The Wonders of Nature!

https://www.sadanduseless.com/funny-shrooms/?fbclid=IwAR2hTeExpVCmxKooQdAqi8a6ArADcfXrgptT5Cfzr3UtDnm9iaG61VRwQM8

A century of Forteana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_TFkut1PM

Happy Open That Bottle Night!

https://guides.wsj.com/wine/entertaining-and-celebrating-with-wine/open-that-bottle-night/

Happy Birthday William Washington!

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

A Patriot.

Happy Birthday Cindy Wilson!

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

Happy Birthday Brian Jones!

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

Happy Birthday Zero Mostel!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0609216/

Happy Pully Lug Day!

https://books.google.com/books?id=zthnTSrSBuwC&pg=PT181&lpg=PT181&dq=pully+lug+day&source=bl&ots=GzKRHvOKFc&sig=ACfU3U3x4EZfANz9ya_wY9MdJHC6U51cgA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj87_zB77HkAhUpzlkKHVyhDuYQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=pully%20lug%20day&f=false

Happy Birthday Joan Bennett!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000910/

Happy Birthday Howard Hesseman!

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

Happy Birthday Adam Baldwin!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000284/

Happy Birthday Joanne Woodward!

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

Happy Birthday Mary Jo Pehl!

http://www.mjpehl.com/

Happy National Kahlua Day!

https://www.kahlua.com/us/

Happy National Strawberry Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-strawberry-day-february-27/

Anniversary of the Salem Encounter

https://allthingsliberty.com/2019/10/the-americans-have-hoisted-their-standard-of-liberty-at-salem/

Happy Birthday Chase Masterson!

https://www.chasemasterson.com/CHASE_MASTERSON.html

Happy Birthday Jackie Gleason!

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

Happy Birthday Johnny Cash!

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

Happy Birthday Fats Domino!

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

Happy Birthday Francis Marion!

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

Happy Birthday Godfrey Cambridge!

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

Happy National Pistachio Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-pistachio-day-february-26/

Happy Birthday Benjamin Tallmadge!

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

Happy Birthday to Give Ireland Back To The Irish!

Released on this day in 1972.

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

Happy National Pistachio Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-pistachio-day-february-26/

Happy National Clam Chowder Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-clam-chowder-day-february-25/

Happy Birthday Your Show Of Shows!

Premiered on this date in 1950.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042173/

Happy Birthday Yes, Minister!

Premiered onn this date in 1980.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/yesminister/

Happy Birthday Alexis Denisof!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219206/

Happy Birthday Zeppo!

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

Happy Birthday Carroll Borland!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0096968/

Happy Birthday Jim Backus!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000822/

Happy Birthday George Harrison!

http://www.georgeharrison.com/

Happy Bannock Night!

https://www.scottishcountrydanceoftheday.com/febmar-pancake

Happy Birthday Mitch Hedberg!

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

Happy Birthday Nicky Hopkins!

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

Happy Birthday Chester Nimitz!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_W._Nimitz

Happy Birthday Barry Bostwick!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000960/

Happy Birthday Franz von Stuck!

http://www.artnet.com/artists/franz-von-stuck/

Happy Birthday George Thorogood!

https://www.georgethorogood.com/

Happy National Tortilla Chip Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-tortilla-chip-day-february-24/

Happy Nickanan Night!

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

Happy National Banana Bread Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-banana-bread-day-february-23/

Happy Printed Book Day!

https://www.al.com/opinion/2015/02/celebrating_printed_book_day_t.html

Happy Birthday Majel Barrett!

https://www.startrek.com/database_article/barrett

Happy National Chili Day!

http://www.hardtimes.com/

Today is Iwo Jima Day!

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

A nice article about the film Manos - The Hands of Fate

https://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2150-5-things-i-learned-as-child-star-worst-movie-ever.html?fbclid=IwAR01n-YKITGdhAteE17vqc3dxOC4zFpksc_nCxAMGC8VXuSZ8KxLhMYB3Uc

Only 250 days Until Halloween!

Happy Birthday to Kick Out The Jams!

Released on this date in 1969.

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

Happy Birthday Jeri Ryan!

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

Happy Birthday Sheldon Leonard!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502766/

Happy Birthday Edward Gorey!

http://www.edwardgoreyhouse.org/

Happy Birthday Dwight Frye!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0296859/

Happy Birthday George Washington!

https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/

Happy Birthday James Hong!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393222/

Happy Birthday Nina Simone!

http://www.ninasimone.com/

Anniversary of the first steam locomtive

https://museum.wales/articles/2008-12-15/Richard-Trevithicks-steam-locomotive/

Happy Birthday Erma Bombeck!

https://ermabombeckcollection.com/

Happy Birthday Mary Chapin Carpenter!

https://www.marychapincarpenter.com/

Happy Birthday "Instant Karma"!

Released in the U.S. on this datte in 1970.

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

Anniversary of John Glenn's first space mission

John Glenn made space history when he orbited the world three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes. He was the first American to orbit the Earth. He was aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule. Glenn witnessed the Devil's Cigarette Lighter while in flight

https://www.airspacemag.com/space/11_fm2017_orbits-of-john-glenn-180961676/

Happy National Cherry Pie Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-cherry-pie-day-february-20/

Happy Birthday Anthony Stewart Head!

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

Happy Birthday William Prescott!

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

Happy Birthday Sydney Poitier!

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

Happy Hoodie Hoo Day!

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

Happy Birthday Richard Matheson!

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

Happy Birthday Joel Hodgson!

https://mst3k.fandom.com/wiki/Joel_Hodgson

Happy Birthday Sis Cunningham!

https://folkways.si.edu/sis-cunningham-activist-broadside-editor/struggle-protest-american-folk/music/article/smithsonian

Happy Birthday Tommy Iommi!

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

Happy Birthday Lee Marvin!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001511/

Happy Birthday to The Sounds of Silence!

The original acoustic version was completed by Simon & Garfunkel on this date in 1964.

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

Anniversary of the tintype camera in 1854

By Hamilton L. Smith..

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

Anniversary of the patent on the phonograph (by Edison)

On this date in 1878.

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

Happy Birthday to the Bowman Body TV show!

Premiered on this date in 1971.

https://www.thebowmanbody.com/

Happy Birthday Copernicus!

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

Happy Birthday Smokey Robinson!

http://www.smokeyrobinson.com/

The latest on the whole brouhaha surrounding DoD and UFO's

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a30916275/government-secret-ufo-program-investigation/

A very interesting company

https://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com/2020/02/hathaway-research-international.html

Exploring the cutting edge of a lot of different fields.

Happy Birthday Gahan Wilson!

https://gahanwilson.net/

Happy Birthday to the album, Hello, My Name Is Blotto, What's Yours? !

Released on this date in 1980.

https://www.blotto.net/

Happy Birthday Gahan Wilson!

https://gahanwilson.net/

Happy Birthday Bobby Hart!

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bobby-hart-mn0000076168/biography

Happy Birthday Sonia Rutstein!

https://www.soniadisappearfear.com/

Happy Birthday Jack Palance!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001588/

Happy Drink Wine Day!

http://nationaldrinkwineday.org/

Happy Birthday Kathleen Freeman!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0293466/

The latest on the Voynich Manuscript

https://undark.org/2020/02/12/decoding-bizarre-voynich-manuscript/

Creating a new element

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200204-the-modern-alchemists-racing-to-create-a-new-element

Happy Presidents Day!

https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/washington-birthday

Happy Random Acts of Kindness Day!

Random Acts of Kindness Day

Happy Birthday John Sullivan!

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

Anniversary of U.S. troops landing on Corregidor in 1945

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Corregidor

Happy Birthday Lisa Loring!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0521006/

Happy Birthday LeVar Burton!

http://www.levarburton.com/

Happy National Almond Day!

https://www.nationalalmondday.com/

Happy Birthday Sonny Bono!

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

Happy Birthday Christopher Gadsden!

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

Happy Birthday Abraham Clark!

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/clark.html

Happy Birthday Shake Rattle & Roll!

Recorded on this date in 1954 by Big Joe Turner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9wTQsAgktg

Happy Birthday Harvey Korman!

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

Happy Birthday Matt Groening!

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

Happy Burger Lovers Day!

http://www.fiveguys.com/

Happy Birthday ENIAC!

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

Anniversary of the American Flag's second naval salute by a foreign ship

On this date in 1778 - The Stars and Stripes was carried to a foreign port, in France, for the first time. It was aboard the American ship Ranger.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ranger_(1777)

Happy Birthday Edward Platt!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686857/

Happy Birthday Andrew Robinson!

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

Happy Birthday Ray Teller!

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

Happy Birthday Robert Shea!

http://bobshea.net/

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

Happy Birthday Jack Benny!

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

Happy Birthday Emperor Norton!

http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/norton.html

Happy Valentine's Day!

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

Haunted Computers

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/02/strange-tales-of-haunted-and-possessed-computers/

Happy Birthday to Frampton Comes Alive! (the LP)

Released on this date in 1976

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

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Happy Birthday , Stockard Channing!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000330/

Happy World Radio Day!

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

Happy Birthday Chuck Yeager!

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

Happy Birthday Susan Oliver!

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

Happy Birthday Peter Gabriel!

https://petergabriel.com/

Happy Birthday to Black Sabbath (the LP)

Released on this date in 1970.

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

Happy Lupercalia!

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

Happy Birthday Peter Tork!

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

Happy National Cheddar Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-cheddar-day-february-13/

Anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone for the Lincoln Memorial in 1915

https://www.nps.gov/linc/index.htm

Happy Birthday Christina Ricci!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000207/

Happy Darwin Day!

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

Happy Birthday Dracula (the film)!

Premiered on this date in 1931.

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

Happy Birthday Ray Manzarek!

http://raymanzarek.com/

Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln!

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

An evening with Proctor and Ossman of Firesign Theater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEtRWSEgkPM&fbclid=IwAR0Ieg7dQa9xs9qNc_Y31B12hbBlORyt4wZpC3r5JmevaLM5cq_nFHBGook&app=desktop

Fun stuff!

Happy Birthday Gerry Goffin!

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

Happy Birthday Thomas Edison!

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

Happy Birthday Tina Louise!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001481/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Happy Birthday Leslie Nielsen!

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

Happy Birthday Cheryl Crow!

https://sherylcrow.com/

Happy Birthday Gene Vincent!

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

Happy Birthday Bobby "Boris" Pickett!

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

Anniversary of the Beatles playing at the DC Coliseum

https://www.beatlesbible.com/1964/02/11/live-washington-coliseum/

Happy Inventors Day!

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

Happy Birthday Alan Hale, Sr.!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002118/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Happy Birthday Jimmy Durante!

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

Happy Birthday Bertolt Brecht!

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

Happy Birthday Lon Chaney, Jr.!

http://lonchaney.com/lon-chaney-jr/

Happy Birthday Tapestry!

Released on this date in 1971

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

A nice reappraisal of the Moody Blues

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/17/the-moody-blues-psychedelias-forgotten-heroes?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR2IQVXjZXH0m1I933Wm_9VhtgkW-R-ZGCyT5vScwDYn5oxqwBbeR_ngJ-I

Happy Birthday Frank Frazetta!

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

Happy National Pizza Day!

https://www.crozetpizza.com/

Happy Birthday Ronald Colman!

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

Anniversary of the Beatles appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show

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

Happy Birthday Barbara Lewis!

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

Happy Birthday Carole King!

http://www.caroleking.com/

Happy National Bagels & Lox Day!

https://www.bagelsforever.com/

Happy Birthday Brendan Behan!

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

Happy Snow Moon!

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/snow.html

Happy Birthday Burt Mustin!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0615993/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Happy Birthday Ethan Phillips!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0680392/

Happy Birthday Seth Green!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001293/

Happy Birthday England Dan Seals!

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

Happy Birthday William Tecumseh Sherman!

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

Happy Birthday Jules Verne!

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jules-Verne

An occult map of London

http://www.unofficialbritain.com/a-walk-into-the-dark-side-a-new-map-of-occult-london/?fbclid=IwAR3Kjt3XqEmQWHdOOH87JRJ653wkbXfpOA1qFFz1zia--zjPZaDOHeI61MU

Happy Birthday Gloria Talbott!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0847993/

New RPG based on the King In Yellow

https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/news/the-yellow-king-rpg-release?fbclid=IwAR1KK-f52kL9Eb_7iCAPuhz1JL2DBG6QP5sNrHQeKImYIbID-mAlmK_RNTg

Happy Birthday Greta Valenti!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Valenti
http://www.wellhungheart.com/

https://beauxgrisgris.bandcamp.com/

Happy Birthday to the Lost Skeleton of Cadavra!

Premiered on this date in 2001.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0307109/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Happy Birthday Patrick MacNee!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001495/

Happy Birthday Bob Marley!

http://www.bobmarley.com/

Happy Birthday to The Urban Verbs!

Their first album was released on this date in 1980.


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

Happy Birthday to The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour!

Premiered on this date in 1967.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061296/

Happy Birthday John Carradine!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001017/

Happy Birthday H.R. Giger!

https://hrgiger.com/

Happy Birthday James Otis, Jr.!

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

Fungi that love radiation

https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2020/02/04/fungi_that_eats_radiation_is_growing_on_the_walls_of_chernobyls_ruined_nuclear_reactor.html?fbclid=IwAR2B-hKrmKhQhd3q-nn-Pv2EEn2XI_o43maTj2hWujGEMHs81hQoRwmDOOE

I believe we've found a plot for the next horror movie.

RIP Ivan Kral

https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/entertainment/858444-obituary-ivan-kral-author-of-dancing-barefoot-song-dies-aged-71?fbclid=IwAR2D2U4VkjyTzc6kxEnUQJA0QR6g6WygmSoirkeE1oaMzI9T0Exbq1a2zcs

Happy Birthday Tadeusz Kosciuszko!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko

Happy National Homemade Soup Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-homemade-soup-day-february-4th/

Happy National Stuffed Mushroom Day!

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/stuffed-mushroom-day/

Happy Birthday Alice Cooper!

https://alicecooper.com/

Anniversary of Washington's first inauguration in 1789.

https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-first-president/inauguration/timeline/

Bye bye Miss American Pie...

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

Happy Birthday to Creature Feature!

Debuted on this date in 1973.  A DC fave.

http://www.countgore.com/

Happy Birthday Melanie Safka!

http://www.melaniesafka.com/bio

Happy National Carrot Cake Day!

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-carrot-cake-day-february-3/

Happy Birthday Charles Roberts!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_S._Roberts

Happy Birthday Norman Rockwell!

https://www.nrm.org/

Happy Birthday John Fiedler!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0275835/

More Lovecraftian films on the way!

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2020/01/richard-stanley-is-working-on-an-entire-lovecraft.html?fbclid=IwAR0Zvl-HLXHF6LRuGlIaG71t4rdRUUGa9nE4hMd4JcewB8L_MfCuV-bQZCk

Dedicating the Poe House as a literary landmark

https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/news/cc-poe-house-20200201-irtzxym3f5fvreicbhzegs7f3u-story.html?fbclid=IwAR2bPzkjM-SulykXiKw2u-2fFIw6kn2hNBzskHJGgQqSZCZH0xSHibwNSSM

Happy Birthday Wilbur Whately!

According to H.P. Lovecraft, he was born on this date in 1913.

http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dh.aspx

Happy Birthday S.Z. Sakall!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757064/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1

Happy Birthday Brent Spiner!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000653/

Happy Birthday Charles de Talleyrand!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Maurice_de_Talleyrand-P%C3%A9rigord

Happy Birthday Tom Smothers!

https://www.smothersbrothers.com/

Happy Birthday Graham Nash!

https://www.grahamnash.com/

Happy Groundhog Day!

http://www.groundhog.org/

Happy World Wetlands Day!

https://www.worldwetlandsday.org/

Happy Birthday to the OED!

The first portion was published on this date in 1884.


https://www.oed.com/

Happy Birthday Surrealistic Pillow!

Released on this date in 1967.

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

Homebrewing legalized on this date in 1979!

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

Happy Birthday Helen Chandler!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151377/

Happy Birthday Don Everly!

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

Happy Birthday Terry Jones!

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

Happy Birthday Clark Gable!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000022/

Happy Birthday Bill Mumy!

http://www.billmumy.com/

Happy Imbolc!

https://wicca.com/celtic/akasha/imbolc.htm

Happy Imbolc!

https://wicca.com/celtic/akasha/imbolc.htm