'Random Stuff' Category
The Super Bowl!
The coach had put together the perfect team for the Philadelphia Eagles. The only thing that was missing was a good quarterback. He had scouted all the colleges and even the Canadian and European Leagues, but he couldn’t find a quarterback who could ensure a Super Bowl win. Then one night while watching CNN he [...]
Angry Birds
I was trying to remember the name of this game so I went to Google and typed in “birds”. The first thing that came up on the list was “angry birds”. Apparently the angry type are more popular than just boring old birds that fly around the sky. Maybe I need to get an iPhone.
Twitter Predictions
The Bloggess posted about a site that will predict what you will say next on Twitter based on your past tweets. So here is what they think I will post next. Fairly accurate I think. 375AD. Julian last ruler of signing paperwork. Steroids don’t make lousy emperors. So I’m in heaven. Happy Bastille Day! CNN [...]
Happy Civil War Day?
Today is the 150th anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter that started the Civil War. Shouldn’t there be some kind of… well, not celebration, but some kind of acknowledgment of the day?
Bambi Meets Godzilla
This is the greatest movie ever made. Even my daughter agrees. I first saw this in a theater that showed old SF movies on Saturday nights at midnight back in the 70′s. The creator of this brilliant film was Marv Newland who now runs an animation company in Canada. His latest cool idea was to [...]
Reason Number 37
Reason number 37 why I will never visit the Brazilian rain forest… fungus that turns you into a zombie. OK, it only works on ants but I bet they are working on humans. Zombie ants Credit: David P Hughes In two sites in the Brazilian rain forest, researchers identified four new species of brain-controlling fungal [...]
Rough Day for the Dutch
Spotted this on This Day in History… 1568: Roman Catholic Church sentences entire population of Netherlands to death for heresy. I wonder if they ever called it off.
Civil War
Today is the 150th Anniversary of the start of the Civil War. It was 150 years ago today that South Carolina left the United States in order to preserve slavery. This treasonous act cost the lives of more than 620,000 soldiers and uncounted civilians. How anyone can fly a Confederate flag and still call themselves [...]
Judge Crater, Call Your Office
It was exactly 80 years ago today that Judge Joseph Crater was last seen walking down W. 45th Street in NYC at around 9 PM and was never seen again. His disappearance earned him the title of “The Missingest Man in New York”. Judge Crater had been away in Maine with his wife when he [...]
Johnny Appleseed
Beth is a student in the Baccalaureate Honors Program at her university. Students in the program get the opportunity to meet an author at an informal dinner and discuss their book with them. She was recently sent the book The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan. Beth is reading another book at the moment so [...]
