A sure sign of madness: I’m now participating on the Times Union Getting There blog. Here’s my introductory piece, and you’ll find more along the way.
A Graveyard Of Commerce: Albany’s walled-off waterfront offers a boat launch, some casual tourism, and raw sewage
W. enters a local school board race – in Colorado
For mixed family, old racial tensions remain a part of life
The REAL Way to Get Wall Street’s Attention:
GO to OccupyWishList.org to provide some necessary supplies to various Occupy groups.
Bad Lip Reading – I enjoy this more in concept than in actuality
U.S. Skater Nailed First ‘Quadruple Lutz’. No, I don’t know what it is either, but my wife does.
25 Words You Might Not Know Are Trademarked -actually most of them I knew. But there were a few in comments that I did not.
A segment from Family Feud that came out eight months ago; never said I was ahead of the curve.
Ken Levine answers my question. He’s a TV writer of some note (Frasier, MASH).
The Dick Van Dyke Show Blogathon: In Praise Of Laura Petrie’s Capri Pants (or something like that); the article’s better than the title. And related to D.V.D., the Carl Reiner Tribute at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Obscure 1987 Sitcom Predicted Muammar Gaddafi’s Death Year.
A spider in the lampshade! And speaking of spiders, Spider-Man Swing dances, and Stan Lee becomes a Jeopardy! category.
From Jim Shooter, former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics: old Superman Syndicated Strips. Plus Spooky or Inexplicable Events – Directory Assistance. Quite moving.
Nursery Rhyme Comics: Great comic illustrators do Mother Goose
MAD guy Al Jaffee’s greatest fear
Paul McCartney Toasted John Lennon At His Wedding Reception
The Porkka Boys cover of “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Folks from Finland are particularly fascinating to me. In any case, not a wretched excess version, such as William Shatner’s jaw-dropper.
An interview with singer, songwriter, poet and my e-friend, Amy Barlow Liberatore
Did you know of Frank Kameny, who died this month? You will after you read these pieces by Arthur at AmeriNZ and, and watching this piece from CBS News.
Patti Page recently rerecorded “Doggie in the Window” as “Doggie in the Shelter.”
Science fiction writer David Brin shared this fascinating blog post about the social and cultural meaning of Star Trek
Never say science fiction is just make-believe. We live it every day
(Thanks to JA Fludd for some of these)
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