Weirdness

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Fireball over DC!


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/01/30/fireball-sizzles-and-then-fizzles-over-the-d-c-area-saturday-evening/



The return of a squash


http://www.cfweradio.ca/on-air/blogs/dustin-mcgladrey-351668/entry/471/


Pretty neat!

(Thanks for the link, Margrete!)

A little something for the Ladies...


http://mashable.com/2016/01/13/taiwan-shoe-church/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial#RrW8s8Xm28qL


The marketing of ideologies is always interesting to me.  

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

RIP Signe Anderson

http://psychedelicsight.com/11890-anderson-signe-obituary/


Happy Birthday Percy Helton!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375887/


Happy Birthday John Agar!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000730/?ref_=nv_sr_1



Happy Birthday Suzanne Pleshette!


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



Happy Birthday John Lydon!


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


Happy Birthday Alan Lomax!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lomax


Happy National Brandy Alexander Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandy_Alexander


Happy National Hot Chocolate Day!

Yum!

http://www.wilburbuds.com/



Saturday, January 30, 2016

The Virginia Renaissance Faire is coming in May


http://www.varf.org/



A computer wins at Go


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/01/27/google-just-mastered-a-game-thats-vexed-scientists-for-decades/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_innov


I'm rarely impressed by the claims made in AI circles, (I consider the braying about wins in Chess and Jeopardy to immature and silly).  But this impresses me.

My Next Lair...


http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/wicker-man-island-inspired-cult-1872290


A new TV series? H.G. Wells Time After Time


http://www.blastr.com/2016-1-29/abc-orders-pilot-hg-wells-time-travel-series-time-after-time


A nice interview with Joel Hodgson about the resurrection of MST3000


http://www.blastr.com/2016-1-29/back-satellite-love-joel-hodgson-talks-behind-scenes-journey-back-mystery-science-theater


RIP Jean Stapleton

http://www.people.com/people/mobile/article/0,,20705565,00.html



Happy Birthday Dick Martin!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552189/

The Manitou Springs Fruitcake Toss occurs today!


http://www.visitcos.com/fruitcake-toss


Anniversry of the Beatles rooftop performance in 1969


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




Happy Birthday Tapestry!

Released on this date in 1971.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapestry_(album)



Happy Birthday Steve Marriott!


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


Happy Birthday Marty Balin!


http://martybalinmusic.com/



Happy Birthday Saul Alinsky!


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



Happy Calves Head Day!


http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/jan/30.htm



Happy National Croissant Day!


http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-croissant-day-january-30/




Happy National Seed Swap Day!


http://seedswapday.blogspot.com/



Friday, January 29, 2016

Dare you play with...THE DEVIL'S TOY?!?

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_devils_toy_the_evils_of_skateboarding_exposed


This has just got to be a mockumentary....

RIP TJ Tindall

http://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/getarticle.php?ID=6757


RIP Paul Kantner

http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Jefferson-Airplane-s-Paul-Kantner-dies-at-74-6791483.php

Very saddening, another of my faves is gone.

Happy Birthday to The Raven!

First published on this date in 1845.


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




Happy Birthday to The Muppet Show! (the TV show)

Premiered on this day in 1976.  One of my faves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muppet_Show






Happy Birthday Andrew Loog Oldham!


https://rockhall.com/inductees/andrew-loog-oldham/bio/


Happy Birthday W.C. Fields!


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



Happy Birthday Light Horse Harry Lee!


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




Happy Birthday Harriet Tubman!


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



Happy Birthday Thomas Paine!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine



One of the Essential Men of the Revolution.

Happy National Corn Chip Day!


http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/2015/01/28/january-29-2015-national-corn-chip-day-national-puzzle-day/


Yum!

Happy Freethinkers Day!


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


Thursday, January 28, 2016

Name the new planet Yuggoth!

https://www.change.org/p/gazetteer-of-planetary-nomenclature-name-the-newly-discovered-planet-9-yuggoth-after-the-planet-in-h-p-lovecraft-s-mythos

The latest tale about black eyed children

http://weekinweird.com/2016/01/28/witness-report-i-let-the-black-eyed-children-into-my-home-and-now-im-slowly-dying/

This is one of the more recent, and frightening, phenomena within Forteana and urban legends.

Happy Birthday Sarah McLachlan!


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




Happy Birthday Elijah Wood!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000704/



Happy National Kazoo Dy!


http://www.kazoos.com/



Wednesday, January 27, 2016

The return of the cassette?!?!?


http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/05/r-i-p-ipod-sony-unveils-cassette-tape-that-can-hold-64750000-songs/


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

Ork Records

A fascinating article about one of the foundations of American punk rock.

http://www.npr.org/2016/01/27/464561029/new-release-by-numero-revisits-ork-records-complete-catalog?sc=17&f=13&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app

(Thanks for the link, Erik!)

Remember kids: Porn Kills!

http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/26/pantsless-driver-dies-after-crashing-car-while-watching-porn/


(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday Thomas Crapper!


http://www.thomas-crapper.com/The-History-of-Thomas-Crapper.html


Happy Birthday Lewis Carroll!


http://www.lewiscarroll.org/


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


http://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/



Tuesday, January 26, 2016

The Roadrunner - The Final Episode


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riY5ubYpFiQ


(Thanks for the link, Audrey!)

RIP Abe Vigoda


http://wtop.com/tv/2016/01/abe-vigoda-sunken-eyed-character-actor-dead-at-94/

The Voynich Manucript is available online!


http://dangerousminds.net/comments/download_pdfs_of_the_mysterious_voynich_manuscript_and_the_codex_seraphinia


An interesting article about the problems of manufacturing vinyl records

http://www.factmag.com/2015/05/07/pressed-to-the-edge-vinyl/


I remain very cynical about this so-called resurgence.

Happy Birthday Babylon 5!

Premiered on this date in 1994.

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



Happy Birthday Paul Newman!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000056/



Happy National Pistachio Day!

Yum!

http://www.americanpistachios.org/nutrition-and-health



Monday, January 25, 2016

Education is failing us

http://973thedawg.com/thieves-attempt-to-siphon-gas-from-a-bus-but-accidentally-suck-out-sewage/?trackback=fbshare_mobile_top

We've just got to get a better class of criminals.

Cthulhu Wallpaper!

http://io9.gizmodo.com/cover-your-rooms-in-cthulhu-damask-wallpaper-and-invite-1508610517



Why I Love Cheese

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/foodanddrink/cheese-triggers-the-same-part-of-the-brain-as-hard-drugs-say-scientists-a3141936.html


I have a Stilton on my back!

Anniversary of the Battle of Mengo in 1892

One of my favorite battles, the first use of machine guns between white men, as Protestant and Catholic missionaires clashed over who'd get to baptize enslave Ugandans.


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


Happy Birthday to The Blair Witch!

Premiered on this date in 1999.

http://www.blairwitch.com/


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185937/


Happy Birthday to MASH! (the film)

Premiered on this date in 1970.

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



Happy Birthday Dick Tuck!


http://hoaxes.org/tuck.html


Happy Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day!


https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/bubble-wrap-appreciation-day/



Happy National Irish Coffee Day!

Yum!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_coffee



Sunday, January 24, 2016

Happy Birthday Klaus Nomi!


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


Happy Birthday Warren Zevon!


http://www.warrenzevon.com/



Happy Birthday John Belushi!


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



Happy Birthday Neil Diamond!


http://www.neildiamond.com/


Happy Birthday Benjamin Lincoln!


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

A Patriot.

Happy Eskimo Pie Patent Day!

http://www.cooksinfo.com/eskimo-pie-day



Happy National Beer Can Appreciation Day!

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-canned-beer-goes-on-sale


https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/beer-can-appreciation-day/



Happy Paul Pitcher Day!


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



Saturday, January 23, 2016

Question: Is it legal to give a blowjob to a corpse in Louisiana?

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/louisiana-upholds-ban-oral-sex-while-necrophilia-remains-legal



Star Trek postage stamps are on the way

http://www.space.com/31521-star-trek-postal-stamps-50th-anniversary.html


Full Wolf Moon Tonight


http://www.almanac.com/content/wolf-moon-january-full-moon-phases


The ultimate model train set

Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany holds the record as the largest model railroad in the world, and with an astounding 13 kilometers of track and over 200,000 miniature people, that’s not too surprising. Now Google has shrunk their Street View technology to give us a first-person train ride through the massive model.

http://youtu.be/mnqh8xhDh7Q


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday Danny Federici!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Federici




Happy Birthday Joseph Hewes!

A Patriot.

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



Happy National Handwriting Day!


http://www.wima.org/nationalhandwritingday/tabid/79/default.aspx


Happy National Pie Day!


http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-pie-day-january-23/


Yum!

Friday, January 22, 2016

Alienated from the Law?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZhSTQG9A_o





DC before a snowstorm


http://www.washingtonian.com/2016/01/22/photos-of-washington-dc-supermarkets-before-the-snowstorm/


I have written on this topic several times before.  DC goes friggin' nuts when there's ANY snow anticipated.  

Teach The Controversy T-Shirts!


http://controversy.amorphia-apparel.com/?gclid=COeN0aeP7bMCFcaiPAodMzQAyw

Fun stuff!


(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Stalin's Night Witches

http://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/11/The-Witches-of-Stalingrad/


An interesting little footnote to the War.

120 year old beer

http://artdaily.com/news/84316/Bottle-of-Canadian-beer-still-drinkable-after-120-years--Researcher-from-Dalhousie-University-in-Halifax#.VqJqfSorLWK



Happy Birthday Linda Blair!


http://www.reallindablair.com/



Happy Birthday Robert E. Howard!


http://howardworks.com/howard.htm



Happy Birthday Sam Cooke!


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


Thursday, January 21, 2016

Woody Guthrie VS Trump (the elder)

http://theconversation.com/woody-guthrie-old-man-trump-and-a-real-estate-empires-racist-foundations-53026


Artisanal Fire Wood


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBb9O-aW4zI


Great satire!


(Thanks for the link, John!)


A New Night Vale Series!

http://www.dailydot.com/geek/alice-isnt-dead-new-podcast-series-from-night-vale/?fb=gk

Neat-O!

Happy Birthday Alferd "Hamburger Helper" Packer!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alferd_Packer

The Colorado Cannibal.  

Happy Birthday Wolfman Jack!


https://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 Roger Nash Baldwin!


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


Happy Birthday Ethan Allen!


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


Happy National New England Clam Chowder Day!

Yum!

http://www.gilbertschowderhouse.com/menu1.html



Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Some neat surreal photography by Stephen McMennamy

http://www.amlu.com/2016/01/16/artist-stephen-mcmennamy-juxtaposes-different-elements-in-surreal-combos/

(Thanks for the link, Audrey!)

An Occult Coloring Book

http://ultraculture.org/blog/2016/01/17/occult-coloring-book/?utm_source=iflm&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=coloringbook


(Thanks for the link, Hannah!)

Happy Birthday Arte Johnson!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424527/



Beginning of month of Pluviose in French revolutionary calendar


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



Happy Birthday to the album, Meet The Beatles!

Released on this date in 1964.

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


Happy Birthday to One Step Beyond!

Premiered on this date in 1959.

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://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001420/


Happy Birthday Robert Morris!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Morris_(financier)

A Patriot.

Happy Birthday George Burns!


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


Happy Birthday Lead Belly!


http://www.leadbelly.org/


Happy National Cheese Lovers Day!


http://cheesetique.com/

Yum!

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

RIP Mic Gillette


http://ultimateclassicrock.com/mic-gillette-dies/?trackback=fbshare_top_flat_3


RIP Dallas Taylor

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/25/arts/music/dallas-taylor-drummer-for-crosby-stills-nash-young-dies-at-66.html?_r=0


RIP Gary Loizzo

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/gary-loizzo-dies/


Happy Birthday Lysander Spooner!


http://www.lysanderspooner.org/


Anniversary of the Battle of Golden Hill in 1770

A precursor to the Revolution.

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



Happy Birthday Richard Lester!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0504513/


Happy Birthday Dewey Bunnell!

http://www.venturahighway.com/


Happy Birthday Janis Joplin!


http://www.janisjoplin.com/


Happy Birthday Phil Everly!


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


Happy Birthday Edgar Allan Poe!


http://www.poemuseum.org/



Happy National Popcorn Day!


http://whirleypopshop.com/

Yum!

Monday, January 18, 2016

RIP Glenn Frey


http://www.tmz.com/2016/01/18/glenn-frey-the-eagles-dead/

(Thanks for the link, Edmund!)

Atoms in two places at once!


http://futurism.com/links/superposition-how-one-thing-can-be-two-places-at-once/


Fascinating.

The letter to NASA


http://www.knowable.com/a/man-writes-letter-to-nasa-about-his-breakthrough-discovery-an-their-reply-tst?utm_content=inf_10_3136_2&tse_id=INF_ded86b6366784a258f29afe3baa2be97



Spy Letters of the Ameriacn Revolution


http://clements.umich.edu/exhibits/online/spies/



RIP Dale Griffin


http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35342699



The cutting edge of cutting pizza


http://www.techly.com.au/2016/01/11/mathematicians-devise-perfect-way-to-cut-up-pizza-show-that-maths-is-not-always-practical/



John Dee's magic mirror


http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3340529&partId=1&object=21701&page=1

Fascinating that it still exists.  One of the most famous and important artifacts in Western occultism.

The Japanese super tank of WWII


https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/01/11/japanese-behemoth-tanks-of-wwii/?src=fba&type=int&page=tvn



The all-time absolute cutting edge of Valentine's gifts

http://elitedaily.com/news/world/edible-anus-chocolate-butthole-mold/932939/

A little something for that extra special person in your life....


(Thanks for the link, Audrey!)

Happy Birthday Robert Anton Wilson!


http://www.rawilson.com/



Happy National Peking Duck Day!

Yum!


http://www.pekinggourmet.com/



Happy Birthday David Ruffin!


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


Happy Birthday Cary Grant!


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



Happy Thesaurus Day!


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


Happy Pooh Day!


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



Happy Martin Luther King Day!

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


Happy Blue Monday!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Monday_(date)


Sunday, January 17, 2016

An interesting, and altered, painting of the Magus John Dee

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jan/17/john-dee-painting-circle-of-human-skulls-exhibition?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other



Happy National Hot Buttered Rum Day!

Yum!


http://cocktails.about.com/od/atozcocktailrecipes/r/ht_btrd_rum_ckt.htm


Happy Birthday Jim Carrey!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000120/



Happy Birthday Benjamin Franklin!


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



Happy Kid Inventors Day!


https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/kid-inventors-day/


Saturday, January 16, 2016

My new favorite fungi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPJ10eXc9bY


Happy Birthday John Carpenter!


http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/



Happy Book Publishers Day!


http://www.publishersweekly.com/


Happy National Fig Newton Day!

Yum!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtons_(cookie)


Happy International Hot & Spicy Food Day!

Yum!

https://thewrath.com/


Happy National Nothing Day!


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



Friday, January 15, 2016

Tim Curry Returns To Rocky Horror!

http://www.vulture.com/2016/01/tim-curry-returns-to-foxs-rocky-horror.html?mid=facebook_vulture



A new Poe Toaster and Edgar Allan Poe Appreciation Day


http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/baltimore-insider-blog/bal-edgar-allan-poe-appreciation-day-20160114-story.html


The new Poe Toaster doesn't sound like they'll have any of the mystery that the old one possessed.

Iceland goes Atheist

http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/00-icelanders-25-years-or-younger-believe-god-created-world-new-poll-reveals


Happy Birthday Vanishing Point!

One of my favorite movies.  Premiered on this date in 1971.

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


Happy Birthday Chuck Berry!


http://chuckberry.com/



Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, Jr.!


http://www.thekingcenter.org/about-dr-king



Happy Strawberry Ice Cream Day!

Yum!
http://www.hopkinsfarmcreamery.com/index.cfm?ref=13100



Thursday, January 14, 2016

RIP Alan Rickman

http://secondnexus.com/arts-and-culture/alan-rickman-passed-away/?utm_content=inf_10_1164_2&tse_id=INF_5412b058c1a946338e23204dc12178c1


Happy Birthday Murray Bookchin!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Bookchin


Happy Birthday William Whipple!


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

A Patriot.

Happy Mallard Day!

Mallard Day at All Souls College in Oxford celebrates the discovery of a large mallard found in a drain while digging the foundations of the college in 1437.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls_College,_Oxford


Happy Cake & Ale Day!

Yum!

Happy Ratification Day!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratification_Day_(United_States)



Wednesday, January 13, 2016

The cutting edge of tech support

http://motherboard.vice.com/en_uk/read/we-talked-to-a-witch-who-casts-viruses-out-of-computers-with-magic


Bowie VS Baptists


http://usuncut.com/news/westboro-baptist-bowie/



Gates McFadden - choreographer

http://mentalfloss.com/article/51882/gates-mcfadden-dr-crusher-choreographed-labyrinth


Neat-O!

Happy Birthday Jinx Dawson!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coven_(band)


I once was Lost, but now I'm Found

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/216498/woman-accidentally-joins-search-party-looking-for-herself/?utm_source=share-fb&utm_medium=button


Happy Birthday Clark Ashton Smith!

One of my favorite fantasy authors and poets.

http://www.eldritchdark.com/


Tuesday, January 12, 2016

a map of DC breweries


http://www.washingtonian.com/2016/01/12/70-breweries-around-washington-heres-map/


Camp Nerdly gaming con coming to Triangle, VA in May


http://www.campnerdly.org/


1D4Con coming to Martinsburg, WV in April


http://1d4con.com/


UnPub gaming convention coming to Baltimore in April


http://unpub6.unpub.net/


Cold Wars gaming convention coming to Lancaster, PA in March


http://hmgs.site-ym.com/?page=CWHome


MystiCon SF convention coming to Roanoke in February


http://mysticon-va.com/


PrezCon gaming convention coming to Charlottesville this February


http://prezcon.com/prezcon/general_convention_info.aspx



Williamsburg Muster gaming convention coming to Hampton Roads, VA this February


http://hamptonroadsgamers.org/


Winter GAme Fest coming to Rockville, MD this month


http://emsps.com/wgf/


Winter Offensive gaming convention coming to Bowie, MD this month


http://www.multimanpublishing.com/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx


MarsCon in January in Williamsburg


http://www.marscon.net/wp/

An SF/Fantasy/Gaming convention.

Happy national Curried Chicken Day!

Yum!

http://www.aromarestaurant.com/



The cutting edge of Texas crime waves

http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/dallas-man-arrested-for-breaking-into-homes-and-tickling-buttholes.454675057/

(Thanks for the link, Audrey!)

Happy Birthday John Hancock!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock



Happy Feast of Fabulous Wild Men!


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


Monday, January 11, 2016

Types of Beer Snobs


https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/19-types-of-beer-snobs-beer-enthusiasts

Pretty accurate!


(Thanks for the link, Thirsty Shisa!)



RIP David Bowie

http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6836502/david-bowie-dies-at-age-69-after-battling-cancer?utm_source=Microsoft&utm_campaign=Syndication&utm_medium=David+Bowie+Dies+at+Age+69+After+Battling+Cancer

Happy Plough Monday!


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


Happy Burning of the Clavie!


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


Happy Birthday to The Night Stalker!

Premiered on this date in 1972.

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


Happy Birthday Clarence Clemons!


http://www.clarenceclemons.com/



Happy Birthday Marc Blucas!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089456/


Happy Birthday Alexander Hamilton!


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



Sunday, January 10, 2016

Happy Plough Sunday!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plough_Sunday


Happy Birthday to Common Sense!

Published on this date in 1776.

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


Happy Birthday Metropolis!

Premiered on this date in 1927.

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


Happy Birthday Rod Stewart!


http://www.rodstewart.com/



Happy Birthday Jim Croce!


http://jimcroce.com/


Happy Birthday Pat Benatar!


http://benatargiraldo.com/


Happy Birthday John Cadwalader!

A Patriot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cadwalader_(general)


Happy Peculiar People Day!


https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/peculiar-people-day/


Saturday, January 09, 2016

Happy Birthday to LaFollette's Weekly! (The Progressive)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Progressive

Founded on this date in 1909.

Happy Birthday Gypsy Rose Lee!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_Rose_Lee



Happy Birthday Joan Baez!


http://www.joanbaez.com/


Happy Birthday David Johansen!


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


Happy Birthday Jimmy Page!


http://www.jimmypage.com/



Happy Birthday Lee Van Cleef!


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


Happy Birthday Bob Denver!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001134/


Happy National Static Electricity Day!


http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-static-electricity-day-january-9/


Happy National Apricot Day!

Yum!

http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2013/01/09/national-apricot-day/


Friday, January 08, 2016

Lemmy on the Periodic Table!

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/08/462368064/put-lemmy-on-the-periodic-table-more-than-100-000-sign-petition


So Cool!

Guide to upcoming fantasy and sci fi TV shows


http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-all-the-science-fiction-and-fanta-1751633124


No Crypt Keeper!?

http://io9.gizmodo.com/rip-crypt-keeper-the-superstar-that-won-t-return-to-ta-1751824030

That's kind of Bogus....

A nice (older) interview with Michael Moorcock

http://www.tripwiremagazine.co.uk/interview/throwback-thursday-michael-moorcock/



A new Tracey Ullman TV show!

http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsfilmtv/ten-things-about-tracey-ullmans-new-show-374710.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=click&utm_campaign=nextandprev


Happy Birthday S.L.MacGregor Mathers!


http://www.golden-dawn.org/biomathers.html



Happy Birthday Michelle Forbes!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000405/



Happy Birthday Roy Kinnear!


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



Happy Birthday Little Anthony!


http://littleanthonyandtheimperials.org/


Happy Birthday David Bowie!


http://davidbowie.com/blackstar/


Happy Birthday Robby Krieger!


http://www.robbykrieger.com/


Happy Birthday Graham Chapman!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Chapman



Happy Birthday Elvis!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley



Happy Birthday Amber Benson!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072435/



Thursday, January 07, 2016

Happy Birthday Butterfly McQueen!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574335/



The return of Tales From The Crypt to TV?


http://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3375758/tnt-revives-tales-from-the-crypt/


The return of John Cleese as Basil Fawlty


http://www.newsfromme.com/2016/01/06/todays-video-link-2145/


RIP Pat Harrington


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Harrington,_Jr.


Spooky Movie International Horror Film Festival in DC in June


http://www.spookyfest.com/


Monster Bash is coming to Mars, PA in July


http://www.monsterbashnews.com/bash.html


BlobFest is coming to Phoenixville, PA in July


http://thecolonialtheatre.com/programs-categories/programs-blobfest-blobfest/


Sci-Fi Valley Con coming to Altoona in June


http://www.scifivalleycon.com/


Chiller Theatre Expo coming to New Jersey in April


http://www.chillertheatre.com/


Horror Realm Convention coming to Pittsburgh in March

http://www.horrorrealmcon.com/

Happy Distaff Day!


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


Happy Birthday to The Avengers!

Premiered on this date (in the UK) in 1961.

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


Happy Birthday Charles Addams!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Addams


Happy Birthday Israel Putnam!

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

A Patriot.

Wednesday, January 06, 2016

The return of Super 8?!?

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2016/01/05/kodak-goes-retro-with-new-super-8-camera/

I'll be curious if this works out...

Happy National Bean Day!

Yum!

https://www.anasazibeans.com/


Happy Birthday Syd Barrett!

http://www.sydbarrett.com/


Happy Birthday Rowan Atkinson!


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



Happy Birthday Gustav Dore!


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


Happy Birthday Aron Eisenberg!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251969/


Happy Birthday Sherlock Holmes!

Born on this date in 1854.

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


Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Happy Twelfth Night!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Night_(holiday)


Happy Birthday George Reeves!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001660/


Happy Birthday To Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ!

Released on this date in 1973.  One of my all-time favorite albums.

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




Happy Birthday Mark Tatulli!


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


Happy Birthday Zebulon Pike!


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



Happy Birthday Stephen Decatur!


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


Happy Birthday Robert Duvall!


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


Happy National Bird Day!


http://www.nationalbirdday.com/


Monday, January 04, 2016

The Wizard of Oz - Alphabetized

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/someone_has_alphabetized_the_wizard_of_oz_and_the_result_is_amazing

Very strange...

(Thanks for the link, Missy!)

Happy Birthday to The Doors! ((the LP))

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doors_(album)


Happy Birthday Sterling Holloway!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001359/

A great character actor and cartoon voice.

Happy Birthday Michael Stipe!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe


Happy National Spaghetti Day!


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

Yum!

Happy Trivia Day!


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


Happy Handsel Monday!


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


Sunday, January 03, 2016

Twenty interesting breweries


http://coolmaterial.com/feature/bucket-list-breweries-20-u-s-breweries-you-should-visit-once/

This looks like a pretty good list, actually.


(Thanks for the link, Karen!)

Oklahoma Dating!

http://kutv.com/news/offbeat/police-man-arrested-for-having-sex-with-goat


Happy Birthday Stephen Stills!


http://www.stephenstills.com/


Happy Birthday Sergio Leone!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001466/


Happy Birthday George Martin!


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


Saturday, January 02, 2016

The race for a moonbase

http://mic.com/articles/131583/the-world-is-racing-to-build-a-moon-base-here-s-what-it-could-look-like#.tbUdk0UqO

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

Happy Birthday El Kabong!

Premiered on this date in 1960.

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



Happy Birthday Glenn Brenner!


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

A legend in DC television.





Happy Birthday Baxter Black!


http://baxterblack.com/

Happy Birthday Christine Lavin!


http://www.christinelavin.com/


Only 300 Days Until Halloween!


Happy Science Fiction Day!

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


Friday, January 01, 2016

RIP Natalie Cole

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/singer-natalie-cole-dead-65-article-1.2482580


Happy Birthday Fractured Flickers!

Premiered on this date in 1963.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056756/



Happy Birthday Country Joe McDonald!


http://www.countryjoe.com/


Happy Birthday Anthony Wayne!


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

A Patriot.

Happy Birthday Betsy Ross!


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


Happy Birthday Paul Revere!


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


Happy Birthday Harriet Tubman!

No one knows when her real birthday is, and so this seems as good as any day to celebrate it.

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


Happy First Footing Day!


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


Happy Feast of Fools & Asses!


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


Happy New Year!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlbCyjw2iIo