Saturday, August 11, 2012

The Ten Most Surprising Vice Presidential Nominations From The Last 52 Years

The Ten Most Surprising Vice Presidential Nominations From The Last 52 Years

The 5 Highest-Paid Celebrity Couples In 2012

The 5 Highest-Paid Celebrity Couples In 2012

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Carlo Rambaldi, R. I. P.

NYTimes.com: Carlo Rambaldi, a special-effects virtuoso who won two Academy Awards for his work on Steven Spielberg’s “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” and Ridley Scott’s “Alien” and a special achievement award from the Motion Picture Academy for John Guillermin’s 1976 remake of “King Kong,” died Friday in southern Italy. He was 86.

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Illustrations by Edd Cartier

Travelers of Space by Edd Cartier, 1951

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literary jukebox: Daily quote from a favorite book, thematically matched with a song.

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Shelby Steger, Desire in the Ozarks, Ace, 1957

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Arrow Collar Man, 1920s

Yet Another List I'm Not On

The 10 Most Impressive Mental Athletes Alive Today 

Literature’s Greatest Author and Illustrator Duos

Literature’s Greatest Author and Illustrator Duos

Peru Update

FRANCE 24: Archeologists in Peru plan to use a US-made drone to survey ancient Andean ruins, in the latest civilian application of the unmanned aerial vehicles used to hunt militants in the world's war zones. 

The device, which can fit in a backpack, is due to be tested later this month at the ruins of the 16th-century Spanish colonial town Mawchu Llacta, some 13,450 feet (4,100 meters) above sea level.

So John Banville's Not the Only One Doing Chandler

Raymond Chandler’s The Man Who Repaired Laptops.

The Amazing Captain Nemo

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Friday, August 10, 2012

As If the Lego in the Kid's Nose Wasn't Bad Enough . . . .

Spider Found Living In Woman's Ear Canal (PHOTO)

So That's Where It Was

LEGO piece found in boy's nose after three years 

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Buck Fever (Blanco County Mysteries)Buck Fever (Blanco County Mysteries): Ben Rehder: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Blanco County, Texas: It's the week before deer hunting season, as close to a statewide holiday as you get in Texas, and the locals are getting restless. Game Warden John Marlin has his hands full with poaching complaints coming in faster than he can write out-of-season tickets. Then a call of a different sort comes in. A man dressed up in some sort of deer costume has been shot at the Circle S ranch, and witnesses are reporting a massive wild-eyed buck prancing about the pasture in a lovesick frenzy. Marlin's seen a lot in his years, but this is wilder than he could have imagined: the man in the deer suit is a good friend, and the whacked-out whitetail isn't exactly a stranger either. It's the beginning of a mad, frantic weekend in Blanco County, one that will see a few more men shot, an invasion by Colombians with more than hunting on their minds, and damn near the end of Marlin's life. Ben Rehder serves it all up with a huge helping of humor in this debut comic mystery that will firmly establish him as the funniest crime writer in Texas.

Song of the Day

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Second Hand Goods (Nick Kepler)Second Hand Goods (Nick Kepler): Jim Winter: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Cleveland PI Nick Kepler returns, but he's trying to leave. A routine skip trace entangles Kepler in a stolen car ring and attracts the attention of a beautiful Russian woman, who may or may not be the mistress of one or more Russian crime lords. And all Nick wants to do is go on vacation.

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Hot WireHot Wire: Gary Carson: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Emma Martin jacks cars for an uneasy alliance of California rednecks and Mexican drug dealers who ship hot cars to South America, smuggling heroin and cocaine back into the country with the profits. Night after night, Emma cruises the Bay Area looking for cars on their target list. Until one night, she steals the wrong car and plunges into the heart of an international conspiracy. Emma's just a kid in over her head, but try telling that to the police, the feds, and the gang of vicious narco-traffickers who are all after a piece of her.

You Know You Want It!

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Are these America's ugliest buildings?

Are these America's ugliest buildings?

Don't We All Occasionally Make Mistakes Like This?

Naked man thought school board building was his hotel, cops say

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

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Willene Shaw, See How They Run, Ace, 1957

Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

Sideshow banner art show in Texas - Boing Boing: Waxahachie, Texas's excellent Webb Gallery is hosting an exhibition of more than a dozen vintage sideshow banners! Titled "The Greatest Show On Earth," it runs until September 9 and can be browsed online too.

Duck and Cover

Bomb Test, Nevada, 1955 

The 30 Most Stylish Film Characters

The 30 Most Stylish Film Characters

Here's the Plot for Your Next Recycling Thriller

Now I Know Archives: One notable such crime spree involved three New Jersey men who, over the course of about four months, made off with over 900 tons of cardboard, as reported by Metro Philadephia.

But How Do I Keep the Damn Kids Off It?

10 Great Excuses Not to Mow Your Lawn

Naturally Beautiful - The New Naturalist Series

Bumblebees by John B. FreeAbeBooks: The New Naturalist Series is a collection of books published by Collins in the UK that focuses on natural history topics. Sure, there are plenty of books about nature, but what makes these books stand out from the pack is the gorgeous design of the covers. According to the New Naturalist website, the aim of the series at the start was, "to interest the general reader in the wild life of Britain by recapturing the inquiring spirit of the old naturalists."

Speaking of Forgotten Books . . .

Book World: Lupine savagery in ‘The Werewolf of Paris,’ by Guy Endore - The Washington Post

Hat tip to Fred Blosser.

Forgotten Books: Citizen in Space -- Robert Sheckley

  • "The Mountain Without a Name"
  • "The Accountant"
  • "Hunting Problem"
  • "A Thief in Time"
  • "The Luckiest Man in the World"
  • "Hands Off"
  • "Something for Nothing"
  • "A Ticket to Tranai"
  • "The Battle"
  • "Skulking Permit"
  • "Citizen in Space"
  • "Ask a Foolish Question"

  • When Robert Sheckley came on the scene, he produced a lot of amazing stories in a short period of time. This collection contains some of those he wrote from 1953-1955, and they're still just as clever and amusing now (to me, anyway) as they were long ago. A couple of these are favorites of mine. "Skulking Permit" is about a planet with no crime, where the citizens try to create some because they wouldn't want their earthly visitors to be disappointed in them. "Ask a Foolish Question" is supposed to have had a small influence on Douglas Adams. "The Accountant" is about the perennial problem of a father disappointed by his son's choice of profession.

    If you haven't read Sheckley, you've missed out on some of the most entertaining short stories of the great era of the SF digests. Check him out.

    What Price Vengeance

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    Thursday, August 09, 2012

    PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Interesting Books to Your Attention

    Nirvana Gates (The Fathomless Abyss)Nirvana Gates (The Fathomless Abyss): J.M. McDermott, Mats Minnhagen: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: She was born there, in the Smog, every day breathing more smoke than air. She was strange, even in a bottomless hell full of creatures from a million worlds. She was doomed to a life of servitude. She was lonely. She was worried about her dying father. She was suspicious of her lying mother. She was scared. She was getting angry. 

     And she wanted answers. 

     The Fathomless Abyss can open any time and anywhere, and things fall in, or crawl in, from a million worlds across a million years. Deep in the bottomless expanse of this impossible world lies a doorway to truth, or an entrance to an even worse hell.

    A Review of Interest (to Me, Anyway)

    Forgotten Book: Mike Gonzo and the Sewer Monster by Bill Crider, 1996 

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    The Castro DirectiveThe Castro Directive: Stephen Mertz: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: The Castro Directive is an energetic thriller that will appeal to readers of Ken Follett and Jack Higgins. Cuba. 1961. An armed force of 1500 Cubans—trained, equipped and supported covertly by the CIA under direct White House sanction—is about to launch a massive military strike with the objective of overthrowing Fidel Castro. In Vietnam, Sergeant Graveyard Morgan is yanked from a Special Forces firebase and sent straight into the Cuban action to identify and eliminate a Castro spy. It’s a race against time that stretches from the Oval Office of President John F. Kennedy to the bloody hell battlefield that was The Bay of Pigs.

    Song of the Day

    The Night Chicago Died - YouTube:

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    On Editing | SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN

    On Editing | SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN

    Not That Alvin Is Such a Great One

    Toad Suck, Arkansas, voted ‘most unfortunate’ town name

    Hat tip to Doc Quatermass.

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    P. A. Hoover, Backwater Woman, Ace, 1957

    First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

    Florida Police Arrest Worst Son In The World | The Smoking Gun: A Florida man yesterday rubbed dog feces in his mother’s face during an argument in the home they share, police report.

    10 Great Heroes in the History of Communication

    7 Dinosaurs Discovered Since The Last Jurassic Park Movie That Need To Be In Jurassic Park 4

    10 Real Sea Creatures Lifted Directly from Your Nightmares

    10 Real Sea Creatures Lifted Directly from Your Nightmares

    I Miss the Old Days

    Viva VHS #8: Hick Flicks

    Here's Some Good News

    Lifehacker: The Holy Trinity of Inactivity: How Boredom, Distraction, and Procrastination Are Vital to Healthy Living

    First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

    Online Athens: A 49-year-old Athens man said Tuesday that dogs may have eaten his false teeth after his roommate threw them out the door in a fit of anger, according to an Athens-Clarke police report.

    Alice Adams

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    Wednesday, August 08, 2012

    7 questions with . . . Timothy Hallinan

    7 questions with . . . Timothy Hallinan | The Book Case

    Nominees for the World Fantasy Awards

    Nominees for the World Fantasy Awards

    Uh-Oh

    'ALF' Movie Lands at Sony Animation: Jordan Kerner, who produced last year's Smurfs movie, has boarded the hybrid live-action/CGI feature, which is planning to retain actor Paul Fusco as the voice of the furry extraterrestrial.

    First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

    Sunburned Butt Slap Leads To Beau's Stabbing

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    Different Strokes: How I (Gulp!) Wrote, Directed, and Starred in an X-rated Movie (John Warren Wells on Sexual Behavior)Different Strokes: How I (Gulp!) Wrote, Directed, and Starred in an X-rated Movie (John Warren Wells on Sexual Behavior): Lawrence Block, as John Warren Wells: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: In the early 1970s, with Deep Throat and The Devil in Miss Jones rewriting film history, John Warren Wells hired on to write the script for a high-quality pornographic movie. Originally published by Dell, Different Strokes includes the remarkable script he delivered, the production diary he kept, an interview with the film's leading lady—and a 2012 afterword that puts it all into uncanny perspective. You'd better read the book; you'll probably never get to see the movie!

    First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

    Naked Randy Travis Threatened Trooper During DWI Arrest

    Once Again Texas Leads the Way

    Everything’s Bigger In Texas, Especially This $60 Million High School Football Stadium 

    Hat tip to Deb Nance.

    Song of the Day

    Dion - Little Diane - MONO.wmv - YouTube:

    A Mysterious Something in the Light: Raymond Chandler, A Life -- Tom Williams

    Did we really need another biography of Raymond Chander?  Maybe not, but as a fan of his work, I'm always glad to see it being celebrated, and a new biography is as good a way as any to do it.  And there is some new information included in this one.  Not a lot, but enough to shed a little more light on Chandler as a person, and it's always fun to read someone's analysis of the fiction. 

    Williams doesn't shy away from the unpleasant aspects of Chandler's personality and the more squalid parts of his life.  The latter part of the book is pretty hard to take, as Chandler becomes a pathetic figure.  His alcoholism takes over in a sense, though Williams makes it clear that Chandler had the drinking under at least some control for the best years of his career. 

    There's no question that Williams is a fan of Chandler's work.  He says at one point, "Along with The Maltese Falcon and Double Indemnity, it [The Big Sleep] has come to represent the high peak of the hardboiled genre.  And of these three novels, it is by far the best."  That's a comment that might draw some argument, but it tells you where Williams stands.  I enjoyed his comments on the work, including the rather brief ones on Chandler's early poetry (which was pretty awful).  

    Williams quotes generously from Chandler's work and letters, and if people who read the book aren't already fans, they might find themselves converted.  Check it out.


    Brooklyn Leads the Way

    Boing Boing: Singularity & Co is a new Brooklyn based science fiction bookstore with a mission: based on the Kickstarter project that provided its seed funding, the store is devoted to rescuing one customer-chosen, out-of-print sf book from obscurity by buying the rights to publish it online as a free ebook.

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    Before They Were Famous: Best Science Fiction Cameos by Today's Stars

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    Top 100 Teen Novels

    John Green is very, very popular.

    Best Young Adult Novels, Best Teen Fiction, Top 100 Teen Novels : NPR

    Or Maybe Not

    The 10 Best End of the World Novels

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    Carl Offord, The Naked Fear, Ace, 1955

    Far Out, Man!

    Psychedelic Postcards, Grande Ballroom, Detroit 1967/68

    Women and Children First? LOL!

    In shipwrecks, it’s every man for himself 

    10 Lost Treasures That Could Make You Very Rich

    10 Lost Treasures That Could Make You Very Rich

    Bram Stoker's "Dracula" or Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"?

    Bram Stoker's "Dracula" or Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"? Online Quiz 

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    The Amazing Advertising Artwork of Dr. Seuss

    4 Types of Music That Are Bizarrely Popular Overseas

    4 Types of Music That Are Bizarrely Popular Overseas

    So This Is Illegal?

    RI police arrest man found naked and covered in Crisco

    Dan Roundfield, R. I. P.

    Sporting News: Dan Roundfield, an NBA veteran who had three consecutive All-Star seasons, has drowned off the Caribbean island of Aruba while helping his wife as she struggled in rough water. He was 59.

    Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

    The Awful Truth

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    Tuesday, August 07, 2012

    Seepy Benton's Ride?

    ilovebacon.com: Mazda Pi

    Hat tip to Art Scott.

    Judith Crist, R. I. P.

    NY Daily News: Judith Crist, a blunt and popular film critic for the “Today” show, TV Guide and the New York Herald Tribune whose reviews were at times so harsh that director Otto Preminger labeled her “Judas Crist,” has died. She was 90.

    Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson

    Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

    'Blessing from God': Texas man finds Jesus on breakfast tortilla

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    Behold the ChildBehold the Child: Harry Shannon: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: This short novel first appeared in the Cemetery Dance anthology "Brimstone Turnpike." Each character was to be given a brief encounter with a wise old man named Johnny Divine, and one object that would affect the outcome of the story. In award-winning author Harry Shannon's entry, Sam Kenzie is an LAPD cop who can't escape his obsession with a serial killer due to demons of his own.

    Mark O'Donnell, R. I. P.

    BBC News: Tony Award-winning writer Mark O'Donnell, who co-wrote the musicals Hairspray and Cry-Baby, has died at the age of 58.

    Gator Update

    Tampa Bay Times: Wildlife officials say a 6- to 8-foot alligator swam up and bit Suzanne Barnes on the head. An incident report says the bite "appears to be a case of mistaken identity" because the alligator immediately let go and swam away.

    Uh-Oh

    The Rap Sheet: Can Banville Really Bring Back Marlowe?: Now, though, comes Booker Prize-winning Irish writer John Banville, who--under the pseudonym Benjamin Black--has composed five novels (so far) starring a hard-drinking Dublin pathologist known only as Quirke. (The latest of those, Vengeance, is out this month.) As publisher Henry Holt announced today, Banville will write an as-yet-untitled new Marlowe novel, to be released in 2013.

    Song of the Day

    The Entertainer → Soundtrack from The Sting (Scott Joplin; arranged by Marvin Hamlisch) - YouTube:

    Sherlock Holmes: The Army of Dr. Moreau -- Guy Adams

    What if Dr. Moreau's experiments had been sponsored by the government (more specifically, Mycroft Holmes)?  And what if Moreau hadn't really died on that island and had returned to London with some of his terrible creatures? Those are a couple of questions that Guy Adams poses in this entertaining mashup of Doyle and Wells.  There's plenty of action and also a good bit of humor in the story, not to mention some interesting characters. And I'm not just talking about the dog-headed man.  There are lots of other famous figures who play a part here, including Professor Challenger, Professor Lindenbrook, and Abner Perry, among others.  My only complaint about the book is the POV switch in the concluding chapters, but that's minor.  It's a lot of fun and should entertain fans of both Doyle and Wells, including those who've only encountered them in the movies.  Check it out.

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    5 Things You Don't Know About Marilyn Monroe

    Jaden Terrell Interview

    Hardboiled Hero, Softboiled Heart ― Jaden Terrell’s Jared McKean

    Marvin Hamlisch, R. I. P.

    The Wrap Movies: Marvin Hamlisch, the composer and conductor best known for the torch song "The Way We Were," died in Los Angeles Monday. He was 68 years old.

    35 Modern Words Recently Added to the Dictionary

    35 Modern Words Recently Added to the Dictionary 

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    Joachim Joesten, Vice, Inc., Ace, 1954

    Shoey Nam’s Multi-Faceted Portraits of Famous Writers

    Shoey Nam’s Multi-Faceted Portraits of Famous Writers

    15 Libraries Taking Summer Reading to the Next Level

    Boared

    Now I Know Archives: There are four million of them roaming around the United States as we speak. Collectively, according to the New York Times, they cause roughly $800 million in property damage annually. But these animals are no ordinary pests — they’re not rats or termites or other such creatures which normally spring to mind as destructive nuisances. 

    They’re pigs — feral pigs. And they are, literally, out of control.

    The 20 Best Opening Scenes in Television

    The 20 Best Opening Scenes in Television

    It's Not Me, in Case You Were Wondering

    Paris Hilton cosies up to new man Frederick as she enjoys holiday romance in Corsica

    Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

    Skirting the Unknown

    Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier by Joanna L. StrattonThe Stories of Pioneer Women: Close your eyes for a minute and imagine being a women in the mid 1800s. Your family has decided to try their luck in the west, looking for free land. These journeys across the frontier were far from glamorous - it was a life of arduous toil. Women packed their lives into a wagon and traveled for hundreds of miles across the frontier in search of a better life.

    Robert Hughes, R. I. P.

    NYTimes.com: Robert Hughes, the eloquent, combative art critic and historian who lived with operatic flair and wrote with a sense of authority that owed more to Zola or Ruskin than to his own century, died on Monday at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx. He was 74 and had lived for many years in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y.

    Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

    Overlooked Movies: Capricorn One

    Here's a timely little conspiracy film. Well, sort of timely.  It was made in an era when we thought that a manned mission from Mars might very well happen during our lifetimes.  I doubt that many people think that now, but as I write this on Sunday evening, the rover Curiosity is headed for  Mars.  I hope it's more successful than the mission in this movie.  (Update: It was.)

    You see, the problem is that the Mars mission is going to fail, so the head of NASA sets up a fake landing that'll be filmed in the desert.  The astronauts don't want to go along, but finally they agree.  When the Mars rocket burns up on reentry, they realize they can't be allowed to live.  Their lives depend on Elliot Gould, an intrepid investigative reporter.  

    I enjoyed this movie quite a bit when I saw it in the theater years ago.  How long?  Well, O. J. Simpson plays one of the astronauts, which should give you a clue.  He's not bad in the part, either, though not up to Hal Holbrook, Gould, and Sam Waterston.  One of the other astronauts is James Brolin.  I don't know if Gould was still married to Barbra Streisand at the time this movie was made, but I do know that Brolin is married to her now.  Not that it has anything to do with this movie, which is worth your time if it shows up on your cable channel.

    Capricorn One

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    Monday, August 06, 2012

    First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

    Man viciously attacks own granny after he mistakenly hears her call him ‘chicken’

    Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

    The Decline of Western Civilization Continues Apace

    Terrifying Extended Trailer For The New Honey Boo Boo Show

    Ugly Behavior -- Steve Rasnic Tem

    This is a collection of "ugly stories," as Tem says in his introduction, "tales about the terrible things we do to ourselves and others."  The first story in the book, "2 P.M: The Real Estate Agent Arrives," is hardly longer than it's title, but it's a gut-punch.  The second story, "Saguaro Night," is considerably longer, and it's the only one in the book that hasn't been previously published.  In it, a woman explains how her artist father's most famous work came to be painted.  It's creepy and gripping, and, as in all the stories here, the writing is clear and straightforward.  Tem doesn't have to strain for effects.  Even a story like "The Child Killer" is almost restrained in the telling, though its violence is almost shocking.  The title story is the final one in the book, and it originally appeared in Out of the Gutter #7, which is where I first read it.  If you think the rock 'n' roll life is all glamour, this is the story to read.  It's the ugliest in the book and not restrained at all.  Well, maybe a little bit.  If you're in the mood for ugly, New Pulp Press has the best package around.  Check it out.

    Song of the Day

    Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters - YouTube:

    20 weird things you can buy on Amazon

    20 weird things you can buy on Amazon 


    Hat tip to Art Scott.

    Rock On!

    Science fiction grand master Jack Vance rockin' a uke and a kazoo 

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    10 of the Coolest Niche Bookstores From Around the World

    10 of the Coolest Niche Bookstores From Around the World

    Top 10 Remakes That Got It Right

    Top 10 Remakes That Got It Right

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    Robert Bloch, The Will to Kill, Ace, 1954

    8 Classic, Over-the-Top Films About Mental Illness

    8 Classic, Over-the-Top Films About Mental Illness

    Tacos!

    The Seattle Times: As the binational foodie wars wage — who invented what and when, and why have the gringos annexed it (again)? — the curious eater is now blessed with not one but two new books about the rise of the taco as the international rock star of consumables.

    5 Scientific Reasons You're Better Off Being Unattractive

    5 Scientific Reasons You're Better Off Being Unattractive

    9 Things Cars Will Do in the Future (Besides Fly)

    9 Things Cars Will Do in the Future (Besides Fly)

    The Greatest Books of All Time

    The Greatest Books of All Time

    Awesome Abe

    24 Vintage Photographs of Abe Lincoln Being Awesome 

    I Loved a Woman

    I LOVED A WOMAN 1933 TRAILER EDW. G. ROBINSON - YouTube:

    Sunday, August 05, 2012

    The '60s at 50: Sunday, August 5, 1962: Marilyn Monroe

    The '60s at 50: Sunday, August 5, 1962: Marilyn Monroe

    No Relation to the Arkansas Toe Suck Fairy

    NY Daily News: A colege janitor offered a high school student “as much money as she wanted” to allow him to suck her toes — a perverse incident that led to his firing, city investigators said.


    Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

    4 Things I Missed About 'The Twilight Zone' as a Kid

    4 Things I Missed About 'The Twilight Zone' as a Kid 

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    Dino Update.

    10 Most Dangerous Dinosaurs

    5 Most Overrated Players in College Football

    5 Most Overrated Players in College Football

    The Floor Of The Empire State Building Nobody Sees

    The Floor Of The Empire State Building Nobody Sees

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    Harry Whittington, A Woman on the Place, Ace, 1965

    Song of the Day

    Handyman-Jimmy Jones-original song-1960 - YouTube:

    Jimmy Jones, R. I. P.

    Local Obituary Feature Page 1: Deceased: James Jimmy Jones (The famous singer, who sang Handy Man, "Jimmy Jones")

    Presidential Update

    All presidents bar one are directly descended from a medieval English king: 12-year-old girl created family tree linking 42 of 43 U.S. presidents to King John of England, who signed Magna Carta in 1215

    The Most Insane Sci-Fi Movies On Netflix

    The Most Insane Sci-Fi Movies On Netflix

    17 Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped

    17 Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped

    10 Memorable Sets of Sisters in Fiction

    10 Memorable Sets of Sisters in Fiction

    Archaeology Update

    World News: Timothy Harrison, professor of Near East archaeology at the University of Toronto, has seen the site and was awed. “This excavation, in my book, is unparalleled. It is one of the premier discoveries made on the planet in … I don’t know how long.” He added, “It’s a thorough excavation on a scale we very rarely see.”

    Brazil

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