Foamhenge comes to NoVa!

https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/08/30/foamhenge-moving-northern-virginia/

One of my favorite tourist attractions!  Fun stuff!

(Thanks for the link, Carol!)

A very nice article about Ronnie Lane

http://web.musicaficionado.com/main.html#!/article/Ronnie_Lane_British_Rocks_Secret_Genius_by_chrismorris?campaign=fbtronnietitle

A very under-appreciated musician and songwriter.

An archive of Phil Ochs live recordings

http://ddpro.ucoz.com/setlists/philochs/

Cool!

Happy Birthday Glenn Tilbrook!

http://www.glenntilbrook.com/

Happy Birthday Van Morrison!

http://www.vanmorrison.com/index.aspx?action=stop

Happy Birthday James Coburn!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000336/

Air Guitar for sale

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/vintage_air_guitar_on_craigslist_799

Happy Birthday David Bushnell!

A patriot, and inventor of the first submarine.

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

Happy Birthday Frank Conniff!

http://frankconniff.com/

Happy Birthday Lewis Black!

https://www.lewisblack.com/

Happy Birthday Molly Ivins!

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

Happy Birthday Joan Blondell!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000951/

Happy Birthday Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley!

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

Happy World Frankenstein Day!

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

Happy National Toasted Marshmallow Day!

Yum!

Today is the International Day of the Disappeared

http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/prisoners-and-people-at-risk/detention-and-imprisonment/day-of-the-disappeared

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

ET Contact?

http://observer.com/2016/08/not-a-drill-seti-is-investigating-a-possible-extraterrestrial-signal-from-deep-space/

Our Brave New World

It took less than an hour after the announcement of Gene Wilder's death for Oldies.com to email me a sale of his DVD's.  I don't know whether to laugh or cry..

RIP Gene Wilder

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/gene-wilder-actor-known-for-nimble-comic-portrayals-of-neurotics-dies-at-83/2016/08/29/1fc937f2-6e1e-11e6-8533-6b0b0ded0253_story.html

Soviet Science Fiction movies online - with English subtitles!

http://sovietmoviesonline.com/en/fantastic/




Neat!

Full Sturgeon Moon Tonight

http://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-august-2015

It also happens to be a 'Super Moon'.

Happy Birthday Elliott Gould!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001285/

Happy Birthday Charles Gray!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0336509/

Happy Birthday John Locke!

http://www.iep.utm.edu/locke/

Russia and the 'Nooscope'

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/08/what-is-the-mysterious-nooscope-lets-ask-putins-new-chief-of-staff/

Maybe I'm off, but the description given the 'noosphere' seems to simply be a restatement of theravada buddhist thought.

The longest U.S. rock concert

http://nypost.com/2016/08/27/bruce-springsteen-breaks-his-own-record-for-longest-us-concert/

Who else?

Happy Birthday Animal Crackers!

Premiered on this date in 1930.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020640/

Happy Birthday to Song Of The Thin Man!

Premiered on this date in 1947.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039853/

Happy Birthday C. Wright Mills!

https://www.britannica.com/biography/C-Wright-Mills

Happy Birthday Nancy Kulp!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0474685/

Happy Birthday Jack Vance!

http://www.jackvance.com/

Happy Birthday J.S. Le Fanu!

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

Happy Birthday J. August Richards!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724124/

Happy birthday John Stark!

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

A Patriot.

Today is the anniversary of the 1963 March On Washington

http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_march_on_washington_for_jobs_and_freedom/

Site of what may be the greatest speech ever delivered on American soil.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I47Y6VHc3Ms

Today is the anniversary of the Anglo-Zanzibar War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zanzibar_War

The shortest war in history.

The coolest vandalism you'll see today

http://disinfo.com/2014/08/russia-wants-bulgarians-stop-vandalizing-soviet-monuments-look-like-american-superheroes/

Happy International Bat Night!

http://www.national-awareness-days.com/international-bat-night.html

Happy Birthday Martha Raye!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0713106/

Happy Birthday Joseph Reed!

A Patriot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Reed_(politician)

RIP Marvin Kaplan

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/marvin-kaplan-dead-alice-top-cat-actor-dies-89-1201844857/

Movie disclaimers and Rasputin, the connection

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/08/26/the_bizarre_true_story_behind_the_this_is_a_work_of_fiction_disclaimer.html

A neat little tale.

(Thanks for the link, Tom!)

Getting down and funky at the North Korean Beer Fest

http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/05/02/kenneth-bae-dennis-rodman-north-korea-intv-newday.cnn/video/playlists/inside-north-korea/

Ha!  I love the names of the beer...

(Thanks for the link, Katie!)

Justifiable

http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/08/pa_wife_accused_of_stabbing_hu.html

Happy Birthday Shirley Manson!

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

Happy National Dog Day!

http://www.nationaldogday.com/

Today is the anniversary of Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

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

Happy Women's Equality Day!

http://www.nwhp.org/resources/commemorations/womens-equality-day/

The hangtown Two are coming to Vienna, VA!

http://jamminjava.com/event/1295741-hangtown-two-eric-brace-vienna/

Starring local faves  Karl Straub and Eric Brace.


(Thanks for the link, Erik!)

Happy Birthday to Born To Run!

My all-time favorite album.  Released on this date in 1975.

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

Happy Birthday to The Monster Mash!

Released on this date in 1962.  One of my faves!


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

Happy Birthday Elvis Costello!

http://www.elviscostello.com/

Happy Birthday Tim Burton!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000318/

Happy Birthday Sean Connery!

http://www.seanconnery.com/

Happy National Banana Split Day!

Yum!


http://justinesicecream.com/

Happy Birthday William Wilberforce!

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

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Bladensburg

Perhaps the greatest defeat in U.S. history.

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

Happy Birthday Howard Zinn!

http://howardzinn.org/

Happy Birthday Niagara!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niagara_(painter_and_singer)

Happy Birthday Jennifer Lien!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000497/

Rescuing horses from the nazis!?!

https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Horse-Priceless-Stallions-Kidnapped/dp/0345544803/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1471979221&sr=1-1&keywords=nazi+horse

I've never heard of this event before!

(Thanks for the link, Carol!)

Today is Black Ribbon Day

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

Happy Birthday to The Big Sleep!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038355/

Premiered on this date in 1946.

Happy Birthday Keith Moon!

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

Happy Birthday Mark Russell!

http://markrussell.net/

Happy Birthday Gene Kelly!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000037/

Happy Birthday Jonathan Wainwright!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_M._Wainwright_(general)

Happy Birthday Oliver Perry!

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

Happy Birthday Malvina Reynolds!

http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/MALVINA/homep.htm

Anniversary of the 2011 Mineral Quake

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake

Anniversary of the murder of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti

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

Anniversary of the murder of Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti

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

Today is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/slave-trade-and-its-abolition/

The Cthulhu Hawaiin Shirt

https://www.betabrand.com/crowdfunding/cthulhu-print-bawaiian-shirt-mens.html?utm_source=The%20Betabrand%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NL_WOMEN_Rainbow_Cthulhu_082216&utm_term=Newsletter_Master_Female


So wrong....


(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Secret Libraries

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-secret-libraries-of-history?ocid=ww.social.link.facebook

Neat!

Happy Birthday John Lee Hooker!

http://www.johnleehooker.com/

Happy Birthday Dorothy Parker!

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

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker

A nice article about Fortean researcher John keel

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/08/a-brief-look-at-the-life-and-ideas-of-john-a-keel-part-one/

Keep an umbrella handy

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-extinctionlevel-asteroid-that-could-kill-us-all-in-2175


(Thanks for the link, Infidel753!)

Happy Poets Day!

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

Happy Birthday Carrie Anne-Moss!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005251/

Happy Birthday Joe Strummer!

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

Happy Birthday Jackie DeShannon!

http://www.jackiedeshannon.com/

Happy Birthday Friz Freleng!

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

Happy Senior Citizens Day!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-senior-citizens-day-august-21/

RIP Jack Riley

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/08/19/jack-riley-actor-on-bob-newhart-show-and-rugrats-dies-at-80.html

The HP Lovecraft Film Festival is coming up!

http://hplfilmfestival.com/hplfilmfestival-portland-or#top

In Portland, OR

Happy Birthday James Marsters!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551346/

Happy Birthday H.P. Lovecraft!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft

http://www.hplovecraft.com/

Happy Birthday Phil Lynott!

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

Happy Birthday Robert Plant!

http://www.robertplant.com/

Today is International Homeless Animals Day

http://isaronline.org/programs/international-homeless-animals-day-ihad/

Happy Birthday Isaac Hayes!

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

Anniversary fo the crushing of the Prague Spring

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

Happy National Radio Day!

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/article/13017039/radio-free-georgetown

Happy National Lemonade Day!

Yum!

Happy National Honey Bee Day!

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

Preparing your cat for that precious bundle

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BNPXRPQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=gham-20&linkId=8905a829b3d96f9ccf11e2cdef392e8c

A wonderful way to relieve the clueless of their cash.  Bravo!

(Thanks for the link, Dennis!)

The Love that dare not speak its name

http://wdtn.com/2016/08/17/man-arrested-after-trying-to-have-sex-with-a-van/



(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiEIToOWr64

Happy Birthday Jonathan Frakes!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000408/

Happy Birthday Ginger Baker!

http://www.gingerbaker.com/

Happy Birthday Gene Roddenberry!

http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry

Happy Hot & Spicy Food Day!

https://thewrath.com/

Yum!

Happy National Potato Day!

Yum!

Happy Photography Day!

http://worldphotoday.com/

Happy World Humanitarian Day!

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

Happy Birthday Jerome King Criswell!

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

Happy Birthday Meriwether Lewis!

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

Beginning of month of Fructidor in French revolutionary calendar

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

Happy National Ice Cream Pie Day!

Yum!

http://allrecipes.com/recipes/2410/desserts/frozen-desserts/ice-cream-pie/

Happy Bad Poetry Day!

http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Vogon_poetry

Happy Birthday Mae West!

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

Happy National Baby Boomers Recognition Day!

http://babyboomersrecognitionday.com/

Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day!

http://www.aspca.org/news/celebrate-black-cat-appreciation-day-august-17

Only 75 Days Until Halloween!

Great moments in law enforcement

http://realnewsrightnow.com/2016/08/police-shoot-department-store-mannequin-67-times-mistaking-gunman/

Roomba VS Poop

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/08/15/pooptastrophe-man-details-night-his-roomba-ran-over-dog-poop/88667704/

Poop Wins!

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

The Darth Vader Toothpick Holder!

Cute!

http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/8/15/12491412/darth-vader-toothsaber-toothpick-holder-toy-japan


(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Halloween costume idea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw33u53rF3c

Fun stuff!

Animated Firefly series on the way?

http://nerdapproved.com/misc-weirdness/the-animated-adventures-of-firefly/

Anniversary of the first performance by The Ramones!

http://www.ramones.com/

In 1974, at CBGB's.

Anniversary fo the death of Bela Lugosi

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

Happy Birthday Glenn Strange!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833363/

Happy Tell A Joke Day!

https://laugh.com/

Happy National Rum Day!

http://www.liquor.com/spirit/rum/#gs.6FNNMFA

Yum!

Sometimes competing with wildlife doesn't give you a leg to stand on

http://www.twincities.com/2016/08/08/wisconsin-mans-prosthetic-leg-found-in-beaver-dam/

This would leave me hopping mad....

Happy Relaxation Day!

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

Anniversary fo the Beatles playing Shea Stadium

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

Happy Birthday Jimmy Webb!

http://www.jimmywebb.com/

Happy Birthday Rose Marie!

http://www.missrosemarie.com/

Happy Birthday Huntz Hall!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355653/

Happy Birthday Sylvain Marechal!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvain_Mar%C3%A9chal

Happy National Lemon Meringue Pie Day!

Yum!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-lemon-meringue-pie-day-august-15/

Happy Birthday Woodstock Festival!

http://www.woodstock.com/

Happy VJ Day!

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

Happy Birthday Gary Larson!

http://www.thefarside.com/

Happy Birthday to The Rocky Horror Picture Show!

Premiered on this date in 1975.

http://www.rockyhorror.com/


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073629/

Happy Birthday to Who's Next!

Released on this date in 1971.  One of my faves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Next

Happy Birthday David Crosby!

http://www.davidcrosby.com/

Happy Birthday Dash Crofts!

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

Happy Birthday Susan Saint James!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0756634/

Happy National Navajo Code Talkers Day!

http://navajocodetalkers.org/

Happy Liberty Tree Day!

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

Happy Birthday South Park!

Premiered on this date in 1997.

http://southpark.cc.com/

Happy Birthday Thomas Skidmore!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Skidmore_(reformer)

Happy Birthday Lucy Stone!

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

Happy Birthday Alfred Hitchcock!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000033/

Happy National Filet Mignon Day!

Yum!

http://www.food.com/recipe/restaurant-style-filet-mignon-487364

Happy National Garage Sale Day!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-garage-sale-day-second-saturday-in-august/

Happy Festival Day of Hecate!

http://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/Hekate.html

Happy National Bowling Day!

http://www.nationalbowlingday.com/

RIP Glenn Yarbrough

http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/08/12/singer-glenn-yarbrough-dead-86/88599116/

Happy Birthday to The Wizard of Oz!

Premiered on this date in 1939.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/

Happy Birthday Mark Knopfler!

http://www.markknopfler.com/

Happy Birthday Dan Curtis!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193303/

Happy International Youth Day!

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

Happy Vinyl Record Day!

http://www.vinylrecordday.com/

Happy Birthday Solid Gold!

Premiered on this date in 1980.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080277/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

The "return" of reel-to-reel tape?

http://www.psneurope.com/really-real-reel-to-reel-returns/

Happy Birthday to The Sunderland Experiment/Exile

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2972982/

Premiered on this date in 2013.

Happy Birthday to Horse Feathers!

Premiered on this date in 1932.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023027/

Happy Birthday to the Smithsonian!

https://www.si.edu/

Happy Birthday Bobby Hatfield!

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

Happy Birthday Ian Anderson!

http://jethrotull.com/

Happy Birthday Ronnie Spector!

http://www.ronniespector.com/

Happy National Banana Split Day!

http://justinesicecreamparlor.com/

Happy National S'Mores Day!

Yum!


http://allrecipes.com/recipe/22146/smores/

Happy Puck Fair Day!

http://www.puckfair.ie/

A neat article about Hieronymus Bosch

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/08/18/mystery-of-hieronymus-bosch/

Nixon's The One!

Today is the anniversary of his resignation in 1974...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/articles/080974-3.htm

Happy Birthday Ready, Steady, Go!

Premiered on this date in 1963.

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

Happy Birthday Gillian Anderson!

http://www.gilliananderson.ws/

Happy Birthday David Steinberg!

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

Happy Book Lovers Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/book-lovers-day/

http://www.bookplate.biz/Home.html

http://www.overthemoonbookstore.com/

http://www.powells.com/

Happy International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_the_World%27s_Indigenous_Peoples

The Return of the X-Files!

http://www.tvguide.com/news/the-x-files-new-episodes-fox/?ftag=TVG_Twitter

Happy Birthday Jean-Paul Marat!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Marat

Today is the anniversary of the shooting of the Abbey Road album cover

https://www.beatlesbible.com/1969/08/08/the-abbey-road-cover-photography-session/

Happy Birthday to Dustin Hoffman!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000163/

Happy Birthday to The Edge!

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

Happy Birthday Allan McLane!

A Patriot.

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

Happy National Cheesecake Day!

Yum!

How the Beatles gave Brian Wilson a mental breakdown

https://medium.com/cuepoint/how-the-beatles-revolver-gave-brian-wilson-a-nervous-breakdown-4b3939c4e0e5#.rwzqdv52o


(Thanks for the link, Art!)

Happy Birthday Cirroc Lofton!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0517467/

Happy Birthday David Duchovny!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000141/

Happy Birthday BJ Thomas!

http://bjthomas.com/

Happy Birthday Nathanael Greene!

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

Happy Birthday Mata Hari!

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

Happy Birthday Elizabeth Gurley Flynn!

https://www.nwhm.org/education-resources/biography/biographies/elizabeth-gurley-flynn/

Happy International Beer Day!

http://internationalbeerday.com/

http://www.stonebrewing.com/

Happy National Lighthouse Day!

http://www.lighthousefoundation.org/national-lighthouse-day/

Happy Friendship Day!

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

The real locations that inspired lovecraft

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/essential-guide-to-living-lovecraft?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page

Commies In Space!

http://io9.gizmodo.com/how-soviet-artists-imagined-communist-life-in-space-1558140402

Some neat illustrations of "the future."  What I find interesting is that they look just like US illustrations at the time.


(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

Happy Birthday Inez Milholland!

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

Happy Mead Day!

Yum!

https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/aha-events/mead-day/

http://coloradowine.com/winery/meadery-of-the-rockies/

Happy Birthday Charles Fort!

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

http://sacred-texts.com/fort/index.htm

Happy National Mustard Day!

Yum!

http://mustardmuseum.com/

Countess Bathory Smiles...

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/billionaire-peter-thiel-thinks-young-peoples-blood-can-keep-him-young-forever/

The rich will need more and more interns and maids, lots more....

Terrorism!

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/radical-wine-terrorists-flood-french-town-in-red?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=atlas-page

Happy Birthday American Bandstand!

Premiered on this date in 1957, (nationally)

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

Happy Birthday Neil Armstrong!

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.html

Happy National Oyster Day!

http://www.nationaloysterday.com/

Happy National Mustard Day!

http://mustardmuseum.com/

Russian Sobriety Test

http://safeshare.tv/w/LxQvcdsoYs

This is cute!


(Thanks for the link, Bill!)

Happy Birthday Paul Avrich!

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

Happy Birthday Rock'N'Roll High School!

Premiered on this date in 1979.  One of my faves.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079813/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Happy Birthday Andy Hallett!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356468/

Happy Birthday Raoul Wallenberg!

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/wallenberg.html

Happy International India Pale Ale Day!

http://www.stonebrewing.com/

Happy National Chocolate Chip Day!

http://www.wilburbuds.com/

The weird saga of Slender Man

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/slender-man-from-horror-meme-to-inspiration-for-murder-w432163

Jesus Wins!

http://kachetiendg.blogspot.com/2016/08/pastor-dies-after-fasting-for-30-days_3.html

My next garden gnomes

http://www.boredpanda.com/zombie-gnomes-of-the-apocalypse-revenant-fx/


(Thanks for the link, Ed!)

Happy Birthday Maggie Kuhn!

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

Happy Birthday John Scopes!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_T._Scopes

Happy National Watermelon Day!

Yum!

Size Matters...

https://sofrep.com/60334/british-press-freak-inept-reporter-believes-naval-5-inch-guns-literally-5-inch-guns/

Batman VS TSA

http://epicstream.com/news/Batarangs-in-Airport-Luggage-Are-Causing-Problems-for-Officials

Happy Birthday Mojo Nixon!

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

Happy Birthday Myrna Loy!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001485/

Happy National Ice Cream Soda Day!

Yum!

http://justinesicecream.com/

The cutting edge of sexual assault!

http://abc7ny.com/news/woman-says-urinating-toy-sexually-assaulted-her/1446106/

(Thanks for the link, Mike!)

Alice Cooper reuniting with his old band!

http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/05/alice-cooper-reunites-with-original-members-of-alice-cooper-band-for-new-album/

Happy Birthday to The Little Soldier Shop!

On this date in 1978, Dennis Largesse purchased The Little Soldier Shop and moved it to Alexandria, Virginia, ushering in a renaissance for gaming in NoVa.  The shop is long gone, but remembered fondly by all who hung out there.

Happy Birthday Ray Palmer!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_A._Palmer

Happy National IPA Day!

Yum!

http://www.stonebrewing.com/

Happy Birthday Jerry Garcia!

http://jerrygarcia.com/

Happy Colorado Day!

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/colorado-day

Happy Lughnasadh!

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