Weirdness: February 2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/02/22/what-a-creepy-photo-of-mark-zuckerberg-says-about-our-dystopian-tech-future/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_tech

One of my many problems with the way people are adapting/accepting technology. This may be the single most radical article the Post has published in decades, questioning such quiescence, (despite its critics' contentions as being a liberal rag, the Post is very much the voice of 'friendly fascism')

Dracula On Ice!

http://www.romania-insider.com/dracula-on-ice-show-in-bucharest-and-cluj-this-april/165330/?utm_source=Romania+Insider+Daily+distribution+list&utm_campaign=d679d9cd0e-RI_Newsletter_22_feb_20162_21_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ece3d6d4cf-d679d9cd0e-405586489&ct=t(RI_Newsletter_22_feb_20162_21_2016)

(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

Happy Birthday Jeri Ryan!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005394/

Happy Birthday 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!

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

Happy Birthday George Washington!

http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/biography/

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

Only 250 Days Until Halloween!

Happy World Thinking Day!

http://www.girlscouts.org/en/about-girl-scouts/global/world-thinking-day.html

Full Snow Moon Tonight

http://www.almanac.com/content/snow-moon-february-full-moon-phases

Sheepsquatch!

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/02/beware-the-sheepsquatch-and-other-truly-bizarre-mystery-monsters/

The story of Restaurant X

http://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2016/02/restaurant-x.html

Fabrication? Timeslip? Teleportation? Ghsots?

Cthulhu Tentacle for your computer!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ede3/?cpg=cj&ref&CJURL&AID=10746449&PID=7682639&SID=skim74679X1524629Xdd1d1efa06802178c5d1f5f884141c61&CJID=2617611

Very tempting....

The Story of the Maltese Falcon

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/02/mystery-of-the-maltese-falcon

Learning English

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2016/02/17/english-pronunciation-poem/#.VshpRzoqsic.facebook

Fun stuff!

(Thanks for the link, Karen!)

Happy Birthday Mary Chapin Carpenter!

http://www.marychapincarpenter.com/

A DC hometowner, and one of my faves.

A troll in Pennsylvania?

http://weekinweird.com/2013/03/04/strange-troll-creature-photographed-rural-pennsylvania/

Doubtful....

BRAVO!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/02/16/if-you-hate-telemarketers-youll-love-this-robot-designed-to-waste-their-time/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_innov

I despise telemarketers. Even though I'm on the so-called "No Call List", I still average about four a day at home. It's a real irritant. And anything that can get back at them is welcome.

Happy Birthday Joel Hodgson!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0388273/

http://www.mst3kinfo.com/

Happy Birthday Richard Matheson!

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

Happy Birthday Anthony Stewart Head!

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

Happy Birthday Sidney Poitier!

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

Happy Birthday William Prescott!

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

A Patriot.

Happy Birthday Frederick Douglass!

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

Happy National Cherry Pie Day!

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2012/02/20/national-cherry-pie-day-red-white-and-you/

Happy Hoodie Hoo Day!

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

Happy World Day of Social Justice!

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

Mistaken Lyrics Cups

http://mwmade.com/collections/mistaken-lyrics

Fun stuff!

Happy Birthday to The Bowman Body

A renowned Virginia ghost host. His weekly show premiered on this date in 1971.

http://www.thebowmanbody.com/

Happy Birthday to the Phonograph

On this date in 1978, Edison patents the first phonograph design.

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

Happy Birthday Smokey Robinson!

http://www.smokeyrobinson.com/

Happy Birthday Copernicus!

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

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

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

A nice article about the King Biscuit Flower Hour

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/king-biscuit-flower-hour-debut/?trackback=fbshare_flat_3

Inside Abbey Road Studios

https://insideabbeyroad.withgoogle.com/en/welcome

Pretty neat!

Happy Birthday to "Hello, My Name Is Blotto

Released on this date in 1980. One of my faves.

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

Happy National Tick Bird Day!

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

Happy Birthday Sonia Rutstein!

http://www.soniadisappearfear.com/

One of my faves.

Happy Birthday Bobby Hart!

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

Happy Birthday Jack Palance!

Happy Drink Wine Day!

https://virginiawine.org/

Yum!

A wonderful tidbit of Warner Brothers Cartoon Trivia

http://www.newsfromme.com/2016/02/17/from-the-e-mailbag-270/

I love hearing about stuff like this.

A new method for storing mega data

http://www.sciencealert.com/this-new-5d-data-storage-disc-can-store-360tb-of-data-for-14-billion-years

Impressive. But I would think the main problem of long-term storage is that technology be around that can read it 10 or 100 years in the future.

The Cutting Edge of Divination

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/theres_a_magic_8_ball_butt-plug

Happy Birthday John Sullivan!

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

A Patriot.

Why is the hole in a 45rpm record so big?

http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/why-is-the-hole-on-a-45-rpm-record-so-big/

A Win In Wisconsin For The Flying Spaghetti Monster!

http://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/madison-man-wins-right-to-wear-colander-in-id-photo

Happy Birthday Hairspray! (the film)

Premiered on this date in 1988.

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

Happy Birthday Jerry Moore!

A DC Ghost Host of note.

http://monstermadhouse.com/

Happy Birthday Sonny Bono!

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

Happy Birthday LeVar Burton!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000996/

Happy Birthday Christopher Gadsden!

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

A Patriot.

Happy National Almond Day!

Yum!

http://www.almonds.com/

A nice article about the witches' ladder

http://england.prm.ox.ac.uk/englishness-witchs-ladder.html

A little bit of old folklore and spellcraft.

A nice article about Stone Brewery and a big Fuck You to the fizzy pissy big breweries

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/feb/13/craft-beer-stone/

I continue to be amazed at how controlling TV ads are on people - With millions of people drinking worthless near-beers like Bud, Coors, Miller, and the rest of corporate America's piss.

Happy Birthday Harvey Korman!

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

Happy Birthday Matt Groening!

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

Happy Daisy Gatson Bates Day!

http://www.britannica.com/biography/Daisy-Gatson-Bates

Happy Birthday Susan B. Anthony!

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

Happy Presidents' Day!

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

Kansas = Bulgaria

https://www.good.is/articles/educational-state-map-international?utm_source=TSE&utm_medium=FB&utm_campaign=pd&utm_content=inf_10_81_2&tse_id=INF_3ccc9be62d2244ff93ec95be50a04f46

As I always expected...

Happy Birthday Andrew Robinson!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732367/

Happy Birthday Ray Teller!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teller_(magician)

Happy Birthday Robert Shea!

http://bobshea.net/

Happy Birthday Emperor Norton!

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

Emperor of the United States, and Protector of Mexico!

Happy Valentine's Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day

A nice interview with Michael Moorcock

http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/07/michael-moorcock-i-think-tolkien-was-crypto-fascist

The most complicated border dispute is ending

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/08/01/say-goodbye-to-the-weirdest-border-dispute-in-the-world/?tid=a_inl

Happy Birthday Chuck Yeager!

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

Back to Windows 3.1!

http://www.zdnet.com/article/dont-want-windows-10-no-problem-upgrade-to-windows-3-1-instead/

I really think that Microsoft should include in Windows 10 that swooshing and whining noise of the computer connecting to the phone hookup.

Happy Birthday Black Sabbath! (the album)

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

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

Happy Birthday Susan Oliver!

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

Happy Birthday Peter Gabriel!

http://petergabriel.com/

Happy World Radio Day!

http://www.diamundialradio.org/home

A great ad against the Redskins name

http://omeleto.com/221212/

In a town full of assholes, Danny Snyder is the biggest one.

(Thanks for the link, John!)

An app to help you avoid iran's morality police

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/12/10977296/gershad-app-iran-morality-police-women

Neat-O!

(Thanks for the link, John!)

Bedrock!

http://www.wimp.com/arizonatown/?utm_source=facebook.com/

Neat-O!

Happy Birthday Dracula! (the film)

Premiered on this date in 1931.

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

Happy Birthday Ray Manzarek!

http://raymanzarek.com/

Happy Darwin Day!

http://darwinday.org/

Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln!

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

Happy Pully-Lug Day!

http://nq.oxfordjournals.org/content/s5-X/248/249-a.extract

Can't we build mindless robots any better than this?

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/02/11/cracking-under-pressure-marco-rubios-molar-gets-a-campaign-trail-fix/?ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

Coca Cola Commie Connection!

http://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/clear-coke?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool&iref=obnetwork

(Thanks for the link, Chris!)

Winner of the Oldest Rape award

http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/smithsonian-employee-accused-of-raping-2500-year-old-mummy/

50th Anniversary Woodstock Festival?

http://nysmusic.com/2016/02/10/breaking-news-50th-anniversary-woodstock-festival-being-planned/

I would tend to be both pessimistic and cynical about this whole thing....

Springsteen autobiography is on the way

http://brucespringsteen.net/?p=10053

Happy Birthday Sheryl Crow!

http://www.sherylcrow.com/

Happy Birthday Tina Louise!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001481/

Happy Birthday ,Leslie Nielsen!

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

Happy Birthday Bobby "Boris" Pickett!

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

Creator of the Monster Mash, the National Anthem of Halloween!

Happy Birthday Gene Vincent!

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

Anniversary of the Massachusetts Circular Letter of 1768

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

An important step towards the Revolution.

Happy Birthday Thomas Edison!

http://www.thomasedison.com/

Happy National Inventors Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventors%27_Day

A little article on the historical origins of Jack'O Lanterns

http://www.strangehistory.net/2016/02/11/bogey-lanterns/

Deliciously Creepy! Doll Factory Photos

http://mashable.com/2016/02/10/doll-factories/#7LA9KMfe5kqz

This is like something out of H.R. Giger nightmare!

(Thanks for the link and title, Mathew!)

Windows 95BC

https://news.yahoo.com/is-this-ancient-greek-laptop-proof-that-time-083225287.html

Happy Birthday to Tapestry! (the album)

Released on this date in 1971.

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

Happy Birthday Alan Hale, Sr.!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002118/

Happy Birthday Jimmy Durante!

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

Happy Birthday Bertolt Brecht!

http://www.britannica.com/biography/Bertolt-Brecht

Happy Birthday Lon Chaney, Jr.!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001033/

A nice article on Paul Kantner

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/remembering-paul-kantner-jefferson-airplane-founder-with-mad-epic-ideas-20160209?page=3

An electric plane?

http://futurism.com/elon-musk-looking-electric-powered-air-travel/

Happy National Pizza Day!

http://crozetpizza.com/

Anniversary of the Beatles appearing on Ed Sullivan in 1964.

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

The World changed....

Happy Birthday Wizards!

Premiered on this date in 1977.

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

Happy Birthday Frank Frazetta!

http://frankfrazetta.net/

The Master of Sword & Sorcery illustration.

Happy Birthday Barbara Lewis!

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

Another fave singer of mine.

Happy Birthday Ronald Colman!

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

Happy Birthday Carole King!

http://www.caroleking.com/

One of my faves.

Happy National Bagel & Lox Day!

Yum!

http://www.bodosbagels.com/

Fasnacht in West Virginia

http://mashable.com/2016/02/07/fasnacht-west-virginia/#7LA9KMfe5kqz

I have never heard of this festival before ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian-Alemannic_Fastnacht ). Nor have I heard of any Swiss community is West Virginia that is apparently the source for it here.