I have a stuffed lion with a wild mane which I named Lenny.
The office move is mostly complete, but the inner offices are chaos. The recovery goes well, so now I’m trying to catch up on everything that got put on hold.
How Propaganda Works.
The Rise and Impact of Digital Amnesia.
Re: Hassan v. City of New York lawsuit against the NYPD over its surveillance program targeting Muslims. Plus the dreadful Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Greenland Is Melting Away.
MIT Technology Review: Why Self-Driving Cars Must Be Programmed to Kill.
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
There are No Innocent Black People.
Buck Rogers and the Copyright Trolls.
Plus The Orwell estate is cracking down on people who dare to use the number “1984” without permission.
Pope Francis has NOT endorsed Bernie Sanders for President.
The 1,657 TV shows that spent less time on the air than the Hillary Clinton Benghazi hearing.
Pastor, former Arkansas governor, and current Republican candidate Mike Huckabee Suggests Poor People Should Be Sold Into Slavery For Stealing.
The Atlantic has a LOT of interesting videos on various topics, among them ‘Don’t Sneak’: A Father’s Command to His Gay Son in the 1950s.
Say “no” more often. You’ll be happier and healthier.
6 Phrases With Surprisingly Racist Origins.
Jim Crow-Era Travel Guides for Black Families Now Online Through Schomburg. Hey, I wrote about this.
Arthur does some Internet Wading: Truth and facts. I almost picked items 2 and 3 myself for this feature in my blog.
There’s an online petition to Congress to end Daylight Saving Time, which I signed, because DST makes no sense.
Happy 600th Anniversary of The Battle of Agincourt.
Cole slaw killed Ogden Nash.
I still need to see more films with Maureen O’Hara, the lovely actress who died recently at the age of 95.
Albany basketball legend Luther “Ticky” Burden died.
Marty Ingels, R.I.P. I watched I’m Dickens, He’s Fenster the year it was on. And Al Molinaro died, who I watched on The Odd Couple and Happy Days.
‘First Lady of Jazz,’ Lee Shaw, dies at 89. I talked with her a couple times during breaks in her sets. She was a wonderfully gracious, and an amazingly talented musician.
This month marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the passing of Leonard Bernstein. True: I have a stuffed lion with a wild mane which I named Lenny, in honor of the composer and conductor.
The Beatles “Revolution” Original Video, Remastered, New Audio Mix. My FAVORITE iteration of this song. Also, A Day In The Life.
LISTEN NOW, before it disappears. First Listen: Bob Dylan, ‘The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12’.
There’s a reason so many people love ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow.’
K-Chuck Radio: The Rocshire Memories. Featuring a song by Eddie Munster.
The three times Nasreddin was called upon to speak in public.
The word absquatulate came out of an odd fad in America in the 1830s for making playful words that sounded vaguely Latin. My spell checker recognizes it, too, Dan!
Now I Know: The Epidemic That Saved Lives and Winnie the Pooh-Poohed and Cattaxtrophy.
Advice From the Creator of Calvin and Hobbes; Comic by Zen Pencils. Words by Bill Watterson, art by Gavin Aung Than.
About comic book inking.
Ken Levine mentions Oscar Levant, confuses readers, comes up with a list of some people you might want to know.
Bob and Ray, and Dave Garroway, plugging the new show called TODAY.
GOOGLE ALERT (me)
The TWCQT gang reflects on which penciler/inker teams have had the most impact on them.
Alan David Doane Remembering His Mom on Her 90th Birthday.
GOOGLE ALERT (not me)
Would-be Bond: The naked truth. “Enter New Zealander Roger Green – ex-All Blacks rugby union player, ex-sheep farmer, and party animal.”
Colonial Heights (VA) mourns loss of Roger Green of the Chamber of Commerce. “Green had been battling Urachal cancer, a rare form of bladder cancer, for several months. He was 64 years old.”
