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RIP Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees manager...
Was it his idea for them to morph from one of the odder folkie vocal groups to disco?
Vic: On this day in 1889 the first Oklahoma Land Rush opened two million acres of unused Oklahoma Territory to first serve first come settlers on April 22.
Anne Applebaum in Russia and the Great Forgetting
Something about those who don't know history, doomed to reruns...
Speaking of reruns...
DynamiteDan, sounds like your book is a great idea. Good luck with that, and on the job search. I suppose some interim magazine articles could help fund the book writing as well.
How can Crichton be sure nobody in 1900 knew about lap dances?
Howdy, Horde.
Donna and V: Think Hubert H. vs. Nixon in 1968. Not much attractiveness there.
Heh. Poor Hubert.
Carpenters...
I don't often admit it, but in the mid-1970s, out in New Mexico, we tried selling Pyramid Greenhouses. Yes, official pyramid-power-channeling Cheops-angle pyramids!
J.J. Sefton: NICE!!!
Thanks. My daughter has repeatedly said, pretty dark for my usual fare, but seemed like a necessary resolution.
J.J.
There was a time when everybody in Oklahoma was an "immigrant." Here's some history of the amazing Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889:
Stringer Davis: Howard Carter told the BBC all about it... I bought an LP of the interview...
Tmitsss: According to W. Joseph Campbell, the whole nationwide War of the Worlds Panic thing is a Media Myth
Oh, another ambush of reflugicans is happening? I'll try to contain my excitement.
I enjoy watching comments on AoS about it. That's as deep into it as I can get.
Semper In Stercus: There is also that element (I think) of the universal reflexive compulsion to 'excuse Islam first' - the Islam Is A Religion Of Peace Syndrome....
Oh, for the luvva...
Microsoft Donates A Huge Bunch Of Computer Goodies To 'Clock Kid' Ahmed
http://bit.ly/1JiaSfx
Let's roll!
Still one of the most amazing things about 9/11 was that, simply because of modern telephonic technology, people on board Flight 93 actually found out what was going on, and we have many big clues
Morning, Glories!
On the eve of the anniversary:
Lady in Black: 1977 JC Penney's clothing catalog - http://tinyurl.com/n9hpbaz
http://bit.ly/dust-lady
Marcy Borders, dust lady, story at Yahoo.
(Thanks for hedzup on that, Baldy.)
Okay, as I'm pouring my 3rd cup of coffee, the Cleaver cock sock memory cell finally got activated.
J.J. Sefton: You need to be born in the 60's to get that reference.
63 Posted by: mindful webworker - a chill in the force at August 25, 2015 07:25 AM (urY6u)
You need to be born in the 60's to get that reference.
J.J. Sefton: The Eldridge Cleaver cock sock?
Um, what a first reply to encounter! Are you being oblique or am I still asleep?
56 Fifty-one degrees this morning. Haven't seen 50s for many moons. I didn't just put on pants, I put on socks!
Also, for my bdy yesterday, Milady gave me...
Last millennium, back when we lived in Chicago, the oldies station did a weekend countdown of the top gazillion oldies.
* runs to interwebz to look up "Hesiod's Theogony" *
Nope, nope, nope. The fast-paced beat, the slick production, the clear audio, reveal the truth.