Happ;y Birthday Simon Wiesenthal!

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

Happy Birthday Burton Cummings!

https://www.burtoncummings.com/

Happy Birthday Edward Hand!

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

A Patriot.

Happy Birthday George Marshall!

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

Happy Make Up Your Mind Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/make-up-your-mind-day/

Happy National Champagne Day!

Yum!

https://www.veuveclicquot.com/en-int

Happy Hogmanay!

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

Happy New Year's Eve!

Happy Bacon Day!

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

Happy Birthday Jeff Lynne!

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

Happy Birthday Eliza Dushku!

http://www.elizapatriciadushku.com/

Happy Birthday Skeeter Davis!

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

Happy Birthday Bo Diddley!

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

Happy Birthday John Hartford!

http://www.johnhartford.com/biography.cfm

Happy Birthday Michael Nesmith!

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

Happy Birthday Davy Jones!

http://www.davyjones.net/

Happy Birthday Patti Smith!

http://www.pattismith.net/intro.html

Happy Birthday Tracey Ullman!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001808/

Happy Birthday John Otto!

https://www.nps.gov/colm/learn/historyculture/john-otto.htm

The saving and archiving of 'Radio Unnameable"

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/arts/digitizing-radio-unnameable-a-free-form-1960s-crossroads.html

A fascinating project - NYC in the 60's....


(Thanks for the link, Erik!)

Reboot! REBOOT!!!

http://www.businessinsider.com/tech-billionaires-want-to-break-humans-out-of-a-computer-simulation-2016-10

Happy Birthday Ray Thomas!

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

Happy Birthday Mary Tyler Moore!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001546/

Happy Birthday Barbara Steele!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824489/

Happy Birthday Marianne Faithfull!

http://www.mariannefaithfull.org.uk/

Happy Tick Tock Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/tick-tock-day/

Happy National Pepper Pot Day!

Yum!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-pepper-pot-day-december-29/

RIP Debbie Reynolds

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/debbie-reynolds-dead-dies-carrie-fisher-mother-1201949432/

Happy Birthday Alex Chilton!

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

Happy Birthday Nichelle Nichols!

http://www.uhura.com/

Happy Birthday Return Jonathan Meigs!

A Patriot.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_J._Meigs_Sr.

RIP Carrie Fisher

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/27/507109015/carrie-fisher-actress-beloved-for-playing-princess-leia-dies-at-60?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20161227&utm_campaign=breakingnews&utm_term=nprnews

RIP Richard Adams

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38446309#"

Happy Birthday Charlie Weaver!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0037115/

Happy Birthday Mike Pinder!

http://www.mikepinder.com/

Happy Birthday Sydney Greenstreet!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002113/

Happy Birthday Marlene Dietrich!

http://marlene.com/

Happy National Fruitcake Day!

Yum!

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/7392/christmas-fruitcake/

Anniversary of the release of I Want To Hold Your Hand in America

In 1963.

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

Happy Birthday to Monterey Pop! (the film)

Premiered on this date in 1968.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064689/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Happy Birthday Elisha Cook!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176879/

Happy Birthday Thomas Nelson, Jr.!

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

A Patriot.

Happy Wren Day!

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

Happy Birthday Steve Allen!

http://www.steveallen.com/

Happy National Candy Cane Day!

Yum!


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

Happy Thank You Note Day!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-thank-you-note-day-december-26/

Happy Boxing Day!

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

Happy Birthday to The Exorcist!

Premiered on this date in 1973.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Happy Birthday to After The Thin Man!

Premiered on this date in 1936.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027260/

Happy Birthday Shane MacGowan!

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

Happy Birthday Rod Serling!

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

Happy Birthday Bogey!

http://humphreybogart.com/

Happy Birthday Cab Calloway!

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

Happy National Pumpkin Pie Day!

Yum!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/pumpkin-pie-recipe.html

Merry Christmas!

Making a guitar, narrated by an irritating old fart

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/watch-electric-guitars-being-made-in-1965-england?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ac068da3d7-Newsletter_12_13_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-ac068da3d7-63063425&ct=t(Newsletter_12_13_2016)&mc_cid=ac068da3d7&mc_eid=ccffb963b1

A documentary on guitar making in Britain in the 60's.  Narrated by a flaccid old fart.

(Thanks for the link, Bill!)

Dali Shills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0Zc1heZlwc


(Thanks for the link, Bill!)

Vintage Condoms

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/condomania_vintage_contraceptives_packaging_1910-1950

Happy Birthday Fritz Leiber!

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

Happy National Eggnog Day!

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

Yum!

Dr. Seuss Meets Cthulhu

http://geekandsundry.com/call-of-cthulhu-now-a-seuss-book-and-its-terrifying/

NORAD Santa Tracker

It starts soon!

http://www.noradsanta.org/

The Cutting Edge of Christmas Lights

http://mashable.com/2016/12/22/police-confront-man-penis-themed-christmas-lights/#a.OVpQB1gmq2



(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy National Roots Day!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-roots-day-december-23/

Happy Birthday José Arturo Castellanos Contreras!

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

A hero for Humanity.

Anniversary fo the publishing of Paine's "The Crisis" in 1776

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

Happy Birthday to The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly!

Premiered on this date in 1966.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060196/

Happy Roots Day!

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

Happy Human Light Celebration!

http://secularseasons.org/december/human_light.html

Happy Festivus!

http://festivusweb.com/

Happy Tom Bawcock's Eve!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bawcock's_Eve

Happy National Bake Day!

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/

A play about Edward Gorey

http://observer.com/2016/12/theater-review-secret-lives-of-edward-gorey-off-broadway/

I've visited the house outside of Yarmouth, it's fun!

Just in time for the Holidays

Goats singing Christmas Carols...


http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/12/15/all_i_want_for_christmas_is_a_goat_is_a_holiday_album_of_goats_singing_silent.html

Happy Birthday Trinity!

Premiered on this date in 1970.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067355/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3

Happy Birthday to The Mummy!

Premiered on this date in 1932.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023245/

Happy Birthday James Burke!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burke_(science_historian)

Happy Forefathers' Day!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forefathers'_Day

Happy Chewidden!

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

Happy Birthday to Once Upon A Time In The West!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064116/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Premiered on this date in 1968.

Happy Birthday to The President's Analyst!

Premiered on this date in 1967.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062153/

Happy Birthday Vampira!

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

Happy Birthday Frank Zappa!

http://www.zappa.com/

Happy Kiwi Fruit Day!

Yum!

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?dbid=41&tname=foodspice

Happy National Hamburger Day!

Yum!

http://www.fiveguys.com/

Happy National Fried Shrimp Day!

Yum!

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/216969/crunchy-fried-shrimp/

Beginning of month of Nivose in French revolutionary calendar

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

Happy Mumping Day!

http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/brewers/mumping-day.html

Happy Winter Solstice!

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

A law protecting atheists and humanists

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2016/12/obama-signs-new-law-giving-protection-atheists/

A nice article for the Wreaths Across America efforts at Arlington

http://people.com/human-interest/arlington-cemetery-now-has-wreaths-for-all-graves/

Why there are no new episodes for Chad Vader

http://aaronyonda.com/dont-make-new-season-chad-vader/

Sad...

The American Indian nazi

http://crosscut.com/2016/12/native-american-nazi-chief-red-cloud-elwood-tanner/


A weird little footnote to the War.  What an asshole...

Happy Birthday to The Graduate!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/

Premiered on this date in 1967.

Happy Birthday Billy Bragg!

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

Happy Birthday Nicole de Boer!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0207498/

Happy Games Day!

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

Happy International Human Solidarity Day!

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

Water Skiing Santa is coming to Alexandria 12/24

http://patch.com/virginia/delray/water-skiing-santa-surf-potomac-christmas-eve-alexandria

Happy Birthday Phil Ochs!

http://sonnyochs.com/philbio.html

http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/

Zombie Lake - A Christmas Tale?

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/movies/holiday-classics-and-non-classics-on-streaming.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=0


A fun little article about Christmas movies.


(Thanks for the link, Karen!)

Happy Birthday to For A Few Dollars More!

Premiered on this date in 1965.  Probably my favorite spaghetti western.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059578/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Happy Birthday to The Grinch!

Premiered on this date in 1966.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060345/

Happy Birthday Keith Richards!

http://www.keithrichards.com/

Happy Birthday Michael Moorcock!

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

Happy Birthday Christopher Fry!

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

Happy National Roast Suckling Pig Day!

Yum!

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/roast-suckling-pig-recipe.html

Happy Bake Cookies Day!

Yum!

http://allrecipes.com/recipes/362/desserts/cookies/

RIP Dr. Heimlich

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/17/us/dr-henry-j-heimlich-famous-for-antichoking-technique-dies-at-96.html?emc=edit_na_20161217&nlid=13038199&ref=cta&_r=0

Wreaths Across America at Arlington

http://wtop.com/virginia/2016/12/hundreds-of-thousands-of-wreaths-being-laid-at-arlington/


It is untypical of me to think much of big events like this.  But there is no denying how moving Arlington looks afterwards.  It really is impressive, and appreciated by me.

Happy Birthday to The Simpsons!

Premiered on this date in 1989.

http://www.simpsonsworld.com/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096697/

Happy Birthday to Night of the Demon!

Premiered on this date in 1957.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050766/

Happy Birthday Paul Rodgers!

http://www.paulrodgers.com/

Happy Birthday Eddie Kendricks!

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

Happy Wright Brothers Day!

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

Happy National Maple Syrup Day!

Yum!

http://www.berkshiresweetgold.com/

Happy Saturnalia!

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

The ultimate rock-paper-scissors?

https://www.joe.co.uk/entertainment/watch-the-most-dramatic-game-of-rock-paper-scissors-you-will-ever-see-in-your-life/102404


(Thanks for the link, Mathew!)

Happy Birthday Night Gallery!

Premiered on this date in 1970.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065327/

Happy Birthday Billy Gibbons!

http://www.billygibbons.com/

http://www.zztop.com/

Happy Birthday Benny Andersson!

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

Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party

https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/boston-tea-party-facts

Happy Birthday Tim Conway!

http://www.timconway.com/

Happy Birthday Young Frankenstein!

Another fave.  Premiered on this date in 1974.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072431/

Happy Birthday One Two Three!

One of my favorite movies.  Premiered on this date in 1961.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055256/

Happy Birthday Dave Clark!

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

Happy Birthday Garrett Wang!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910897/

Happy Birthday Alan Freed!

http://www.alanfreed.com/wp/biography/

Happy Picrous Day!

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

Happy Birthday John Hammond, Sr.!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hammond_(producer)

Happy Birthday Samuel Blatchley Webb!

A Patriot.

Happy Bill of Rights Day!

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript

Happy Birthday to ,I'm Gonna Git You Sucka!

Premiered on this date in 1988.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095348/

Happy Birthday Errico Malatesta!

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/errico-malatesta

http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/malatesta/Malatestaarchive.html

Happy Birthday Daniel De Leon!

https://www.marxists.org/archive/deleon/

Happy Birthday Spike Jones!

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

Happy Birthday Morey Amsterdam!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0025440/

Happy birthday Patty Duke!

http://www.officialpattyduke.com/bio.htm

Happy Birthday Shirley Jackson!

http://shirleyjackson.org/

The Beginning of Halcyon Days

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

Don't go into the Woods....

http://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-park-ranger-stories/rosa-pasquarella?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pd&utm_campaign=Disturbing_Park_Ranger&asid=6060221119906

Full Cold Moon tonight

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

Happy Birthday to Patti Smith's "Horses" album!

Released on this date in 1975.  One of my faves.

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

Happy Birthday Dick Van Dyke!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001813/

Happy Ice Cream Day!

http://www.cute-calendar.com/event/ice-cream-day/19070.html

Happy National Popcorn string Day!

http://www.wikihow.com/String-Popcorn-on-a-Christmas-Tree

Happy Birthday to The Wolf Man! (the film)

Premiered on this date in 1941.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034398/

Happy Birthday John Jay!

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

Happy Birthday Robin Tyner!

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

Happy Birthday Karl Wagner!

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

http://karledwardwagner.org/

One of my favorite fantasy authors.

Happy Birthday Edward G. Robinson!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000064/

Happy Birthday Dionne Warwick!

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

Happy National Cocoa Day!

Yum!

Happy Worldwide Candle Lighting Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/worldwide-candle-lighting-day/

Happy Birthday to The Capitol Steps!

First performed on this date in 1981.

http://www.capsteps.com/

Happy Birthday Dick Tufeld!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0876185/

Happy Birthday Teri Garr!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000414/

Happy Birthday Isaac Shelby!

A patriot.

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

Happy Birthday George Mason!

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

http://gunstonhall.org/

Happy International Mountain Day!

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

Happy National Have a Bagel Day!

Yum!

https://www.bagelsforever.com/

Santaur!

https://mcphee.com/products/santaur-ornament

The Journal of Crytozoology

http://www.journalofcryptozoology.com/

The Best Cryptozoology Books of 2016

http://www.cryptozoonews.com/czbksof16/

Karl Shuker - 2016 Cryptozoologist of the year

http://www.cryptozoonews.com/czist-2016/

Happy Birthday CBGB's!

Opened on this date in 1973.

http://www.cbgb.com/

Good riddance

Anniversary of the death of Augusto Pinochet.

Happy Birthday August Spies!

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

Happy Birthday Emily Dickinson!

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/emily-dickinson

Happy National Lager Day!

http://allaboutbeer.com/article/lager-beer-vs-ale-beer%E2%80%94does-it-matter/

Happy Human Rights Day!

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

The battle of Palmdale

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160811-the-runaway-drone-that-caused-a-cold-war-air-battle

Fascinating, I've never heard about this little footnote of the Cold War.


(Thanks for the link, Nick!)

Nice article about Samhain in Ireland

http://www.archaeology.org/issues/232-1611/features/4940-ireland-halloween-roots

Happy Birthday to Charlie Brown Christmas!

Premiered on this date in 1965.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059026/

Happy Birthday Dolores Ibarruri!

https://www.marxists.org/archive/ibarruri/

Happy Birthday Peter Kropotkin!

http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/kropotkin/kropotkinbio.html

Happy Birthday Michael Dorn!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000373/

Happy Birthday Neil Innes!

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

Happy Birthday Joan Armatrading!

http://www.joanarmatrading.com/

Happy Birthday Dalton Trumbo!

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

Happy Birthday Margaret Hamilton!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002121/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Happy Lost & Found Day!

https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/fun/official-lost-and-found-day

Happy Birthday Douglas Fairbanks Jr.!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001195/

Today is International Anti-Corruption Day

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

RIP John Glenn

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/John-Glenn-Former-Astronaut-and-US-Senator-Dies-at-95-405494095.html

RIP Greg Lake

https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

A nice article about the song Fairytale of New York

http://theweek.com/articles/595104/fairytale-new-york-how-soused-irish-punk-band-created-greatest-christmas-song-all-time

Today in the anniversary of the murder of John Lennon

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

Happy Birthday Jim Morrison!

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

Happy Birthday Sinead O'Connor!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_O'Connor

Happy Birthday Jerry Butler!

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

Happy Birthday Flip Wilson!

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

Happy Birthday Mario Savio!

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

Happy Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/pretend-to-be-a-time-traveler-day/

Happy National Brownie Day!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-brownie-day-december-8/


Yum!

Happy Birthday Noam Chomsky!

https://chomsky.info/

Happy Birthday Vlad Tepes!

Mr. Excitement!

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

Happy Birthday Harry Chapin!

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

Happy Birthday Tom Waits!

http://www.tomwaits.com/

Happy Birthday Allan B. Calhamer!

Inventor of one of the greatest games of all time - Diplomacy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_B._Calhamer

Happy Birthday Eli Wallach!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0908919/

Happy Letter Writing Day!

http://thedaysoftheyear.com/celebrate-letter-writing-day/

Today is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

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

Cancel my appointments...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4002130/Will-world-END-month-Computer-programmer-claims-Jesus-return-destroy-planet-latest-bizarre-claim.html

The Return of the Pet Rock!

http://www.gq.com/story/nordstrom-rock-holiday-gift

http://www.today.com/money/nordstrom-selling-rock-leather-pouch-85-t105642



I love it when someone finds a way to detach the stupid and rich from their money.

Happy Birthday Turn, Turn, Turn! (the album)

Released on this date in 1965.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn!_Turn!_Turn!_(album)

Happy Birthday Rudolph! (the tv movie)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058536/


Premiered on this date in 1964.

Happy Birthday David Ossman!

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

Happy Birthday Wally Cox!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185281/

Happy National Gazpacho Day!

https://www.punchbowl.com/holidays/national-gazpacho-day

Happy National Miners Day!

http://arlweb.msha.gov/minersday/social-media-suggestions.asp

Happy Birthday Amy Acker!

http://amyacker.com/

Happy Birthday Alvy Moore!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600886/

Happy Birthday Little Richard!

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

Happy Ninja Day!

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

Happy Repeal Day!

http://www.repealday.org/

Happy Tree Dressing Day!

https://www.commonground.org.uk/tree-dressing-day/

Happy World Soil Day!

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

Happy Birthday Southside Johnny!

http://www.southsidejohnny.com/

Anniversary of Washington's Farewell to his officers

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-bids-farewell-to-his-officers

Happy National Cookie Day!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-cookie-day-december-4/

Happy National Dice Day!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-dice-day-december-4/


http://www.chessex.com/

Happy World Wildlife Conservation Day!

http://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/wildlife-conservation-day

NORAD prepares to track Santa

http://www.noradsanta.org/

A Holiday Tradition.

RIP Andrew Sachs

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/02/504148826/andrew-sachs-who-played-beloved-waiter-manuel-on-fawlty-towers-dies?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202803

Happy Birthday Ozzy Osbourne!

http://www.ozzy.com/

Happy Birthday Samuel Blachley Webb!

A Patriot!


http://wethersfieldhistory.org/articles-from-the-community/the_revolutionary_life_of_samuel_blachley_webb/

Happy National Apple Pie Day!

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/apple-pie-recipe

Yum!

Happy 3D Printing Day!

http://www.national-awareness-days.com/national-awareness-days-blog/3d-printing-day/

Happy Make A Gift Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/make-a-gift-day/

Happy Roof Over Your Head Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/roof-over-your-head-day/

Today is International Day of Persons With Disabilities

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

See Young Frankenstein hosted by Count Gore De Vol!

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

A nice interview with Christine Lavin

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/583fb399e4b0cf3f64558711?timestamp=1480648695820

One of my fave singer-songwriters.

Happy Birthday Jonathan Frid!

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294847/

Happy National Mutt Day!

http://www.nationalmuttday.com/

Today is International Day for the Abolition of Slavery,

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

Happy Birthday to "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"!

Released on this date in 1971.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Vfp48laS8

Today is World AIDS Day

https://www.worldaidsday.org/

Happy Birthday John Densmore!

http://johndensmore.com/

Anniversary of Rosa Parks sitting down!

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

In 1955.

Happy Birthday Ernst Toller!

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