Weirdness

Sunday, July 31, 2016

True Gamesmen!


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3711273/The-Viking-family-buried-favourite-board-games-Playing-pieces-Norse-boat-grave-thought-entertain-dead-afterlife.html

Anniversary of the Boston Coffee Party of 1777

http://b-womeninamericanhistory18.blogspot.com/2013/06/coffee-houses-revolution.html



Happy Birthday Lobo!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobo_(musician)



Happy Birthday Gary Lewis!

http://www.garylewisandtheplayboys.com/



Happy Birthday Ted Cassidy!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0144252/



Happy Birthday Marinus Willett!

A Patriot.

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


Saturday, July 30, 2016

Donald Duck is no longer an extremist

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3714246/Donald-Duck-cleared-extremism-Russia-removed-banned-list-officials-finally-realised-1943-Walt-Disney-cartoon-actually-anti-Nazi-film.html

My next career path


http://nypost.com/2016/07/29/did-this-staffer-have-the-best-or-worst-job-at-the-dnc/?ICID=ref_fark&ICID=ref_fark&ICID=ref_fark&ICID=ref_fark&ICID=ref_fark&ICID=ref_fark&ICID=ref_fark&utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark


Interesting article on the history of the Oneida community and religion


http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-polyamorous-christian-socialist-utopia-that-made-silverware-for-proper-americans/



The ghosts of Shepherdstown, WV


http://twocrowsparanormal.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/sos-shepherdstown-haunting.html


Not a whole lot to this, I'm afraid...

2017 Cthulhu Calendar!


http://www.budsartbooks.com/index.php/cthulhu-2017-calendar.html


Maryland RenFest is coming soon!

http://www.rennfest.com/


Anniversary of "Wild Thing" hitting #1!

In 1966.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Thing_(The_Troggs_song)



Happy Birthday to The Modern Lovers! (album)

Released on this date in 1976.  One of my faves.

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



Happy Birthday Alton Brown!


http://altonbrown.com/



Happy Birthday Smedley Butler!


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



Happy National Father In Law Day!


http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-father-in-law-day-july-30/



Happy International Day of Friendship!


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


Friday, July 29, 2016

'Undiagnosed' also means 'Not Predicted'...

http://weekinweird.com/2016/07/26/miss-cleo-famed-infomercial-psychic-dies-of-cancer-at-53/



Happy Birthday Patti Scialfa!


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



Happy Birthday William Powell!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001635/


Happy Birthday Wil Wheaton!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000696/



Happy Birthday Professor Irwin Corey


http://www.irwincorey.org/


Happy Birthday Thelma Todd!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0865298/?ref_=nv_sr_1


Happy Birthday Maria Ouspenskaya!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653642/



Happy National Lasagna Day!

Yum!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-lasagna-day-july-29/



Thursday, July 28, 2016

Happy Birthday Thomas Heyward!

A Patriot.

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


RIP Jerry Doyle


http://www.tmz.com/2016/07/28/jerry-doyle-babylon-5-dead/


Very sad. Played one of my fave characters on Babylon 5.

The Smithsonian is hiring a beer historian

http://patch.com/district-columbia/washingtondc/smithsonian-hiring-beer-historian-yes-really


Happy Birthday Phil Proctor!


http://planetproctor.com/index2.html



Happy Birthday Lucy Burns!


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



Wednesday, July 27, 2016

RIP Jack Davis

http://www.newsfromme.com/2016/07/27/jack-davis-r-p/



My next set of sunglases

https://steampunketernity.com/collections/steampunk-sunglasses


Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny!

Debuts in 1940 in "Wild Hare"



http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0000574/


Happy Birthday Gary Gygax!


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



Happy Birthday Seamus Dever!


http://seamusdever.com/



Happy National Scotch Day!

Yum!

http://www.liquor.com/spirit/scotch/#gs.VMlb9ao



Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Pokemon VS Westboro Baptist

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/7/12/1547498/-Anti-LGBT-Westboro-Baptist-Church-Finds-Itself-Taken-Over-In-Epic-Pokemon-Battle-Seriously



(Thanks for the link, Nick!)

Happy Birthday Gracie Allen!

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


Happy Birhtday Kate Beckinsale!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000295/



Happy Birthday Nana Visitor!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000684/




Happy Bagelfest Day!


https://www.bagelsforever.com/


Happy Birthday Darlene Love!


http://darleneloveworld.com/



Happy Birthday Mick Jagger!


http://www.mickjagger.com/



Happy Birthday Carl Jung!


http://www.biography.com/people/carl-jung-9359134



Happy National All Or Nothing Day!


https://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/all-or-nothing-day



Happy National Aunt & Uncle Day!


http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-aunt-and-uncles-day-july-26/



Monday, July 25, 2016

The Beast of Dartmoor - Solved?


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/21/beast-of-bodmin-mystery-solved-as-dartmoor-zoo-released-pumas-in/


Sounds like it!  These stories have been rattling around in Fortean circles for decades.

A map of the ancient megaliths of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall

http://www.megalithic.co.uk/asb_mapsquare.php


Pretty neat.

Today is the anniversary of Dylan going electric


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



Happy Birthday Walter Brennan!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000974/



Happy Birthday Henry Knox!


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


A Patriot.

Happy National Merry Go Round Day!


http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-merry-go-round-day-july-25/


Happy National Culinarians Day!


http://www.cute-calendar.com/event/culinarians-day/15874.html


Sunday, July 24, 2016

The "most advanced" computer, eh?


http://futurism.com/ibms-watson-artificial-intelligence-system-now-works-at-macys/


Yawn.....

Optical fibers manufactured in space


http://futurism.com/to-boost-internet-speeds-were-making-optical-fibers-in-space/

Pretty neat!

Get your Slurpee delivered!


http://futurism.com/flying-donuts-7-eleven-just-completed-the-first-commercial-drone-delivery/


Big news for MST3000!!!

http://www.avclub.com/article/mystery-science-theater-3000-announces-netflix-deb-240027?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds


Happy Parents Day!


http://www.parentsday.com/



Happy Birthday Radio Free Oz!

Started broadcasting on this date in 1966.

http://rfo.chromiumswitch.org/



Happy Birthday to Pleasant Dreams!

Released on this date in 1981.  A great rock album.

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



Happy Birthday Summer Glau!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1132359/


Happy Birthday Ruth Buzzi!


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



Happy Birthday Amelia Earhart!


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


Happy National Parents Day!


http://www.parentsday.com/


Happy Birthday Lord Dunsany!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Plunkett,_18th_Baron_of_Dunsany

One of my fave writers.

Saturday, July 23, 2016

Happy National Day of the Cowboy!


http://nationaldayofthecowboy.com/wordpress/



Star Trek Projects That Got Scrapped

http://www.goliath.com/movies/12-star-trek-projects-you-didnt-know-were-scrapped/



Happy Birthday Castle Keep!

Premiered on this date in 1969.  The weirdest war movie that I've ever seen.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064137/



Happy Birthday Charisma Carpenter!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004806/



Happy Robert Anton Wilson Day!


http://obsoletemag.blogspot.com/2012/07/july-23rd-is-robert-anton-wilson-day.html



Happy Birthday Raymond Chandler!


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


Happy National Vanilla Ice Cream Day!


http://www.hopkinsfarmcreamery.com/


Happy National Hot Dog Day II!


http://www.pennlive.com/food/index.ssf/2016/07/national_hot_dog_day_1.html


Friday, July 22, 2016

The ultimate Kraftwerk fan?


http://www.6am-group.com/a-man-in-florida-changed-his-name-to-kraftwerk

I'm hoping for a fan of the old punk band, the Snivelling Shits to get inspired...

(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday to The Daily Show!

Premiered on this date in 1996.

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



Happy Birthday to My Aim Is True!

Released on this date in 1977.

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



Happy National Rat Catchers Day!


http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-rat-catchers-day-july-22/



Happy Birthday Dan Rowan!


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



Happy birthday Vaughn Bode!


http://www.markbode.com/site/vaughnbode.html


Happy Birthday George Clinton!


http://georgeclinton.com/


Only 100 Days Until Halloween!


Happy Spooners Day!


http://keepincalendar.com/July-22/Spooners%20(Spoonerism)%20Day/662


The strangest wargame, ever...

http://www.wargamevault.com/product/108118/Eat-Hitler--The-Nazi-Taste-Treat?hot60=0&src=hottest_filtered

(Thanks for the link, Nick!)

Thursday, July 21, 2016

The Wall....

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36854572


(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Happy Birthday Kim Fowley!


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



Happy Birthday Garry Trudeau!


http://doonesbury.washingtonpost.com/



Happy Birthday Robin Williams!


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



Happy Birthday C. Aubrey Smith!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807580/



Wednesday, July 20, 2016

The Rude Map of the UK

https://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/heres-a-map-of-all-the-rude-place-names-in-the-uk?utm_term=.oiNEJN1XD#.jbwRdNV2Y

Very cool!

Happy National Hot Dog Day!

Yum!

Happy Anniversary to The Bowman Body!

A local ghost host.  He first appeared on this date in 1970.

http://www.thebowmanbody.com/



Happy Birthday to "Do Anything You Wanna Do"!

The 45 was released on this date in 1977.  One of my all-time fave songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weQ4oNk7Pqc




Happy Birthday John Lodge!


http://www.johnlodge.com/


Happy Birthday Diana Rigg!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001671/


Happy Moon Day!

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/armstrong-walks-on-moon



Happy National Lollipop Day!

Yum!

Happy National Fortune Cookie Day!

Yum!



Happy International Chess Day!


https://new.uschess.org/home/



Tuesday, July 19, 2016

The mad scientists of vinyl manufacturers

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3061938/the-best-portrayal-of-dance-is-a-static-print-magazine

Pretty neat!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Full Buck Moon Tonight


http://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-july


Anniversary of UFO's over DC

In 1952.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Washington,_D.C._UFO_incident



Happy Birthday Benedict Cumberbatch!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1212722/



Happy Birthday Jacob Bayley!


http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20912115

A Patriot.

Happy Birthday John Martin!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martin_(painter)



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


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


Monday, July 18, 2016

Happy Birthday to Aliens!

Premiered on this date in 1986.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/?ref_=nv_sr_1



Happy Birthday Screamin' Jay Hawkins!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screamin%27_Jay_Hawkins



Happy Birthday hunter Thompson!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson



Happy Birthday Red Skelton!


http://www.redskelton.com/



Don't accept rides from assholes day


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



Happy Birthday to The Soft Parade!

Released on this date in 1969.  One of my fave albums.

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



Happy Birthday Burt Kwouk!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0477297/



Happy Birthday Dion DiMucci !


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



Happy Birthday Martha Reeves !


http://www.missmarthareeves.com/


Happy Birthday Hans Conrad Leipelt!


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


A REAL hero in the anti-nazi movement, as opposed to the usual prussians touted by the media and elitist historians.

Happy Birthday John Glenn


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


Happy Nelson Mandela Day!


http://www.mandeladay.com/



Happy National Caviar Day!

Yum!


Today is the anniversary of the Fairfax Resolves

Another step towards Revolution.

http://www.constitution.org/bcp/fairfax_res.htm


Sunday, July 17, 2016

RIP Alan Vega

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/alan-vega-suicide-singer-and-punk-icon-dead-at-78-w429537


Happy National Ice Cream Day!


http://justinesicecreamparlor.com/





Happy Sundae Sunday!


http://www.hopkinsfarmcreamery.com/


Yum!

Happy Birthday Yellow Submarine!

Premiered on this date in 1968.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063823/


Happy Birthday Vince Guaraldi!


http://www.vinceguaraldi.com/



Happy Birthday James Cagney!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000010/


Happy Wrong Way Corrigan Day!


http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wrong-way-corrigan-crosses-the-atlantic



Saturday, July 16, 2016

The vampires of Connecticut


http://weekinweird.com/2016/07/16/the-vampire-graves-of-jewett-city-the-legend-of-connecticuts-undead-blood-sucking-vampire-family/

If I remember correctly, there are reports of this belief system surviving in rural Rhode Island well into the Victorian era.

Smells Like Teen Spirit via floppy disc

http://cheezburger.com/81413633/video-90s-nirvana-watch-smells-like-teen-spirit-performed-on-a-bunch-of-floppy-disc-readers


Fantastic!


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy National Cherry Day! (in Britain)

Yum!


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



Happy Birthday DC!

Founded on this date in 1790.

https://washington.org/



Friday, July 15, 2016

Queen Wilhelmina - meth head

http://royalcentral.co.uk/historic/queen-wilhelmina-used-drugs-during-the-second-world-war-61679



Reading While Black

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/15/i-was-just-reading-a-book-canadian-cops-called-on-black-man-reading-c-s-lewis-in-his-car/?wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1




To Go, Please....

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/tim-hortons-funeral-1.3677459


(Thanks for the story, Edmund!)

Remember kids - practice safe sex

http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/14/woman-decapitated-during-sex-by-passing-train-6006368/



Happy Birthday Ian Curtis!


http://www.joydiv.org/iancurtis.htm



Happy Birthday Roky Erickson!


http://www.rokyerickson.com/


Happy Birthday Linda Ronstadt!

http://www.ronstadt-linda.com/


Happy National Gummi Worm Day!

Yum!

Thursday, July 14, 2016

The Day We Almost Lost Monty Python

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/06/the-unknown-hero-who-saved-monthy-pythons-flying-c.html


That was too close...

Happy Birthday Woody Guthrie!


http://www.woodyguthrie.org/



Happy National Grand Marnier Day!

Yum!

http://grand-marnier.com/


Happy National Hot Dog Day!

Yum!

Happy Bastille Day!


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



Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Happy Birthday Cheech!


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



Happy Birthday Roger McGuinn!


http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/mcguinn/index.html



Happy Birthday John Parker!

A Patriot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Parker_(captain)


Happy Birthday Patrick Stewart!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001772/


Happy Birthday John Dee!


http://www.johndee.org/


Happy National french Fries Day!

Yum!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/national-french-fry-day/



Happy National Beans & Franks Day!

Yum!

http://www.examiner.com/article/national-bean-n-franks-day-15-easy-peasy-beanie-weenie-dishes



Happy Embrace Your Geekness Day!


https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/embrace-your-geekness-day/


Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Halloween as a Federal holiday


http://ihorror.com/petition-aims-make-halloween-federal-holiday/


I know this won't happen.  But I wish it would.

Jesus Is My Co-Pilot

http://winningdemocrats.com/florida-woman-lets-jesus-take-the-wheel-immediately-crashes-into-a-house/



Happy Birthday Alexandria!

My hometown, founded on this date in 1752.

https://www.alexandriava.gov/

http://www.visitalexandriava.com/


Happy Birthday Malala Yousafzai!


https://www.malala.org/malalas-story


A True Heroine!

Happy Birthday Christine McVie!


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



Happy Birthday Bucky Fuller!


https://bfi.org/


Today is Disability Awareness Day!


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



Monday, July 11, 2016

Patrick Stewart - Cowboy Singer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK9dlmYvB-Y&feature=youtu.be

http://www.pstewsings.com/#download


Classic...


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday Creature Feature! (the Internet version)

Premiered on the web on this date in 1998.

http://www.countgore.com/



Happy Birthday Bonnie Pointer!

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






Sunday, July 10, 2016

Anniversary fo the beginning of the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925.


https://archive.org/stream/CoverageOfTheScopesTrialByH.l.Mencken/ScopesTrialMencken.txt


Nothing has changed....

Anniversary of the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior


http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/about/history/the-bombing-of-the-rainbow-war/


France's only military victory in the 20th century.....

Happy Birthday Arlo!


http://www.arlo.net/



Happy Birthday Ron Glass!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322002/



Happy Birthday Nikola Tesla!


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


Happy Teddy Bear Picnic Day!


http://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-Teddy-Bear's-Picnic-Day



Saturday, July 09, 2016

The Return of Punkin Chunkin!

https://www.punkinchunkin.com/


Anniversary of Rock Around The Clock hitting #1!


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

In 1955.

Happy Birthday Lee Hazlewood!


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



Happy Birthday Richard Roundtree!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0745780/



Happy National Sugar Cookie Day!

Yum!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/sugar-cookies-recipe.html


Friday, July 08, 2016

An excellent article about Tom Lehrer

https://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/tom-lehrer?utm_term=.in2q4gEk5#.ifwDoaQOn

A site devoted to foreign rip-offs of Western movies

http://neonharbor.com/titles/deja-view/


This stuff is fantastic!

Happy Birthday Radio Free Europe! (the single)

Released on this date in 1981.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Europe_(song)



Happy Birthday Marty Feldman!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001204/?ref_=nv_sr_1



Happy Birthday Eugene Pallette!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657874/

A great character actor.

Happy Heritage Day!


http://heritageday.org/



Anniversary of the start of Kett's Rebellion


http://spartacus-educational.com/TUDkettR.htm



Thursday, July 07, 2016

I must own this...

http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-sole-surviving-print-of-the-legendary-turkish-star-1783272861?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow




Happy Birthday Good Eats!

Premiered on this date in 1999.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/good-eats.html


Happy Birthday to We're No Angels!

Premiered on this date in 1955.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048801/


Happy Birthday Ringo!


http://www.ringostarr.com/

Happy Build A Scarecrow Day!


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


Happy National Macaroni Day!

Yum!

http://www.cliffordawright.com/caw/food/entries/display.php/id/50/



Happy National Strawberry Sundae Day!

Yum!

http://justinesicecreamparlor.com/



Wednesday, July 06, 2016

Happy Birthday to The Jefferson Airplane!

Formed on this date in 1965.

http://www.jeffersonairplane.com/


Happy Birthday to the B-52's! (The album)

Released on this date in 1979.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B-52%27s_(album)


Happy Birthday to A Hard Day's Night!

Premiered on this date in 1964.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058182/



Anniversary of when Lennon met McCartney!


https://www.beatlesbible.com/1957/07/06/john-lennon-meets-paul-mccartney/


Happy Birthday Joshua Barney!

A Patriot.

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


Happy Birthday Jennifer Saunders!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766837/


Happy Birthday Pat Paulsen!


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



Happy Birthday Bill Haley!


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

Happy Birthday John Paul Jones!


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

Another Great Patriot.

Happy Birthday Daniel Morgan!


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

A Patriot.  One of the Best.

Happy National Fried Chicken Day!

Yum!

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


Happy International Kissing Day!


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


Anniversary of the Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms

In 1775.  Another step towards Revolution

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


Tuesday, July 05, 2016

Hauntings in Sheperdstown, WV?

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/07/what_could_cause_an_entire_town_to_be_haunted_para.html


Pretty thin information, here.  Sounds like an ad for yet another TV show where people scream every time the cameraman bumps into something.  I've been to the town several times, it's a nice place, and hardly matches up to the 'most haunted' title.

The threat of global warming


http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2014/07/21/hot-summer-could-wipe-out-goth-population-experts-warn/



The first trailer for 8 Days A Week film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqDgm2XJ9SA


Happy Birthday to Earth VS The Flying Saucers!


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049169/


I'm not quite sure as to the exact date of the premier, but believe that July 5th is pretty close.


Happy Birthday Bill Watterson!


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



Happy Birthday Clara Zitkin!

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



Monday, July 04, 2016

RIP Noel Neill


http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/07/04/the-first-screen-lois-lane-noel-neill-dies-aged-95/


Happy Birthday Rube Goldberg!


https://www.rubegoldberg.com/



Happy National Caesar Salad Day!

Yum!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/caesar-salad-recipe6.html



Happy Indivisible Day!


http://secularseasons.org/july/indivisible_day.html



Happy Independence Day!


http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html



Sunday, July 03, 2016

Neat royal epithets


http://www.strangehistory.net/2016/07/04/curious-royal-epithets/


Happy Birthday Judith Durham!

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


Happy National Build A Scarecrow Day!


http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-build-a-scarecrow-first-sunday-in-july/


Anniversary of the death of Jim Morrison


http://www.biography.com/people/jim-morrison-9415576



Happy Eat Your Beans Day!


https://www.anasazibeans.com/


Happy National Fried Clams Day!

Yum!

http://www.harriscrabhouse.com/



Happy Dog Days!

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



Saturday, July 02, 2016

An interesting article about the first (lost) Marx Brothers movie

http://www.brentonfilm.com/articles/the-marx-brothers-lost-film-humor-risk-getting-to-the-bottom-of-a-mystery



Happy International Day of Cooperatives


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


Happy Birthday Airplane!

Premiered on this date in 1980.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080339/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4



Happy Birthday Shaft! (the film)

Premiered on this date in 1971

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067741/?ref_=nv_sr_2

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Happy Birthday Plan 9 From Outer Space!

Premiered on this date in 1959.  Essential viewing!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052077/


Happy Birthday Stephen Stucker!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835992/


Happy Birthday Paul Williams!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Williams_(The_Temptations)



Happy Birthday Roy Bittan!


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


Happy Birthday Hermann Hesse!


https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1946/hesse-bio.html


Friday, July 01, 2016

The Toilet Seat Museum

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/6166?utm_source=sightings&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=v12n05



Whoops!

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-finding-dory-sausage-party-concord-theater-20160630-snap-story.html


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

A Guide To Occult London

http://www.historytoday.com/interactive/guide-occult-london



Happy National Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day!


http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-creative-ice-cream-flavors-day-july-1/

Yum!

Happy Birthday Isaac Sears!

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


A Patriot.

Happy Birthday Dan Aykroyd!


http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000101/


Happy Birthday Fred Schneider!


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


Happy Birthday Debbie Harry!

http://www.deborahharry.com/


Happy International Reggae Day!


http://ireggaeday.com/