I received one of those recorded scam IRS phone calls this month, threatening to put me in jail. Mine came from the Syracuse, NY area from a known scam phone number.
2015 Was Hottest Year in Recorded History.
No boots on the ground… What does it mean?
Abortion Is as Old as Pregnancy: 4,000 Years of Reproductive Rights History.
No relation: The Green brothers explain January 1 and Oregon “militia”, the latter before the recent arrests.
Fiscal Woes Drowning Clearwater: Iconic Festival May be Scrapped.
I saw this moving piece (90 seconds) on CBS Sunday Morning: The Man and the Dog.
The decline of play in preschoolers — and the rise in sensory issues. Conversely, Recess four times a day is good for learning.
Now I Know: Behold the Power of Cheese and One of These Things Just Isn’t the Same (about twins).
WHATEVER happened to the laptop computer? (1985).
Rejection: A Wilderness Guide for Writers (Evanier) and Jaquandor.
Sharp Little Pencil: Bright Brit (For Alan Rickman).
Frank S. Robinson: Joe Krausman, Monkeyshines, and heightism. Joe writes on Facebook: “Carlos Rommulo, once president of the General Assembly of the UN, was very short. He went to Texas, and when asked how do you feel being short among so many tall men, he said, ‘I feel like a dime among nickels.'”
Watch Bill Nye Weigh In on ‘Star Wars’ vs. ‘Star Trek’ Debate.
Yankees without number (1.9999…).
Dustbury’s Six Degrees of Separation.
The strange life of Q-tips, the most bizarre thing people buy.
A Venezuelan beetle named for SUNY chancellor.
Celebrity anagram illustrations from illustrator Steve Rampton and Decluttr.com.
RIP, Abe Vigoda
Mark Evanier, and Abe Vigoda’s Dead (Premortem Mix).
The Godfather – Tessio is taken away to be killed.
The graphic above is from here.
JEOPARDY!
3-day winning streak on ‘Jeopardy’. Not only is Amelia Hershberger from Albany, NY, reason enough to root for her, she attended Greenville Central School (as did my wife), she graduated from SUNY Albany (as did both my wife and I, albeit us in grad school), and she was a political science major (as was I).
Final ‘Jeopardy!’ clue stumps all 3 contestants, who all bet everything. The two people tied for first bet rationally; the woman in a distant 3rd could have bet nothing, or $5,999, or anything in between, and won. (Some really uninformed comments here.) BTW, would you have gotten the Final? I did, but I am of a certain age.
This has passed, but ‘Jeopardy!’ hopefuls can try out online features quotes yours truly.
Loo
I was looking through my draft posts. From 2008, and the original source is lost to me:
And to that end: IllumiBowl is a night light for your toilet.
Music
Coverville 1109: A Tribute to David Bowie. Plus David Bowie on Extras, and SamuraiFrog has some Bowie links; he’s right re: Kayne.
Renaissance Geek: Music for MLK Day.
Chuck Miller: Shane Howard and Lawrence Welk.
Of course, you can do mashups of classical music.
Muppets: She Loves You.
I linked to this before, as part of the Kennedy Center Honors, but it’s Aretha, FCOL.
HuffPo: A Shade of Jade: Interview With Rebecca Jade. That would be niece #1.
In Defense of the Eagles, and Not Being a Jerk About Recently Deceased Musicians.
Old music is outselling new music for the first time in history.
Google alerts (me)
Shooting Parrots: Sunday round-up and The Art of a Scammer.
Chuck Miller: Where rejection is growth.
Google alerts (not me)
Top teams win as Hucknall Wednesday Pool League heads for a tight finish. “Station B’s winners in their 8-0 romp at home to Chequers were George Roy, David Butler, Jason Smith, Danny Butler, Roger Green and PJ Singh on singles and the pairings of Andrea and Roger Green and Danny Butler and Jason Smith.”
Regional journalist turned TV wrestler dies aged 76. “Tributes have been paid to Roger Green…, who started out at the Portsmouth Evening News before working simultaneously Fleet Street and as a grappler in the ring.”