Weirdness

Saturday, February 28, 2015

I Am Superman

http://www.mydaily.co.uk/2015/01/26/a-glass-of-red-wine-is-the-equivalent-to-an-hour-at-the-gym-says-study/?ncid=aolshare_facebook


Happy Birthday Zero Mostel!

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


Happy Birthday William Washington!

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

A Patriot.

You can become a stick figure!

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3042833/this-art-installation-turns-you-into-a-dancing-stick-figure

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Some wonderful signs

http://flyer.viralnova.com/funny-flyer/?mb=fbkp

(Thanks for the link, Missy!)

Nutella - The Silent Killer

http://wtop.com/world/2015/02/refracted-rays-from-nutella-jar-blamed-for-uk-house-fire/


More and more, life resembles a Monty Python skit...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZJqU3yzco0
(Thanks for the link, Sarah!)

Happy Open That Bottle Night!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/open-that-bottle-night/


Friday, February 27, 2015

RIP Leonard Nimoy

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html?_r=0
Another celebrity death that truly saddens me.  Gene Roddenberry and Leonard Nimoy were able to create one of the major characters in American pop culture, (and most likely beyond that).  I mean, think about it:  there's Scrooge, Sherlock Holmes, and maybe a few others; but how many characters have that much staying power, presence, and influence?

Mordor Fire Pit!

http://makezine.com/2015/02/23/feel-the-fires-of-mordor-with-a-lord-of-the-rings-fire-pit/

This is so cool!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Monday, February 23, 2015

Happy Birthday Majel Barrett!

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Majel_Barrett-Roddenberry


Happy Birthday W.E.B. DuBois!

http://www.webdubois.org/


Happy National Chili Day!

http://www.hardtimes.com/


Happy Printed Book Day! (aka Guttenberg Day)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_the_Flag_on_Iwo_Jima
http://www.bookplate.biz/

http://www.overthemoonbookstore.com/



Today is Iwo Jima Day

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


Sunday, February 22, 2015

Off for a week

Will be busy with work for about a week, so postings will be very light over the next few days....

Happy Birthdya Sheldon Leonard!

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


Happy Birthday Dwight Frye!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0296859/


Happy Birthday Edward Gorey!

http://www.edwardgoreyhouse.org/


Happy Birthday Edna St. Vincent Millay!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_St._Vincent_Millay

Happy Birthday George Washington!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/georgewashington

http://www.mountvernon.org/

A hometown boy who made good.

Only 250 Days Until Halloween!


Saturday, February 21, 2015

You Shall Not Pass!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIQXUgHm4c8


Happy Birthday Mary Chapin Carpenter!

http://www.marychapincarpenter.com/
One of my faves.

Friday, February 20, 2015

Natural Selection...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/parents-trying-to-reverse-kids-autism-by-flushing-out-vaccines-with-bogus-miracle-bleach-enemas/


Headline of the Day

http://kfor.com/2012/06/29/tambourine-player-tased-during-church-service/

Of course, the Lemon Pipers were way ahead of the curve:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5Vz-z4PEkk




Happy National Cherry Pie Day!

Yum!

The most bizarre Kickstarter campaign

http://www.kfiam640.com/onair/gary-hoffmann-11314/the-creepiest-kickstarter-campaign-weve-ever-13271780/

I'm not sure that I see the market....

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

The MST3000 episode of Manos is now online!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbzkn4Wce-A

Classic.  Essential.

Night of the Frozen Dead

http://cheezburger.com/8448399360/epic-win-pics-snowman-graveyard-zombie?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+failblog+%28The+FAIL+Blog+-+Fail+Pictures+%26+Videos+at+Failblog.ORG%29

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

A lost Sherlock Holmes story is found!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11425042/Read-the-lost-Sherlock-Holmes-story-found-in-an-attic.html


Kim Jong's New Haircut!

http://www.vox.com/2015/2/19/8069897/kim-jong-un-has-an-amazing-new-haircut-we-have-many-many-questions

Murderous Dweeb...


(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

Happy Birthday Joel Hodgson!

http://joelhodgson.com/


Happ;y Hoodie-Hoo Day!

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

Happy Birthday Anthony Stewart Head!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0372117/


Happy Birthday Richard Matheson!

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

Happy Birthday Sidney Poitier!

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


Happy Birthday Frederick Douglass!

http://www.biography.com/people/frederick-douglass-9278324


Happy Birthday William Prescott!

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

A Patriot.

Happy World Day of Social Justice!

http://www.un.org/en/events/socialjusticeday/


Happy Pully Lug Day!

https://books.google.com/books?id=zthnTSrSBuwC&pg=PT148&lpg=PT148&dq=Pully+Lug+Day&source=bl&ots=GyGMMAPSKf&sig=xEc_Utqi1CWvsv7zzYG_YfDtf9k&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dczQVLdvyYI2ppWAwAY&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Pully%20Lug%20Day&f=false

Thursday, February 19, 2015

I wonder if more than three people will read this

http://www.psmag.com/books-and-culture/killing-pigs-weed-maps-mostly-unread-world-academic-papers-76733


Medieval Apps

http://medievalbooks.nl/2015/01/16/medieval-apps/

Very cool.

Response from an Inventory Manager

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-inventory-manager-of-a-wholesale-sex-toy-manufacturer-responds-to-a-shipping-request


13th Floor Elevators Reunion!!!

http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2015-02-12/13th-floor-elevators-to-reunite-at-levitation-festival/


The source of Joy Division's album cover for Unknown Pleasures

http://gizmodo.com/the-origin-of-joy-divisions-most-famous-album-cover-fi-1686589791

Neat-O!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Dogfish VS the suits at Budweiser

http://www.mensjournal.com/food-drink/drinks/dogfish-head-s-sam-calagione-squares-off-against-budweiser-20150218

Bravo!  I absolutely despise Bud...

Let's get our delusions straight, shall we?

http://cheezburger.com/8446329856/funny-news-fail-conspiracy-barack-obama-correction?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+failblog+%28The+FAIL+Blog+-+Fail+Pictures+%26+Videos+at+Failblog.ORG%29

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Anniversary to The Bowman Body!

his weekly show began on this date in 1971.

http://www.bowmanbody.com/

Happy Birthday to the Phonograph!

Patented by Thomas Edison on this date in 1878.

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


Happy Birthday Smokey Robinson!

http://www.smokeyrobinson.com/


Happy Birthday Copernicus!

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


Beginning of month of Ventose in French revolutionary calendar

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

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

If Thine Eye Offends Thee..

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/michigan-republican-official-fatally-shoots-self-in-eye-while-adjusting-gun-in-her-bra-holster/

(Thanks for the link and title, Mathew!)

nazi chic in Asia

http://www.vice.com/read/nazis-chic-is-asias-offensive-fashion-craze-456

I continue to be bewildered by people having fun with an ideology that considered them subhuman. It is the ultimate idiocy.  The article and interviewees' focus on the Holocaust just shows how shallow their understanding of nazi ideology is.  The Thais, Javanese, Indians, etc. - none of them were considered for anything other than victimhood or slavery.  The same goes for the many Slavs who've taken up nazism.  Hitler wanted them enslaved and exterminated - it's all documented!  The suicidal ignorance of these idiots is astounding.


The Unknowns

http://www.theunknownsmovie.com/

A documentary about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers.  Am looking forward to seeing this when it's completed.  Arlington is one of the three top places that I always recommend to visitors to DC. 

Happy Birthday Bobby Hart!

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

National Tickbird Day!

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


Happy Birthday Sonia Rutstein!

http://www.soniadisappearfear.com/


Happy Birthday Jack Palance!

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


Happy Drink Wine Day!

Yum!

http://www.lindenvineyards.com/


Tuesday, February 17, 2015

The cutting edge of coming out of the closet

https://medium.com/covilian-military-intelligence-group/the-soldier-who-hid-from-the-germans-in-a-womans-wardrobe-for-four-years-5263b1912689

A Unified Field Theory for The Simpsons?

http://observationdeck.io9.com/new-simpsons-fan-theory-is-intriguing-really-depressin-1686153252?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow


Seasalt & Co. - and the KKK school of advertising

http://wonkette.com/576367/deeply-stupid-small-business-seasalt-co-will-sue-you-for-bitching-bout-its-sweet-lynching-ad

Morons...

Happy Birthday John Sullivan!

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

A Patriot.

Monday, February 16, 2015

RIP Lesley Gore

http://www.tmz.com/2015/02/16/lesley-gore-dead-its-my-party-dies-cancer/
I am seriously bummed.  One of my faves.

I have a new fan crush

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHUajqrhF30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0aqPF7eR1Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWwYrqZWmW0


A film/TV show about Elric?

http://www.multiverse.org/fora/showthread.php?t=29430

A wonderful sword and sorcery series and character - faves of mine.

Ghost Dating Service

http://ghostsingles.com/

Because Love means never having to say you're Spooky.

Happy Nickana Night!

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


Happy Birthday Hairspray! (the original film)

Premiered on this date in 1988.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095270/


Happy Birthday Jerry Moore!

A local DC ghost host.

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


Happy Birthday Sonny Bono!

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

Happy Daisy Gatson Bates Day!

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/daisy-gatson-bates-day

Happy Birthday Christopher Gadsden!

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

A Patriot.

Happy Presidents Day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%27s_Birthday

Sunday, February 15, 2015

Wuss America

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/raising-children-on-fear/2015/02/13/9d9db67e-b2e7-11e4-827f-93f454140e2b_story.html?wpisrc=nl_wemost&wpmm=1
A nation of cops, nannies, snoops, bureaucrats, worrywarts, busybodies, and commissar wannabes.  I am convinced that I and most of my contemporaries would never have made it past 3rd grade in today's wussified state.  I would have been expelled from school, submitted to electro shock, massive drug injections, a lobotomy, and a regimen of behavior modification and manipulation that would boggle what would have been left of my mind.  Both myself and my parents would be  incarcerated for life, and a horde of state parasites would then crow how we and Western Civilization in general had been saved by their intervention. 
I've always considered my childhood to have been rather privileged and protected.  But compared to the way children are to be dealt with now, I was Conan the Barbarian.  Sheesh!

Nice article about Joel Hodgson (of MST3000)

http://www.thewhitonline.com/mystery-science-theater-creator-joel-hodgson-teaches-students-the-art-of-movie-riffing/


Happy Birthday Harvey Korman!

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


Happy Birthday Matt Groening!

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

Happy Birthday Susan B. Anthony!

http://susanbanthonyhouse.org/her-story/biography.php

Saturday, February 14, 2015

RIP Sam Andrews

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6472909/sam-andrews-founding-guitarist-big-brother-and-the-holding-company-dead-73


Happy Birthday Ray Teller!

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

Happy Birthday Jack Benny!

http://www.jackbenny.org/
Genius.  Essential.  An American Treasure.

Happy Birthday Robert Shea!

http://bobshea.net/


Happy Birthday Emperor Norton!

http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/norton.html


Happy Valentine's Day!

Friday, February 13, 2015

RIP Gary Owens

http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/gary-owens-announcer-of-laugh-in-fame-dies-at-80-1201433731/


Firesign Theatre - Eat Or Be Eaten

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxmPVKM_U9s


Lewis Black Live - Answering Questions Posed on The Internet

http://therantisdue.com/84039

Fun stuff!

A Map Of History

http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/02/delicious-visual-map-history.html

Very cool!

Happy Birthday to Black Sabbath! (the album)

Released on this date in 1970.

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

Happy Birthday Susan Oliver!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647010/


Happy Birthday Peter Gabriel!

http://petergabriel.com/latest/

Happy World Radio Day!

http://www.diamundialradio.org/?q=en

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Lou Reed and Theosophy

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_occult_book_that_inspired_the_velvet_underground

The world just got a little stranger.

Retro Cthulhu Figure!

http://toybox.io9.com/an-exclusive-look-at-warpos-gloriously-retro-12-cthulh-1685233557


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Great moments in medical history

http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2015/02/11/family-feud-contestant-says-gerbil-is-something-a-doctor-pulls-out-of-a-person/


"Martians"

http://www.dailydot.com/geek/mars-one-volunteers-interview/

Sigh, since this was announced, I have believed that it is nothing more than a scam to get people to watch yet another so-called 'reality show'.  Has anyone else besides me noticed that shows labelled as such never come close to resembling reality?


Saying Hi To Mom

http://wtop.com/maryland/2015/02/maryland-rep-andy-harris-steals-show-late-night-debate/slide/1/

Kind of cute!

Goth Baby Carriage

https://www.etsy.com/listing/213182681/custom-coffin-doll-carriage-or-tv-stand?ref=shop_home_active_1

So cool!

Happy Birthday to Dracula! (the film)

Premiered on this date in 1931.

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

Happy Birthday Ray Manzarek!

http://raymanzarek.com/

Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/abrahamlincoln

Happy Darwin Day!

http://darwinday.org/

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Sponge Bob: Satanist Illuminati

http://cheezburger.com/8444134912
Some people are so fucking stupid....


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

An Honest Pint!

http://news.yahoo.com/deceptive-bars-beware-lawmaker-targets-cheater-pints-181631087.html


A pretty neat analysis of Aleister Crowley

http://disinfo.com/2015/02/aleister-crowley-total-hack-magickian-just-opinion/


DC Craft Beer Festival is coming in March!

http://www.handcraftedtasting.com/dccraftbeerfest#dccraftbeerfest-overview


McDracula!

http://www.romania-insider.com/scottish-designer-creates-tartan-inspired-by-romanian-flag/141850/

(Thanks for the link, Ed!)



The cutest little wombats that you're going to see all day

http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2015/02/we-had-no-idea-how-much-we-loved-baby-wombats-until-very-moment


Happy Cheney Day!

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


Anniversary of the Massachusetts Circular Letter of 1768

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Circular_Letter
Another factor leading to The Revolution.

Happy Birthday Leslie Nielsen!

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

Happy Birthday Sheryl Crow!

http://www.sherylcrow.com/


Happy Birthday Gene Vincent!

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


Happy Birthday Bobby "Boris" Pickett!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Pickett
The official Court Minstrel of Halloween!

Happy Birthday Benjamin Tallmadge!

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

A Patriot.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

What if Disney's characters were in the real world?

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mallorymcinnis/disney-characters-in-the-real-world#.ek7OnAZQL

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lorynbrantz/humans-of-new-york-reimagined-with-disney-characters#.nrJz60X5m

(Thanks for the links, Mathew!)

Female Spies

http://io9.com/10-real-life-female-spies-who-deserve-their-own-movie-f-1684986990

I've always been very suspicious about the public story about Norwood.  The British are not usually so tolerant, and are not above killing someone if a trial might prove inappropriate.  There's something else to her story that we don't know.....

Revenge on Ozzy

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/rocker-ozzy-osbourne-faces-18k-5128628


Happy Birthday Jimmy Durante!

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

Happy Birthday Bertolt Brecht!

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/78614/Bertolt-Brecht


Happy Birthday Lon Chaney, Jr.!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001033/?ref_=nv_sr_2


Monday, February 09, 2015

And so, The Matrix begins....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/11399713/Robot-vacuum-cleaner-attacks-South-Korea-housewifes-hair.html


(Thanks for the link, Chris!)

My home town is a 'Zombie Safe Zone', apparently

http://www.bustle.com/articles/62488-what-is-the-alexandria-safe-zone-that-the-walking-dead-survivors-may-be-headed-toward-and-more

I'm not familiar with anything but the hype surrounding this series, I'm afraid.

The Return of BattleBots!

http://gizmodo.com/battlebots-is-back-after-ten-years-and-its-bound-to-be-1684321001


Happy Birthday Wizards!

One of my faves.  Premiered on this date in 1977.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076929/




Anniversary of the Beatles appearing on Ed Sullivan!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It3Cctk6BRs

And the Universe shifted slightly...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up5NniJnzHk

Happy Birthday Frank Frazetta!

http://frankfrazetta.net/

Happy Birthday Barbara Lewis!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Lewis
One of the great performers.  A personal fave of mine.

Happy Birthday Ronald Colman!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172903/


Happy Birthday Carole King!

http://www.caroleking.com/

A National Treasure!

Happy National Bagel & Lox Day!

Yum!

https://www.bagelsforever.com/

Sunday, February 08, 2015

A cute t-shirt for fans of the TV series, Firefly

http://teespring.com/caught-in-a-bottle2?1=1


A nice article about the Mars Attacks trading cards

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_ultraviolent_1962_mars_attacks_trading_cards

I was a fan of these things in my misspent childhood.

The Ruination of the English Language

http://io9.com/10-things-people-once-complained-would-ruin-the-english-1684240298

(Thanks for the link, Infidel753 !)

Itching Powder VS U-Boats

http://malcolmsquirks.blogspot.it/2015/02/itching-powder-for-u-boats.html


Happy Birthday Seth Green!

http://www.sethgreen.com/


Happy Birthday England Dan Seals!

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


Happy Birthday Jules Verne!

http://www.online-literature.com/verne/


Saturday, February 07, 2015

May 8th in DC - THE Flyover

http://dcist.com/2015/02/largest_flyover_in_dc_history.php

http://ww2flyover.org/


This should be neat!

Ireland's "Vanishing Triangle"

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/02/the-vanishing-triangle-remains-one-of-irelands-most-eerie-mysteries/

Another sad and spooky little situation.

Swamp dolls

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2850437/Mystery-21-porcelain-dolls-bamboo-stakes-middle-Alabama-swamp-missing-heads.html

This does sound kind of creepy. 

A nice article about the V-1 during WWII

http://militaryhistorynow.com/2015/02/06/buzz-kill-15-amazing-facts-about-the-v-1-flying-bomb/


Happy Birthday Gloria Talbott!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847993/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Friday, February 06, 2015

A wonderful little film about June Foray and Bill Scott

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieOGZtGUjRQ#t=173

Fun stuff!  A treat for any Rocky & Bullwinkle fan.

Happy Birthday to The Lost Skeleton Of Cadavra!

Premiered on this date in 2001.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307109/



Happy Birthday Greta Valenti!

http://www.wellhungheart.com/

I'm a big fan of her group, Well Hung Heart, and consider them one of the most interesting bands in music nowadays.

Happy Birthday Patrick MacNee!

http://www.patrickmacnee.com/

Happy Birthday Bob Marley!

http://www.bobmarley.com/

Happy Birthday Robert La Follette Jr.!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._La_Follette,_Jr.


Happy Birthday Adam Weishaupt!

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

Thursday, February 05, 2015

The Floating Record Store

http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/434586/guys-floating-record-store-sickest-thing-youll-see-today.htm

Neat-O!

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Tanks For The Memories

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/brazilian-police-finds-two-war-tanks-in-sao-paolo-warehouse-91692.html

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

A classic concert from Patti Smith online

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/two_hours_of_patti_smith_live_and_raw_in_1979

So cool!

Happy Birthday to The Urban Verbs! (the ablum)

Released on this date in 1980.  One of my faves, and a great DC band.

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 John Carradine!

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

Happy Birthday James Otis, Jr.!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Otis,_Jr.

A Patriot.

Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Playing For Change

http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2015/jan/15/body-failing-mind-fire-amazing-johnathan-legacy/

Very cool, and very moving.

The decline of the Amazing Johnathan

http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2015/jan/15/body-failing-mind-fire-amazing-johnathan-legacy/

How sad.  The performances I've seen of him on TV have all been wonderful.

A video game based on Bunny Man!

http://leocesarbsb.xpg.uol.com.br/BunnyManGame.html


Stop Whining

http://wtop.com/maryland/2015/02/911-tape-operator-tells-teen-in-fatal-crash-to-stop-whining/
Just another day around DC, the city of Love, Efficiency, and Competence. 

Anniversary of George Washington's first election in 1789.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1788%E2%80%9389


Happy Birthday Constance Markievicz!

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


Happy Birthday Alice Cooper!

http://www.alicecooper.com/


Happy Birthday Rosa Parks!

http://www.biography.com/people/rosa-parks-9433715


Happy Birthday Tadeusz Kosciuszko!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko

A Patriot.

Happy National Stuffed Mushroom Day!

Yum!


Happy National Homemade Soup Day!

Yum!

Tuesday, February 03, 2015

A little Lord of the Rings humor!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarrylee/yolo-swaggins#.gyWQOLxEv


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday Norman Rockwell!

http://www.nrm.org/


The Day The Music Died...

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


Happy Birthday to Creature Feature!

Premiered on this date in 1973, with Gore De Vol, a DC ghost host legend.

http://www.countgore.com/


Happy Birthday Melanie Safka!

http://www.melaniesafka.com/


Happy Birthday Charles Roberts!

The father of American wargaming.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_S._Roberts


Monday, February 02, 2015

At last - someone who knows how to deal with snow!

http://fmobserver.com/fargo-man-arrested-for-clearing-snow-with-flamethrower/


RIP Don Covay

http://www.soultracks.com/story-don-covay-dies


Astrology - Bah! Forget about the planets and stars - It's the Moon that holds your future!

http://www.jacquelinestallone.com/examplerump.html


Happy Birthday Wilbur Whately!

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

http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/thedunwichhorror.htm


Happy Birthday Graham Nash!

http://www.grahamnash.com/


Happy Birthday Tom Smothers!

http://www.smothersbrothers.com/


Happy Birthday Charles de Talleyrand!

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/581601/Charles-Maurice-de-Talleyrand-prince-de-Benevent

Patron Saint of Diplomacy  Players!

Happy World Wetlands Day!

http://www.worldwetlandsday.org/


Happy Groundhog Day!

http://www.groundhog.org/


Sunday, February 01, 2015

Wuss Texass

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/02/01/texas-school-suspends-9-year-old-for-terrorism-because-he-brought-imaginary-hobbit-ring-to-class/

Will someone tell them...

Post graduate work at Battlestar Galactica

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/german-government-is-running-a-battlestar-galactica-game-to-educate-aspiring-diplomats-10015617.html


A nice article about Dogfish Brewery and craft beers

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/11/24/a-better-brew?mbid=social_facebook

Call of Cthulhu - The Musical

http://quaylestation.com/comic/call-of-cthulu-the-musical-page-0001

(Thanks for the link, Bill!)

Happy Birthday Bill Mumy!

http://www.billmumy.com/


Happy Birthday Helen Chandler!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151377/

Happy Birthday Terry Jones!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001402/


Happy Birthday Clark Gable!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000022/

Happy Birthday Don Everly!

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

Anniversary of the Greensboro Sit-In of 1960

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


Happy National Freedom Day!

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

Happy Imbolc!

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