DC Flyover on May 8th

http://ww2flyover.org/about-the-flyover/

This is going to be impressive.

Some very cool musical instruments

http://io9.com/watch-some-of-the-strangest-instruments-ever-built-in-a-1700906365

Electromagnetic spaced drive gets one step closer

http://io9.com/new-test-suggests-nasas-impossible-em-drive-will-work-1701188933

Neat Flying Spaghetti Monster T-Shirt

http://teespring.com/he-boiled-for-your-sins

The SCP Foundation

http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/issue-sections/features-issue-sections/10641/scp-foundation-paranormal-findings/

A wonderfully imaginative and creepy game/literature site. 

Happy Calan Mai!

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

Happy Birthday Wayne Kramer!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Kramer_%28guitarist%29

Happy Birthday Al Lewis!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0506891/

Happy National Oatmeal Cookie Day!

Yum!

http://www.food.com/food-holidays/oatmeal-cookie-day-0430

Happy National Raisin Day!

http://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/national-raisin-day

Yum!

Happy International Jazz Day!

http://jazzday.com/

Happy Beltane/Walpurgisnacht!

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

Kolberg film is online

http://militaryhistorynow.com/2015/04/29/kolberg-the-third-reichs-cinematic-swan-song/
You can read the explanation about it at this link - the last big-time propaganda film out of nazi Germany.  The film is available for viewing at this link, too; but the dialogue is German, (of course), and the subtitles are in French. 

Some new band names

http://www.avclub.com/article/2014-belated-year-band-names-218035

I love stuff like this!

The Saw Lady

http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/391691/the-almost-lost-art-of-musical-saw/
Very cool.  The poor man's theremin!

Many horror movies start this way....

http://whofortedblog.com/2013/05/13/godzilla-barf-weird-smelly-foam-oozes-cracks-chinese-streets/

Martian Critters?

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/04/a-4-legged-animal-joins-the-other-creatures-spotted-on-mars/

Aircraft nose art from WWII

http://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/04/29/50-images-of-amazing-nose-art-bet-you-havent-seen-some-of-these-before/

A pretty neat collection of photos.

Happy Birthday Tommy James!

https://www.tommyjames.com/

Happy Birthday Tammi Terrel1!

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

RIP Jack Ely of the Kingsmen

http://koin.com/2015/04/28/louie-louie-singer-jack-ely-of-the-kingsmen-dies/


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vae_AkLb4Q

A neat article about the revival of Beltane festivities

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/9230904/Beltane-Britains-ancient-festival-is-making-a-comeback.html

Happy Birthday William Moore!

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

A Hero.  Almost forgotten, now....

Happy Birthday Carolyn Jones!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0427700/

Happy Birthday James Monroe!

https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/jamesmonroe

Today is Workers Memorial Day

http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Job-Safety/WorkersMemorialDay

Happy World Day for Safety and Health at Work!

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

The Bigfoot Bundt Cake!

http://laughingsquid.com/a-bundt-cake-that-reveals-a-hidden-figure-of-bigfoot-when-sliced/

The perfect birthday cake for that special Fortean in your life!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

"Movin' With Nancy" TV special is now online

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/movin_with_nancy_go_go_boots_miniskirts_eyeliner_and_nancy_sinatra

So cool.  For any fan of Nancy Sinatra.

Happy Birthday Frank Belknap Long!

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

When Kilroy Met Ivan

http://www.atlantic-times.com/archive_detail.php?recordID=185

A nice footnote to the War.

Nice little article about the study of parapsychology at UVA

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/02/there-is-a-paranormal-activity-lab-at-the-university-of-virginia/283584/

Trying to make money off of goebbel's diaries

http://www.dw.de/legal-battles-over-use-of-goebbels-diaries/a-18403830

Lotsa luck, bitch....

A re-discovered Scottish bunker from WWII

http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/secret-world-war-ii-bunker-discovered-in-selkirk-1-3752250

Fascinating.  I think a lot of people would be surprised by how desperate Britain's situation was a for the first year after the fall of France.  And how desperate its plans were.

How wolves evolved into dogs

http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.com/2015/04/how-wolves-evolved-into-dogs.html

Very interesting article.

(Thanks for the link, Infidel753 !)

Happy Birthday Stevie Nicks!

http://rockalittle.com/

Happy Birthday Carol Burnett!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000993/

Happy National Pretzel Day!

Yum!

http://www.juliussturgis.com/

Happy National Kids & Pets Day!

http://www.colleenpaige.com/#!kids-and-pets/c1z80/about.htm

Happy Birthday Peter Jurasik!

http://www.peterjurasik.com/

Happy Birthday to The Adventures of Robin Hood!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029843/

One of my all-time faves.  Premiered on this date in 1938.

Happy Birthday Björn Ulvaeus!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Ulvaeus

Happy Birthday Jerry Leiber!

http://www.leiberstoller.com/

Happy Birthday Meadowlark Lemon!

http://www.meadowlarklemon.org/

Happy Birthday Gina Torres!

http://www.gina-torres.com/

Happy Red Hat Society Day!

https://www.redhatsociety.com/press/fast-facts

Happy International Marconi Day!

http://www.national-awareness-days.com/international-marconi-day.html

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1909/marconi-bio.html

The return of bookstores?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/21/independent-bookstore-housing-works_n_7103904.html?utm_hp_ref=arts

As much as I hope that this article is right, I think that it's overly optimistic.  The world and the market have changed...

My next motorcycle

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2006/12/mystery-photo-one-seriously-empowered.html

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

the bus

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_philosophical_comic_strip_the_bus


Fun stuff!

Vodka VS Bees & Wasps

http://iwastesomuchtime.com/on/?i=17376

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

A nice article about Joan Jett

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/joan-jett-built-to-rock-20150424?page=4

Falls Church Is #1!

http://fcnp.com/2015/04/24/report-falls-church-leads-nation-in-drinking/

(Thanks for the link, Susan!)

The Walmart Conspiracy

http://www.snopes.com/politics/conspiracy/walmartclosures.asp

Actually, this does sound suspicious to me.  And in the spirit of ecumenicism, I believe that all of the conspiracy theories are correct....

Cash After Doomsday

http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-feds-cold-war-bunker-had-4-billion-cash-for-after-1699204253

A nice article about the Culpeper Switch, and the Fed's ideas on riding out a nuclear war.

Jesus Is Coming?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/04/23/this-swingers-sex-club-has-rebranded-itself-as-a-church-is-that-all-it-takes/?wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

Python Reunites for the Today Show

http://www.today.com/popculture/monty-python-cast-reunites-today-40-years-after-holy-grail-t17246?cid=sm_fbn

Burger King & Tittygram

http://www.buzzfeed.com/katienotopoulos/burger-king-posts-a-tittygram-to-its-official-russian-social?utm_term=4ldqpia#.pcbgbymV4

Life just gets stranger every day....


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Anniversary of the Irish Easter Rebellion

http://www.easter1916.net/

Happy Birthday William Castle!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0145336/

Happy Arbor Day!

https://www.arborday.org/celebrate/

The weirdest movie?

http://whofortedblog.com/2015/04/23/deciphering-hollywoods-scariest-movie-return-to-babylons-terrifying-ghosts-caught-on-film/
It's fun/good hype.  I don't believe a word of it, but it looks neat.

For all of you parents with school-age children

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikespohr/parents-at-the-beginning-of-the-school-year-vs-the-end#.hiJPQ8peD

Happy Birthday Bernadette Devlin McAliskey!

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

Happy Birthday Charles Kerr!

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/230.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_H._Kerr

Happy Birthday Ed Walker!

http://www.thejoyboys.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Walker_%28radio_personality%29

A DC radio Legend.

Happy Birthday Roy Orbison!

http://www.royorbison.com/

Happy Birthday William Williams!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Williams_%28Continental_Congress%29

A Patriot.

Happy English Language Day!

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

Happy World Book & Copyright Day!

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

Happy World Book Night!

http://www.worldbooknight.org/

Happy National Picnic Day!

http://www.food.com/food-holidays/picnic-day-0423

Happy St. George's Day!

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

The Hunger...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/bacon-crazed-michigan-woman-guilty-mcdonald-shooting-article-1.2162639

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

A finger to Budweiser

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/20/craft-beer-pumpkin-peach_n_7103308.html?ir=Weird+News&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000022
It is amazing and disappointing to me how a company with the cash for TV commercials can get people to drink that pissy swill.  It's called the boob tube for a reason...

Happy Birthday Ryan Stiles!

http://www.ryan-stiles.net/

Happy Birthday Glen Campbell!

http://glencampbellmusic.com/

Happy Birthday Peter Frampton!

http://www.frampton.com/

Happy Birthday Rondo Hatton!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0369061/

Happy Earth Day!

http://www.earthday.org/

The first Dracula film?

http://www.spookyisles.com/2015/04/did-drakula-halala-predate-nosferatu-as-the-first-dracula-film/

Have never heard of it.  Nosferatu remains a Classic, regardless.

Headline of the Day

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/04/21/d-c-finally-gets-that-long-awaited-shipment-of-frozen-panda-semen-from-china/?wpisrc=nl_buzz

Bacteria that exists off of electricity

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/186537-biologists-discover-electric-bacteria-that-eat-pure-electrons-rather-than-sugar-redefining-the-tenacity-of-life
Fascinating!  And the beginning of a future sci fi movie, I'm sure!


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Snoopy Wins!

The red Baron was shot down on this date in 1918.

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

Happy Birthday Iggy!

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

Cancel my appointments

http://www.astrowatch.net/2015/04/will-asteroid-2012-tc4-hit-earth-in.html

A little stocking stuffer for that special someone in your life

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/military-vehicle-news/tiger-1-for-sale-image-heavy.html

Death In Chocolate

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1476777360/death-in-chocolate

A short film of the Sunset Tower Records in 1971.

https://archive.org/details/casacsh_000018

Fun stuff!  Memories!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Neat Flyers!

http://flyer.viralnova.com/funny-flyer/

Happy Birthday L'Auberge Chez Fancois!

One of my all-time favorite restaurants.  Opened on this day in 1976.

http://www.laubergechezfrancois.com/

Beginning of month of Floreal in French revolutionary calendar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flor%C3%A9al

Happy Birthday George Takei!

http://www.georgetakei.com/

Happy Patriot's Day!

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/patriots-day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots%27_Day

Why Librarians are cooler than super heroes

http://www.grammarly.com/blog/2015/11-reasons-librarians-are-better-superheroes-than-the-avengers/?lf

The Beginning of the End of FM Radio?

http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/19/8453165/norway-end-fm-radio-2017

Great Moments In Archaeology

http://news.discovery.com/history/archaeology/18th-century-sex-toy-found-in-ancient-latrine-150415.htm


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Kraken Sculpting!

http://io9.com/5848192/giant-prehistoric-krakens-may-have-sculpted-self-portraits-using-ichthyosaur-bones

The cutting edge of game shows

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/of-course-japan-has-a-game-show-where-you-have-to-try-and-do-karaoke-while-being-pleasured-10181453.html
Of course, the Pointer Sisters were ahead of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIKiB663JD0

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday Mark Volman!

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

Happy Birthday Tim Curry!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000347/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Happy Birthday Dudley Moore!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001545/

Happy Birthday Roger Sherman!

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

A Patriot.

Happy National Garlic Day!

Yum!

Happy Amaretto Day!

http://www.disaronno.com/

Yum!

Happy Patriots' Day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriots%27_Day

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

Honest Wine Labels

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/15/honest-wine-labels_n_7062062.html?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

The Master

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/from-woody-to-lead-belly-the-master-of-smithsonian-folkways/2015/04/17/0574a67a-e1f7-11e4-81ea-0649268f729e_story.html

Here we have a wonderful article about my old pal, Jeff Place, and how central he's been to the archiving, preservation and promotion of folk music and related arts.  I had the pleasure of working with Jeff in my first record store job, and he was my main teacher.  A wonderful person; and I can't think of anyone better suited for his job with the Smithsonian. 

When was the last Western beheading?

http://www.strangehistory.net/2010/10/21/last-axe-decapitations-in-the-west/

The slow and undectable poisons of Italy

https://allkindsofhistory.wordpress.com/2015/04/06/aqua-tofana-slow-poisoning-and-husband-killing-in-17th-century-italy/

Fascinating history.

Happy Birthday Ebenezer Learned!

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

A Patriot.

Happy Birthday Clarence Darrow!

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

Happy International Day for Monuments and Sites!

http://www.icomos.org/en/what-we-do/focus/18-april-international-day-for-monuments-and-sites

Happy National Animal Crackers Day!

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

Anniversary of Paul Revere's Ride in 1775

https://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/real.html

Happy Record Store Day!

http://www.recordstoreday.com/

The return of "Dazzle Camouflage"?

http://militaryhistorynow.com/2015/04/10/hiding-in-plain-sight-how-ww1-era-dazzle-camouflage-could-save-lives-in-21st-century-war-zones/

Maybe, it still sounds much too limited in being effective in a real life situation.

I prefer my cancer medium rare, please

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/04/kidney-stone-removing-bed-and-cancer-fighting-barbecue-pit/

Owning Goering's Sweat

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3027354/How-know-85-000-uniform-really-worn-Nazi-Hermann-Goering-stained-SWEAT.html

One of the stranger tidbits of War memorabilia collecting.


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday Liz Phair!

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

Happy Birthday Senor Wences!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%B1or_Wences

Genius.  Essential.

Happy Birthday Kristine Sutherland!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0840133/

Happy Birthday Benjamin Tucker!

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

Happy Birthday Samuel Chase!

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

A Patriot.

Happy National Cheese Ball Day!

Yum!

Mac Sabbath

http://laist.com/2014/12/31/mac_sabbath_a_black_sabbath_cover_band.php

Tee Hee!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Sleeping With The Enemy

http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/78558.html
An interesting little article about women who collaborated with the nazis during WWII, (or at least had sex with them).

Happy Birthday Gerry Rafferty!

http://www.gerryrafferty.com/clientsites/20541/hold.html

Happy Birthday Dusty Springfield!

http://www.biography.com/people/dusty-springfield-9491157

Happy Birthday Sean Maher!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536883/

Happy Birthday Charlie Chaplin!

http://www.charliechaplin.com/

Happy Birthday Jacob Coxey!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_S._Coxey,_Sr.

Happy Emancipation Day!

http://emancipation.dc.gov/

A nice article about Dickie Goodman

http://www.rebeatmag.com/dickie-goodman-and-the-art-of-the-break-in-record/

Happy Birthday In Living Color!

Premiered on this date in 1990.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098830/

Happy Birthday Dave Edmunds!

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

Happy Birthday Hans Conried!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0175788/

Happy Birthday Leonardo Da Vinci!

http://www.leonardoda-vinci.org/

Happy National Glazed Ham Day!

Yum!

Pink Moon Tonight

http://www.almanac.com/content/full-pink-moon-aprils-moon-guide

RIP Percy Sledge

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/14/entertainment/percy-sledge-dies-feat/

Today is Equal Pay Day

http://www.pay-equity.org/day.html

Happy Birthday Tony Burrows!

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

Happy Birthday Gerry Anderson!

http://www.gerryanderson.co.uk/

Happy Birthday Sarah Michelle Gellar!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001264/

Happy Cuckoo Day!

http://www.projectbritain.com/year/april.htm

Anniversary of the Tree Riot

http://allthingsliberty.com/2013/02/the-pine-tree-riot/

Another precursor to The Revolution.

Happy John Hanson Day!

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

Potato Cthulhu

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

Exploring the abandoned tunnels of the Pennsylvania Turnpike

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/04/the_abandoned_pennsylvania_tur.html

A new Blair Witch Project in the works?

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3339759/the-blair-witch-project-returns-exclusive/

Wuss America

http://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2015/04/md-free-range-kids-found-alone-again-taken-into-custody/
The continuing commissar/nanny state approach.  If those kids were Black, nothing would happen. No one would be called, etc.   It is the continuing pampering and over-protecting of white middle class kids.

Happy Birthday Don Adams!

http://www.biography.com/people/don-adams-11495609

Happy Birthday Mighty Max!

http://www.maxweinberg.com/
http://brucespringsteen.net/the-band/max-weinberg

Happy Birthday Harold Stassen!

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

I'm proud and happy to say that this is the only major party Presidential candidate that I've ever actually met.

Happy Birthday Al Green!

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

Happy Birthday Charles Armand Tuffin!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Armand_Tuffin,_marquis_de_la_Rouerie

A Patriot.

Only 200 Days Until Halloween!

Happy National Peach Cobbler Day!

Yum!

My next license plate

http://www.fabgearusa.com/lost-in-space-robot-license-plate/

Zamir Vodka

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1930272401/zamir-vodka
If you're a fan of Anthony Bourdain, then you know Zamir.

Art For Art's Sake

http://mashable.com/2015/04/10/dallas-museum-of-art-crane/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link

Anniversary of the Halifax Resolves of 1776

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

A major step towards the Declaration of Independence.

Happy Birthday Nicholas Brendon!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107183/

Anniversary of Bill Haley recording Rock Around The Clock in 1954!

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

Happy Birthday John Kay!

http://steppenwolf.com/p-4268-john-kay.html

Happy Birthday Tiny Tim!

http://www.tinytim.org/

Happy International Day of Human Space Flight!

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

Happy National Licorice Day!

Yum!

Happy National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day!

Yum!

New research on Intuition

http://www.cultureready.org/blog/navy-research-project-intuition

Respect The Robot

http://metro.co.uk/2015/04/10/mayor-is-sued-after-he-blows-budget-on-a-giant-metal-transformer-5143302/

The fake country convention

http://news.yahoo.com/little-countries-hope-big-splash-microcon-2015-070650715.html

PEZ smuggling and collecting

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/quest-for-the-pez-holy-grail/

Weirdly interesting.

Happy National Cheese Foudue Day!

Yum!

Happy National 8 Track Tape Day!

http://www.cute-calendar.com/event/eight-track-tape-day/13071-usa.html

Happy Birthday Richard Berry - Happy Louie Louie Day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Berry_%28musician%29

http://www.louielouie.net/01-welcome.htm

Happy National Pet Day!

Wicker Man Etiquette

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/police-issued-guidelines-on-how-to-behave-while-trapped-in-a-wicker-man-201011023214

Anniversary of the Beatles breaking up in 1970

Thanks a lot, Yoko...

Happy Birthday Bobby Smith!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Smith_%28rhythm_and_blues_singer%29

Happy Birthday Alfred Kubin!

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

Happy National Siblings Day!

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

Anniversary of the suicide of Phil Ochs

http://www.sonnyochs.com/philbio.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IawUkcbju98

Happy Birthday Carl Perkins!

https://rockhall.com/inductees/carl-perkins/bio/

Happy Birthday Avery Schreiber!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0775213/

Happy Birthday Tom Lehrer!

http://www.tomlehrer.org/

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

Happy Birthday Paul Robeson!

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

The star Wars Imperial March - the coolest version

http://cheezburger.com/70004225/epic-win-video-church-bell-imperial-march-star-wars


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday Emma Caulfield!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0146536/

RIP Stan Freberg

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stan-freberg-dead-acclaimed-satirist-787007

Anthony Bourdain is going on tour!

http://www.foodrepublic.com/2015/04/07/anthony-bourdain-will-tour-america-2015

(Thanks for the link, Hannah!)

Get A Life! (The Wi Fi edition)

http://www.cnet.com/news/wi-fi-enabled-uss-enterprise-makes-your-router-look-like-a-garbage-scow/

H.R. Giger gets a plant named after him

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/new_carnivorous_plant_named_for_giger

Neat-o!

Happy Birthday Ravi Shankar!

http://www.ravishankar.org/

Happy Birthday Janis Ian!

http://www.janisian.com/

Happy United Nations' World Health Day!

http://www.who.int/campaigns/world-health-day/2015/en/

Happy Birthday Phil Austin!

http://firesigntheatre.com/media/media.php?member=Austin

Happy Birthday John Waterhouse!

http://www.johnwilliamwaterhouse.net/

Happy Tartan Day!

http://www.tartanday.org/

Happy Dyngus Day!

http://polishplate.com/articles/dyngus-day,1.html

The Genome Bottleneck?

http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/03/neolithic-culture-may-have-kept-most-men-from-mating/

A fascinating question regarding neolithic human breeding.

The exiling of vampires....

http://esoterx.com/2015/04/01/the-santorini-vampire-quarantine-zone/

April 1st in Williamsburg

http://makinghistorynow.com/2015/04/a-roller-coaster-and-other-big-changes-announced-for-colonial-williamsburg/

Happy First Contact Day!

On this date, in 2063, First Contact will be established between Earth and Vulcan.

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

Happy Tomb Sweeping Day!

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

Happy Birthday Sybil Ludington!

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

A Patriot.

Happy Birthday Dan Perkins!

http://thismodernworld.com/

Happy Birthday Robert Bloch!

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

Happy Birthday Agnetha Fältskog!

http://www.agnetha.com/

Happy Birthdya Nigel Hawthorne!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001329/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Happy Birthday Roger Corman!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000339/

Happy Easter!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XJaDzI_wVg


http://www.fistofjesus.com/the-short-film/

Florida - The Gift That Keeps On Giving

http://cityworldnews.com/arrested-selling-golden-tickets-heaven/

I try not to post weird stories from Florida, because there are so many that this little blog would consist of little more than that.  I've done counts, and the batshit craziness from that state easily outpaces every other.  In fact, it's not even a close competition. 

Happy Birthday Robert Downey, Jr.!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000375/

Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!

http://www.muddywaters.com/

Happy International Pillow Fight Day!

http://pillowfightday.com/

Easter Gifts From Hell!

http://cheezburger.com/447493/terrible-easter-gifts

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birhtday Rumpole! (the TV show)

Premiered on this date in 1978.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078680/

Happy Birthday Washington Irving!

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

New Math VS Abbott & Costello

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkbQDEXJy2k
I love this old routine.

Crime & Punishment

http://patch.com/virginia/oldtownalexandria/local-studio-offers-free-year-yoga-vandals

RIP Gary Dahl - The Ultimate Salesman

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/us/gary-dahl-inventor-of-the-pet-rock-dies-at-78.html?_r=1
I love anyone who can take money from people who clearly have too much of it.


(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Happy Birthday Leon Russell!

http://www.leonrussellrecords.com/

Happy Birthday Marvin Gaye!

http://www.marvingayepage.net/

Happy International Children's Book Day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Children%27s_Book_Day

RIP Cynthia Lennon

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6517153/cynthia-lennon-dead

British Comedy Postage Stamps!

https://shop.royalmail.com/issue-by-issue/comedy-greats/icat/comedygreats?cid=3DSC0215_CGS_DM_04

Neat-O!

Happy Birthday Ronnie Lane!

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

Happy Birthday Pirate Radio!

premiered on this date in 2009.  One of my faves.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131729/

Happy Birthday Lon Chaney, Sr.!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151606/

Happy National Sourdough Bread Day!

Yum!

http://www.sourdo.com/

Happy St. Stupid's Day!

http://www.saintstupid.com/

Happy April Fools Day!

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aprilfools1.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_wkxH9dU