Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s response to rapper B.o.B’s rant insisting that the Earth is flat and we’ve all been lied to.
How 37 Banks Became 4 In Just 2 Decades.
Rebecca Solnit: Men Explain LOLITA To Me. And Amy Biancolli on what women want.
White America’s ‘Broken Heart’.
Weekly Sift: Back to Ferguson.
Say — you want a revolution?“Changing presidents or even changing minds isn’t enough. A real revolution has to change a lot of people’s political identities.”
On Antonin Scalia: On The Death Of A Brilliant Public Servant and Don’t tell me not to be glad.
The Daily Show’s Jessica Williams Shuts Down Beyoncé’s Super Bowl Haters.
Voting in the USA, from overseas.
The Great Dictator Speech – Charlie Chaplin + Time – Hans Zimmer (INCEPTION Theme).
Why People Who Are Scatterbrained Are Actually More Intelligent. Well, duh.
The 100 Jokes That Shaped Modern Comedy. Missing, though, is Bob and Ray’s Slow Talkers. Mr. Bob Elliott died at the age of 92; an appreciation of the duo.
Joe Alaskey, R.I.P. at age of only 63. Boy from Troy, NY made good.
Stupid Phrases for People in Crisis. Or, more politely, the unhelpful things one ought NOT to say.
In Defense of Artist Glenn Brown.
Now I Know: The Crack Tax and Unchecked Baggage and D-N-Nay.
An unfortunate incident on a Friday in the dead of winter.
Why Do Some People Say “Yuge” Instead of “Huge”?
The explanation of the chart below:
Music
Coverville 1111: Dolly Parton and Neil Diamond Cover Stories.
Jaquandor: songs from the movie High Society.
Muppets: Does Dave Grohl Drum Battle Trump Animal vs. Buddy Rich? No, it does not.
Jed Clampett Rocks Out (Beverly Hillbillies Clip).
What’s the point of music? Ask Peter Gabriel.
New Ways Into the Brain’s ‘Music Room’.
NY State Senate’s Bowie resolution.
Google alerts (me)
That’s the Way of the World – Earth, Wind and Fire.
[Top image per IISC.]
Hee hee. Remember that calculus and non-Euclidean geometry is a ‘yuge’ Greek conspiracy.
Thanks for the Clampetts clip btw. A favourite show of mine way back when.