men against each other as Catholic and Protestant missionaries battled it out to see who would civilize (conquer) Uganda.  Classic...

http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/ugandaat50/-/1370466/1371198/-/ujn7gfz/-/index.html

Happy Birthday to The Blair Witch Project!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185937/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Premiered on this date in 1999.

Happy Birthday M*A*S*H!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066026/

Premiered on this date in 1970.

Happy National Irish Coffee Day!

Yum!

http://www.jamesonwhiskey.com/us/agegate

Oh stewardess, I speak Jive

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/cab_calloways_hepsters_dictionary_language_of_jive_1939

Do Not Pass Go

http://mentalfloss.com/article/61096/how-game-monopoly-put-15-criminals-behind-bars

Alexandria to be the locale of a Civil War drama series!

http://patch.com/virginia/delray/new-tv-series-air-based-alexandria-civil-war-life

My hometown!

Happy Birthday John Belushi!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000004/

Happy Birthday Klaus Nomi!

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

Happy Birthday Warren Zevon!

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

Happy Birthday Neil Diamond!

http://www.neildiamond.com/

Happy Birthday Benjamin Lincoln!

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

A Patriot.

Happy Paul Pitcher Day!

http://thewidowsweeds.blogspot.com/2012/01/24-january-pauls-pitcher-day.html

An obscure Cornish holiday that I'm resurrecting.

Happy Eskimo Pie Patent Day!

http://www.foodreference.com/html/feskimopie.html

Yum!

When you buy sliced breat, hitler smiles...

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/11/pre-sliced-bread-was-once-banned-in-the-united-states/

Actually, this makes sense to me, sort of.  The article mentions the huge stockpile of wheat that this country had in 1943.  What it doesn't mention is that almost all of our other allies were suffering from major food shortages, as well as the fact that we had no idea in 1943 if winning was going to be a sure thing for us.  To give one sad example, Britain's food policies led to a predictable famine in India.  In total war, food is an essential commodity, and in total war there's no such thing as "too much" when it comes to those things. 

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Whoopsies!

http://mentalfloss.com/article/61258/museum-curators-accidentally-ruin-priceless-king-tut-burial-mask

There's an Abbott & Costello routine in all of this...

Bangor, Maine

http://z1073.com/watch-we-are-bangor-the-music-video/?trackback=fbshare_top


(Thanks for the link, Pam!)

Happy Birthday Danny Federici!

http://brucespringsteen.net/the-band/danny-federici

Happy Birthday Joseph Hewes!

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

A Patriot.

Happy National Handwriting Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/handwriting-day/

Happy National Pie Day!

Yum!

A nice interview with Roy Bittan

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/roy-bittan-looks-back-on-40-years-in-the-e-street-band-20150122?page=4

Soundtrack for the End of the World

http://disinfo.com/2015/01/theme-song-apocalypse/

Happy Birthday Linda Blair!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000304/

Happy Birthday Robert E. Howard!

http://www.rehfoundation.org/

Happy Birthday Sam Cooke!

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

A nice little article about cattle mutilations

http://m.santafenewmexican.com/life/features/sunday-spotlight-santa-fe-man-aims-to-solve-mystery-of/article_c44b30a7-a9b1-5d64-a0dc-65c2e6854dfd.html?mode=jqm
I've read and liked this researcher's analysis and openness about this mystery.

Happy Birthday Alferd Packer!

Mr. Hamburger Helper!

http://www.museumtrail.org/alferdpacker.asp

Happy Birthday Wolfman Jack!

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

Happy Birthday Edwin Starr!

http://www.edwinstarr.info/

Happy Birthday Richie Havens!

http://www.richiehavens.com/official_site/home.html

Happy Birthday Ethan Allen!

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

Happy National New England Clam Chowder Day!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/dave-lieberman/new-england-clam-chowder-recipe.html

Yum!

Photos of the New York Punk Scene in the 1970's

http://flavorwire.com/499740/rare-photos-of-the-new-york-city-punk-scene-in-the-70s-and-80s/view-all

Fun stuff!


(Thanks for the link,Mathew!)

The return of the X Files?

http://io9.com/fox-wants-to-bring-back-the-x-files-david-duchovny-and-1680262280

A nice interview with Howard Kaylan of The Turtles

http://www.goldminemag.com/article/singles-box-set-brings-best-turtles-turntable

A career with a bright future

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2015/01/15/377470376/carrying-the-torch-for-londons-last-gas-lamps

The million dollar robot

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/meet-million-robot-buy-amazon/story?id=28324798

Looks kind of clunky to me...

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Happy Birthday to Meet The Beatles!

Released on this date in 1964.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_the_Beatles!

Happy Birthday to One Step Beyond!

Premiered on this date in 1959.  A great show.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052442/

Anniversary of the publishing of The Crisis in 1775

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-229X.2009.00465.x/abstract

Happy Birthday DeForest Kelley

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/DeForest_Kelley

Happy Birthday Lead Belly!

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

Happy Birthday George Burns!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122675/

Happy Birthday Robert Morris!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Morris_%28financier%29

A Patriot.

Today is the beginning of month of Pluviose in French revolutionary calendar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluvi%C3%B4se

Happy National Cheese Lovers Day!

Yum!

http://cheesetique.com/

RIP Dallas Taylor

http://variety.com/2015/music/news/dallas-taylor-former-crosby-stills-nash-young-drummer-dies-at-66-1201408369/

Special Delivery

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/16/paul-bennett-sex-postbox_n_6487290.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000022

Happy Birthday Janis Joplin!

http://www.janisjoplin.com/

Anniversary of the Battle of Golden Hill in 1770

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

'First Blood' of the American Revolution.

Happy Birthday Dewey Bunnell!

http://www.venturahighway.com/

Happy Birthday Phil Everly!

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

Happy National Popcorn Day!

http://www.popcorn.org/

Yum!

Happy Birthday Edgar Allan Poe!

http://www.poemuseum.org/

http://www.eapoe.org/

Happy Blue Monday!

http://www.national-awareness-days.com/blue-monday.html

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/

Reaction to the Grateful Dead Reunion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTBZuulCoPo&sns=fb

(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

Happy Birthday Robert Anton Wilson!

http://www.rawilson.com/

Happy Birthday David Ruffin!

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

Happy Birthday Cary Grant!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000026/

Happy Pooh Day!

http://www.national-awareness-days.com/winnie-the-pooh-day.html

Happy Thesaurus Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/thesaurus-day/

Happy Birthday Jim Carrey!

http://www.jimcarrey.com/

Happy Birthday Ben Franklin!

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

Happy Kid Inventors Day!

http://www.kidinventorsday.com/

Beer pairings for Girl Scout cookies...

http://beerandbrewing.com/VKm9gisAAF-R_rap/article/beer-pairings-for-girl-scout-cookies

A bunch of malarkey...

http://wamu.org/news/15/01/15/boy_says_he_didnt_go_to_heaven_publisher_says_it_will_pull_book#at_pco=cfd-1.0

Very appropriate name...


(Thanks for the link, Nick!)

Lovecraft Beer

http://www.rimonthly.com/Blogs/ridaily/January-2015/Narragansett-Dreams-Up-Lovecraft-inspired-Beer-Series/?utm_source&utm_medium&utm_campaign

RIP Kim Fowley

http://louderthanwar.com/kim-fowley-rip/

Happy Birthday John Carpenter!

http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/

Happy Book Publishers Day!

http://www.bookmarket.com/bookdays.htm

Happy National Nothing Day!

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

Happy International Hot & Spicy Food Day!

Yum!

https://www.thewrath.com/

Could it be....SATAN?!?!

http://jalopnik.com/adult-human-actually-thinks-school-bus-brake-lights-are-1679644137

What a moron....



(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday Vanishing Point!

Premiered on this date in 1971.  One of my faves.

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

Happy Birthday Alan Lomax!

http://www.culturalequity.org/alanlomax/ce_alanlomax_bio.php

Happy Birthday Chuck Berry!

http://chuckberry.com/

Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr.!

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html

Happy National Strawberry Ice Cream Day!

Yum!

http://www.hopkinsfarmcreamery.com/

A nice article about Link Wray

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/link_wray_and_his_bizarre

RIP Robert Kinoshita - Master of Robots

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/robert-kinoshita-dead-robot-designer-763491

The apple didn't fall far from the tree....

http://www.nbcwashington.com/blogs/first-read-dmv/Marion-Barrys-Son-Christopher-Barry-Investigated-for-Alleged-Threat-Against-Bank-Employee-288573961.html

Or should I say the crack pipe didn't roll too far from the stash...

Just another day in The Nation's Capital

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/another-disaster-for-dcs-metro-system/2015/01/13/60c539a6-9b2d-11e4-a7ee-526210d665b4_story.html
Expecting competence or humanity from either the DC government or their fellow parasites at Metro is like expecting the Sun to rise in the West.  Combining their actions (or lack thereof) is like throwing oil on a fire.  An entire generation of bureaucrats and fellow travelers devoted to not doing anything worthwhile, competently, or honestly.  And they say Marion Barry is dead...

Robots learning from watching videos

http://umdrightnow.umd.edu/news/robots-learn-watching-videos
Can the Home Shopping Network be far behind?

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday William Whipple!

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

A Patriot.

Happy Mallard Day!

http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/jan/14.htm

Happy Cake & Ale Day!

An old English holiday that I'm single handedly resurrecting.

Happy Ratification Day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratification_Day_%28United_States%29

Give 'Em Glitter!

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/enrage_your_enemies_by_sending_them_an_envelope_full_of_glitter

50 Years of Dvaid Bowie's hairstyles in a single GIF

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/01/50-years-of-david-bowies-hairstyles-in-a-single-gif/

Fun stuff!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday Clark Ashton Smith!

http://www.eldritchdark.com/

A Kickstarter campaign for a documentary on EVP

http://michaelprescott.typepad.com/michael_prescotts_blog/2015/01/kickstarting-the-afterlife.html

Have always been fascinated by this phenomena.

I wish that I could have one of these for my office commute

http://militaryhistorynow.com/2012/08/02/heavyweights-the-unused-super-tanks-of-world-war-two/

At home with the Cramps

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/cramps_lux_and_ivy_give_a_tour

Happy Birthday Roger Baldwin!

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

Happy Birthday John Hancock!

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/hancock.htm

Happy Feast of the Fabulous Wild Men!

http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/feast_of_fabulous_wild_men_day.html

Happy Plough Monday!

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

The forgotten armies on the Western Front of WWI

http://militaryhistorynow.com/2014/07/31/the-forgotten-armies-of-the-western-front-1914-to-1918-2/

I'd never heard about the Portuguese or Brazilian contributions.

Happy Birthday to The Night Stalker!

First broadcast on this date in 1972. 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067490/

Happy Birthday Clarnce Clemmons!

http://www.clarenceclemons.com/

Happy Birthday Alexander Hamilton!

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

Happy Burnng of the Clavie!

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

The Ultimate Fire Engine

https://autos.yahoo.com/news/tank-jet-engines-fights-fires-183036460.html

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Technology Advances!

http://fortafydaily.com/post/ikeas-incredibly-mockery-of-apple-i-can-not-stop-laughing-this-takes-the-prize-as-the-years-best-advertising

(Thanks for the link, Moana!)

Happy Birthday to Common Sense!

Published on tis date in 1776.  A great polemic. 

http://www.ushistory.org/paine/commonsense/

Happy Birthday to Metropolis!

Premiered on this date in 1927.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017136/

Happy Birthday Pat Benatar!

http://benatargiraldo.com/

Happy Peculiar People Day!

http://www.nationalwhateverday.com/whatever-days/january/peculiar-people-day/

Happy Birthday Jim Croce!

http://jimcroce.com/

Happy Birthday Rod Stewart!

http://www.rodstewart.com/

Happy Birthday John Cadwalader!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cadwalader_%28general%29

A Patriot.

RIP Rod Taylor

http://io9.com/rip-rod-taylor-star-of-the-birds-and-the-time-machine-1678456386

When Jesus Attacks

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/01/07/man-who-calls-himself-jesus-christ-attacks-comedian-with-baseball-bat-video/

I'd of thought that he'd use a cross, a la Justin Hoffman...

Happy Birthday David Johansen!

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

Happy Birthday Bob Denver!

http://www.bobdenver.com/

Happy Birthday Lee Van Cleef!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001812/

Happy Birthday Gypsy Rose Lee!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_Rose_Lee
(some say her birthday wasz in February, but I believe that this is the correct date)

Happy Birthday Joan Baez!

http://joanbaez.com/contents.html

Happy National Static Eectricity Day!

https://ayearofholidays.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/january-9-national-static-electricity-day/

Why, when I was your age...

I am told that Fairfax County, one of the wealthiest counties on Earth, have closed their schools today - because it's cold outside.  I can only assume it's because they consist of the only buildings in this region that have yet to install heating, (one is reminded of Douglas Adams' quote to primitives:  "The secret is to bang the rocks together, guys"). If it's not based on a cro magnon limitations, then it is one more piece of evidence that we've become hopelessly wussified.

All year long, vast sections of this society treats its progeny like little delicate snowflakes.  Now that the weather is perfect for such, they turn into hothouse orchids. 

Happy Birthday S.L.MacGregor Mathers!

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

Happy Birthday Robby Krieger!

http://www.robbykrieger.com/

Happy Birthday Elvis!

http://www.elvis.com/

Happy Birthday Graham Chapman!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001037/

Happy Birthday David Bowie!

http://davidbowie.com/nhc/

Happy Birthday Little Anthony!

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

Happy Birthday Roy Kinnear!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0455702/

Paul Stanley shills for coffee

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/12/22/paul_stanley_folgers_commercial_unaired_for_14_years_is_now_online_and_it.html?wpisrc=obnetwork

A nice selection of Black Adder clips

http://uproxx.com/tv/2015/01/rowan-atkinson-blackadder/

Emergency Tweet!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/man-saved-lack-of-loo-4928118


(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Happy Birthday to The Avengers!

Premiered (in the UK) on this date in 1961.  One of my faves.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054518/

http://theavengers.tv/forever/

Happy Distaff Day!

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

Happy Birthday Charles Addams!

http://www.biography.com/people/charles-addams-9176280

Happy Birthday Israel Putnam!

A Patriot.

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

And I thought all of the dickheads were in Ol' Virginny!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/01/05/this-post-shamelessly-uses-frederick-county-md-council-member-kirby-delauters-name-without-authorization/

Maryland proudly enters the fray!

The Aztec Death Whistle

http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-mysterious-phenomena/aztec-death-whistles-sound-human-screams-020129


Zamfir's got some competition...

Audio drama CD's based on the Prisoner TV series are being developed

http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/news/a619443/the-prisoner-cult-classic-tv-series-to-be-revived-for-new-audio-drama.html#~p0BD4Ktf1Bt1ce

I hope they don't ruin it...

Happy Birthday Sherlock Holmes!

Born on this date in 1854, supposedly...

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

Happy Birthday Syd Barrett!

http://www.sydbarrett.com/

Happy Birthday Rowan Atkinson!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000100/

Happy Birthday Gustave Dore!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Dor%C3%A9

Happy National Bean Day!

Yum!

https://www.anasazibeans.com/

The War Poodle

http://esoterx.com/2015/01/01/the-dogs-of-war-prince-rupert-and-sergeant-major-general-boye/

A new distillery for DC

http://www.oneeightdistilling.com/about-us/

Interesting articles about Sam Adams beer and the current market

http://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/article/2015/01/05/jim-koch-sam-adams-beer/

https://antiherobrewing.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/sam-adams-and-why-we-need-to-stop-listening-to-hipsters/

The Making of the Lost Skeleton of Cadvra

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/b5b3e13218/a-world-without-lost-skeleton

Happy Birthday Zebulon Pike!

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

Happy Bird Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/bird-day/

Happy Birthday to Greetings From Asbusry Park, N.J.!

Released on this date in 1973.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greetings_from_Asbury_Park,_N.J.

Happy Birthday Mark Tatulli!

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

Happy Birthday Robert Duvall!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000380/

Happy Birthday Stephen Decatur!

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

Happy Twelfth Night!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Night_%28holiday%29

Happy Handsel Day!

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

Very early Talking Heads recordings online!

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/check_out_the_earliest_known_talking_heads_recordings_1975

BWAHAHAHA!!!!!

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/sylvester-stallone-announces-rambo-5-title-1201391812/

I admit that I've always hated Stallone as a human being and an actor.  Pompous and hypocritical don't begin to cover him. 
And so, we get to see Rambo/Rocky creak into new films for the final ridiculous chapters...

How to stay private

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/leaked-nsa-documents-reveal-how-to-hide-from-the-nsa/ar-BBhoOkV
I would also point out that you simply live as you did in the 1970's.  Keep everything offline (whether it's paper, LP's, CD's, etc.)

(Thanks for the link, Infidel753 !)

Alert Tinkerbell!

http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9404582/return-of-the-fairy-hunters/

Happy Birthday to The Doors! (the album)

Released on this date in 1967.  Remains one of my all-time faves.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG_n6MtWbiE

Happy Birthday Michael Stipe!

http://remhq.com/index.php

Happy Trivia Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/trivia-day/

Happy National Spaghetti Day!

Yum!

Happy Birthday Stephen Stills!

http://www.stephenstills.com/

Happy Birthday George Martin!

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

Happy Birthday Sergio Leone!

http://www.fistful-of-leone.com/

The largest clairvoyance experiment

http://www.vice.com/read/the-worlds-largest-clairvoyance-experiment-has-begun-1226


Interesting.

RIP Donna Douglas

http://www.examiner.com/article/donna-douglas-tv-s-elly-may-clampett-has-died

Secret nazi weapon research facitily discovered?

http://www.timesofisrael.com/nazis-vast-secret-wmd-facility-uncovered-in-austria/

Maybe...I'd want to see a lot more digging and research done before publishing headlines like this.  And I seriously doubt over 300,000 slave laborers died in its tunnels during its construction and use, like the article states.  That's absurd.  Nothing would get built/accomplished under those horrendous circumstances.

The last Beatles' song

http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/story-beatles-last-song

An interesting footnote to pop history.

Happy Birthday to El Kabong!

Premiered on this date in 1960.

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

Happy Birthday Glenn Brenner!

I really miss this guy.  A local TV legend.  The only person who could get me to pay attention to television sportscasts.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEVQMqc-t2s

Happy Birthday Baxter Black!

http://baxterblack.com/

Happy Birthday Christine Lavin!

http://www.christinelavin.com/

Happy Science Fiction Day!

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

Only 300 Days Until Halloween!

Happy Feast of Fools/Asses!

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

Happy Birthday Country Joe!

http://countryjoe.com/

Happy Birthday Anthony Wayne!

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

Happy Birthday Betsy Ross!

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

Happy Birthday Paul Revere!

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

Happy Birthday Harriet Tubman!

Nobody knows when her real birthday is, so this seems as good a time as any to celebrate her life.

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

Happy First Footing!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-foot

Happy New Year!

We made it...