Saturday, August 18, 2012

Uh-Oh

Cat parasite that worms into humans' brains can drive victims to suicide

PimPage: An Occasional Feature in which I Call Attention to Books of Interest

How to Tail a Cat (Cats and Curios Mystery)
Is this a great cover, or what?  A cat, an albino alligator, and the Golden Gate Bridge. What more could you want?  I gotta get this one.

Amazon.com: How to Tail a Cat (Cats and Curios Mystery) (9780425251294): Rebecca M. Hale: Books: Okay, granted, an albino alligator on the loose in San Francisco is pretty darn exciting. But my two cats, Rupert and Isabella, and I have better things to do than tail a reptile from Nob Hill to Fisherman’s Wharf. We’re investigating the mysterious Steinhart brothers, the 1900s-era benefactors who provided the original funding for Clive the alligator’s aquarium. Follow the money, as my uncle Oscar used to say… 

 In the media circus surrounding Clive, one clown gets a little too close to the renegade gator—our very own aspiring mayor, Montgomery Carmichael. We’d hate to see Monty meet an undignified end, but we’re on a hunt of our own—for Uncle Oscar’s latest treasure. Of course, that’s assuming the whole thing isn’t a crock…

No One But Seepy Benton Will Get These

20 Spectacularly Nerdy Math Jokes

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Nail tech taser: Three teen girls who refused to pay for their manicures were arrested after one girl shocked the nail tech with a Taser

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

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Croaker: Kill Me AgainCroaker: Kill Me Again: Paul Bishop: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Los Angeles homicide detective Fey Croaker must solve the recent murder of a pretty, forty-something woman whose fingerprints surprisingly identify her as a previous murder victim from eighteen years earlier.

At 43, Fey Croaker has survived three dead-end marriages, a severely abusive upbringing, and the relentless resentment of her male colleagues on the force. Now, because of a streak of unsolved murders, she feels extra pressure to solve the murder of a mysterious woman who had multiple IDs in different names, a million dollars in cash, and only new clothing and furniture in her equally new condo at the time of her death.

Song of the Day

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising - YouTube:

The top 50 underrated films of the 90s

I've seen a lot of these, and I liked most of them quite a bit.  I'm glad to know that Vince Keenan and I aren't the only defenders of #27.

The top 50 underrated films of the 90s

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

And keep off his lawn!

Man, 83, Says He Murdered Roommate, 94, Over His Singing 

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Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen: A Dan Rhodes Mystery (Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mysteries)Amazon.com: Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen: A Dan Rhodes Mystery (Sheriff Dan Rhodes Mysteries) (9780312640170): Bill Crider: Books: Dan Rhodes, sheriff of Blacklin County, Texas, is called to the Beauty Shack, where the young and pretty Lynn Ashton has been found dead, bashed over the head with a hairdryer. The owner said Lynn had gone to the salon late to meet an unknown client. There was a lot of gossip going on about Lynn before her death, but no one seems to really know much about her, or they’re not telling Rhodes.  
Lynn was known to flirt, and it’s possible an angry wife or jilted lover had something to do with her death. The salon owner suspects two outsiders who have been staying in an abandoned building across the street. While he investigates the murder, Rhodes must also deal with the theft of copper and car batteries, not to mention a pregnant nanny goat that is terrorizing the town. 

Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen is a wonderful entry in this always delightful series by award-winning author Bill Crider.

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R. V. Cassil & Eric Protter, Left Bank of Desire, Ace, 1955

The Greatest Post-Apocalyptic Romances on Film

The Greatest Post-Apocalyptic Romances on Film

Seepy Benton Would Approve

Danica McKellar Wants Girls To Know They're Good At Math

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Woman pleads not guilty to stabbing husband over Cosmo magazine fight 

Variations on a Theme, Starring a Seepy Benton Favorite

Scully Says Oh My God - YouTube:

The Mean, Evil, Bored & Ashamed Faces On 13 NFL Team Logos

The Mean, Evil, Bored & Ashamed Faces On 13 NFL Team Logos, Ready For Their Close-Ups

11 Songs Inspired by Literature

11 Songs Inspired by Literature 

The Man With Two Faces

The Man With Two Faces (Original Theatrical Trailer) - YouTube:

Friday, August 17, 2012

Paperback Covers: Variations on a Theme

Retrospace: Artful Conception #15: Dead Dames

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Dallas launches chemical warfare on mosquitoes amid historic West Nile outbreak 

PimPage: An Occasional Feature in which I Call Attention to Books of Interest

The Boss of Hampton BeachAmazon.com: The Boss of Hampton Beach (9780985861711): Jed Power: Books: Cocaine. Dan Marlowe is doing his damnedest to stay away from the stuff. It’s already cost him his family and his business, The High Tide Restaurant & Saloon. Now a bartender at the Tide, Dan’s life is slowly stabilizing. That is until a boat with two dead bodies on board is found wrecked on the jetty at Hampton Beach. The hunt for its missing cargo, 200 pounds of cocaine, is on. Dan is forced into the search and realizes that the drug that stole everything short of his life might be the one thing that can give it all back. He’s not the only one seeking the fortune in white powder. Others, on both sides of the law, are after it too, including a Boston mob boss and his right-hand man; a New Hampshire seacoast drug dealer/informer, his smokin’ hot girlfriend, and his dim-witted muscle; a crooked D.E.A. agent and his junkie sidekick; two New Hampshire State policemen; and an Irish handyman. It’s a violent, back-stabbing race to the end of the rainbow. May the best man win.

[Spotlight Post] Kasey Lansdale – Musican, Actor, Editor, and More

[Spotlight Post] Kasey Lansdale – Musican, Actor, Editor, and More

Song of the Day

The Four Preps - Down By The Station - YouTube:

A Signed Letter by Thriller Writer Gavin Lyall to Author Rowland Ryder on Publishing

Existential Ennui: A Signed Letter by Thriller Writer Gavin Lyall to Author Rowland Ryder on Publishing, plus Lyall on Desert Island Discs

"Rat Tail" Flintlock Pistol

"Rat Tail" Flintlock Pistol 

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Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Two women with 'Yay Me' license plate charged with DWI after hitting mother's SUV and running over police officer's foot... 

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Six Panned Films That Eventually Became Classics

Six Panned Films That Eventually Became Classics 

Hat tip to Jeff Segal.

4 Things Science Fiction Needs to Bring Back (Warning: Naughty Words are Used)

4 Things Science Fiction Needs to Bring Back 

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Henry Lewis Nixon, The Caves, Ace, 1955

It's Not Mine, In Case You Were Wondering

Or I don't think it is.  Mine's right around here somewhere, I'm pretty sure.

Prehistoric Human Brain Found Pickled in Bog 

10 Badass Fighting Women From Around The World

10 Badass Fighting Women From Around The World

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Here's the Plot for Your Next "Dying Message" Crime Novel

Dying Man's Blinks Are Key Evidence in Murder Trial

10 of the Greatest Underdogs in Literature

10 of the Greatest Underdogs in Literature

Or Maybe You Did

Rock Hits You Didn’t Realize Were Blues Songs

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Fan Sues Dallas Cowboys For Burned Buttocks 

Or Maybe You Did

5 Bizarre Dinosaurs You Didn't Know Existed

Forgotten Books: Manhattan Is My Beat -- Jeffery Wilds Deaver

Before he became a bestselling writer, Jeffery Deaver wrote several paperback originals using a slightly different byline.  I believe he wrote two for Paperjacks before moving over to Bantam.  This one is about a young woman  who calls herself Rune.  She's a sort of manic pixie dream girl, though she's not shallow.  She collects fairy tales and has a unique way of looking a the world.  She also works in a place that rents VHS tapes.  Remember those?  Remember the stores that rented them?  This book was published in 1989.  The world has changed since then.

There's one customer who particularly interests Rune, and guy who rents the same movie all the time.  Its title is Manhattan Is My Beat, and when the customer is murdered, Rune thinks there might be a connection to the movie.  She also suspects there might be big bucks involved for her if she can find them.  So she becomes an amateur sleuth and meets a young man who needs to be taught to embrace life, or at least to embrace it in a new way.  

Before long Rune's involved in some serious doings and being pursued by killers, though not for the reasons she suspects.  In fact, she hardly suspects she's being pursued.  This being a Deaver novel, albeit an early one, there are several twists and turns in the narrative.  It all moves along pretty well, if not as smoothly as some of Deaver's later work, and it makes for a nice evening's entertainment.  Copies of the original edition might be a little pricey, but there are cheap reprints available all around.

The Vanishing

The Vanishing 1993 Movie Trailer - Jeff Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Kiefer Sutherland - YouTube:

Thursday, August 16, 2012

PimPage: An Occasional Feature in which I Call Attention to Books of Interest

A Cup Full of Midnight (Jared Mckean)
A terrific private-eye novel,  highly recommended.

Amazon.com: A Cup Full of Midnight (Jared Mckean) (9781579622251): Jaden Terrell: Books: At thirty-six, private detective Jared McKean is coming to terms with his unjust dismissal from the Nashville Murder Squad and an unwanted divorce from a woman he still loves. Jared is a natural horseman and horse rescuer whose son has Down Syndrome, whose best friend is dying of AIDS, and whose teenage nephew, Josh, has fallen under the influence of a dangerous fringe of the Goth subculture. When the fringe group's leader - a mind-manipulating sociopath who consideres himself a vampire - is found butchered and posed across a pentagram, Josh is the number one suspect. Jared will need all his skills as a private investigator and former homicide detective to match wits with the most terrifying killer he has ever seen. When he learns that Josh is next on the killer's list, Jared will risk his reputation, his family, and his life in a desperate attempt to save the boy he loves like a son.

The Past and Future of Publishing

Top Suspense Group: The Past and Future of Publishing

PimPage: An Occasional Feature in which I Call Attention to Books of Interest

FireproofFireproof: Gerard Brennan: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Hell hath no fury for Mike Rocks. He's fireproof; an anomaly caused by a slip-up in afterlife bureaucracy. Lucifer bundles him off as an embarrassing problem with a mission to introduce Satanism to Northern Ireland. And while he's at it, Mike can exact revenge on the men who took his life.

 FIREPROOF is equal parts crime fiction, dark urban fantasy and black comedy. For fans of Colin Bateman, Charlie Huston and Duane Swierczynski.

 "scintillating, hilarious, surreal … a total blast" Ken Bruen, author of HEADSTONE

Song of the Day

The Outback, Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - YouTube:

Knuckle Duster Revolver

Knuckle Duster Revolver 

A Review of Interest (to Me, Anyway)

Fresh Meat: Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen by Bill Crider

The book goes on sale on the 21st.  You can order it here or buy it at fine bookstores every where.  The sheriff and I thank you for your support.

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But I Will

11 Pop Culture References Younger Readers Won’t Get

Battle of the Alamo Continues

Houston Chronicle: In the competitive, sometimes cutthroat world of Alamo mania, a historical relic collector is claiming that artifacts stolen from him appear in a book written by musician and Alamo devotee Phil Collins.

How Paperbacks Transformed the Way Americans Read -

How Paperbacks Transformed the Way Americans Read

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Rae Loomis, House of Deceit, Ace, 1955

The Song Elvis Presley Recorded in the Dark

The Song Elvis Presley Recorded in the Dark

Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

America's 10 hippest cities 

Hat tip to Seepy Benton.

Iconic "Whipped Cream Lady' now 76 and living in Longview

Iconic "Whipped Cream Lady' now 76 and living in Longview 

Hat tip to Vince Keenan.

The 13 Most Disturbing Vintage Ads for Household Products

The 13 Most Disturbing Vintage Ads for Household Products 

Now It's Official

WSJ.com: The term "F-bomb" first surfaced in newspapers more than 20 years ago but only landed in the mainstream Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary on Tuesday, along with sexting, flexitarian, obesogenic, energy drink and life coach.

From Topaz to Psycho: top 52 Hitchock films

A very long slideshow:  From Topaz to Psycho: top 52 Hitchock films 

I'm Including this List Only Because of One Movie on It . . .

. . .  the one scripted by Parnell Hall.

6 Movies That Actually Deserve a Remake 

The Last Gangster

The Last Gangster (Original Theatrical Trailer) - YouTube:

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Pulled over on the Highway by Cops in a TANK? 

New Story at BEAT to a PULP

BEAT to a PULP :: Pulp of the Week: Fourth Time Lucky for Mickey Loew Jay Stringer

Joseph Mitchell’s Omnibus 20 Years On, Part I

January Magazine: His Own Sweet Time: Joseph Mitchell’s Omnibus 20 Years On, Part I

Part II will appear tomorrow.

26 Indispensable Writing Tips From Famous Authors

26 Indispensable Writing Tips From Famous Authors

KISS FAQ -- Dale Sherman

My son became a KISS fan long ago.  I don't know how long, but it was probably in the 1970s.  I remember taking him to a concert by the group in 1985 or so.  He's still a fan after all those years, so the band must have something special.  Dale Sherman has put together a thick book (nearly 350 pages) of what the subtitle tells us is "All that's Left to Know about the Hottest Band in the Land."

You want to know about The Phantom of the Park?  There's plenty of info here.  The best album covers?  Yep.  The most influential concerts?  Sure.  And a ton more.  Lots of B&W illustrations, too. 

This isn't a book to read from cover to cover at one sitting.  It's a book to keep  nearby so you can dip into it when you need something to cheer you up.  It's so entertaining that even non-fans should get a kick out of it.  Check it out.

2012 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Winners

2012 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Winners 

Song of the Day

George Jones -The Window Up Above - YouTube:

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AN EYE FOR MURDER (The Ellie Foreman Suspense Mysteries)AN EYE FOR MURDER (The Ellie Foreman Suspense Mysteries): Libby Fischer Hellmann: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: AN EYE FOR MURDER is the sequel to the author's award-winning short story "The Day Miriam Hirsch Disappeared." EYE was nominated for an Anthony Award for Best First when it was released; it also won the Best First Readers' Choice Award.

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Mark Finn at The Last Book Sale

Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

Evolution of the New York skyline, 1876-2013

Evolution of the New York skyline, 1876-2013

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Edward de Roo, The Yound Wolves, Ace, 1959

Haven't We All Done This at One Time or Another?

rgj.com: Sparks moviegoer shoots himself in buttocks, apologizes, leaves theater

I Like the Lovecraft Best

Doodling on the Faces of Famous Writers

100 Wonderful and Terrible Movies That Never Existed

100 Wonderful and Terrible Movies That Never Existed

The 6 Most Needlessly Dangerous Jackie Chan Stunts | Cracked.com

The 6 Most Needlessly Dangerous Jackie Chan Stunts 

10 of the Funniest American Essayists of Our Time

10 of the Funniest American Essayists of Our Time

How To Make A Genre Movie: Five Easy Recipes

How To Make A Genre Movie: Five Easy Recipes

A Guide to Collecting Cookbooks

AbeBooks: A Guide to Collecting Cookbooks: Move over Hemingway, Steinbeck and Twain. 

Hawaiian and Pacific Foods A Cook Book of Culinary Customs and Recipes Adapted for the American Hostess by Katherine BazoreHumble cookbooks have become highly desirable in the book collecting world. The American cookbook genre truly began in the 1700s with two titles that can claim to be America’s first cookbook – The Compleat Housewife by William Parks (1742) and American Cookery by Amelia Simmons (1796). The Compleat Housewife was derived from an English book, while American Cookery - which is still in print today - features recipes using solely American produce.

Harry Harrison, R. I. P.


io9: If Harry Harrison had only created "Slippery" Jim DiGriz, the roguish hero of the Stainless Steel Rat books, he would deserve a high place in science fiction history. But he also wrote dozens of other novels, including the hilarious Bill the Galactic Hero saga, the proto-Steampunk classic A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!, and the novel that became the movie Soylent Green, Make Room! Make Room!.

Amazingly, Harrison kept writing great novels, with the last Stainless Steel Rat book coming out just two years ago. He died today, aged 87, according to his official website. No details are yet known.

Link via SFSignal.

God is My Co-Pilot

God is My Co-Pilot (Original Theatrical Trailer) - YouTube:

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

There's Good News Tonight!

Nicolas Cage joins Expendables 3

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Deputy says Rose Ann Gray, 29, beat man, 69, for his cooler of beer 

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

TX State Rep. Just Came Out as A "Pansexual" 

Johnny Pesky, R. I. P.

Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky 'touched all of us': Major League Baseball lost a legend Monday with the passing of Johnny Pesky. 

 He was a baseball icon that truly loved the game and a fixture in Boston. Pesky spent more than 70 years in professional baseball and will forever be immortalized as one of the "nicest guys" in the sport.

Ron Palillo, R. I. P.

NY Daily News: Actor Ron Palillo, who played Arnold Horshack on the '70s sitcom "Welcome Back Kotter," died Tuesday morning in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 63.

On-Line Update

The crack Comcast tech, who really did know his business, has come and gone.  The problem was not just mine but also affected the neighborhood, and it might be 72 hours before all is well again.  However, he also found a problem with the outside connections for both TV and Internet, and he fixed that.  Maybe I'll be able to have a connection without interruption.  I hope so, not that I need to be connected.  It's just a convenience, that's all.  Trust me.

Song of the Day

The Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden (HQ) - YouTube:

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Ten Saddest Moments in the Life of Poe

Ten Saddest Moments in the Life of Poe

5 Celebrity Instructional Videos They'd Like You to Forget

5 Celebrity Instructional Videos They'd Like You to Forget 

The top 100 baby names in England and Wales in 2011

The top 100 baby names in England and Wales in 2011 

I Miss the Old Days

Pontiac Brochure, 1940

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H. T. Elmo, Modern Casanova's Handbook, Ace, 1955

No Comment Department

Accused Walmart Groper, 18, Told Cops He Was Powerless Against An Enticing "Booty" 

I'm Back . . .

. . . at least for now.  My Internet connection's been going off and coming back on for weeks now, but yesterday around 9:30 A. M. it gave up the ghost.  Now it's working again, and the Comcast techs haven't even come to work their magic yet.  My feeling is that they'll show up, find nothing's wrong, and leave.  At which time the connection will again disappear.  Isn't that what always happens?

Movies That Stole Their Plots from ‘The Twilight Zone’

Movies That Stole Their Plots from ‘The Twilight Zone’

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

wtsp.com: A southwest Florida man has been arrested after authorities say he shoved a woman to the ground over a show dog.

No Internet

At the moment I have no Internet connection. Not that I am bothered by this. The crack technicians from Comcast should arrive this afternoon and set things right. Perhaps I can hold out, or maybe I'll seek out some WiFi. Not that I'm feeling desperate.


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Overlooked Movies -- Wild Bill

If you haven't watched the trailer posted above, you should do that before you read what I have to say here.  Why?  Well, the movie itself is nothing like the trailer, which makes it seem like a rootin', tootin', lotsa shootin' show.  This is definitely not a typical western film.

Some of it is based on what you might know or might have heard about Wild Bill Hickok.  He's in Deadwood,  his eyesight is failing, and Jack McCall's there to do him in.  Aside from that, probably not much else is like you've heard it.  Not that something like that matters if you have a good story to tell.  

Walter Hill directed this one, and he had a good story.  I just didn't think he told it well.  There are a lot of flashbacks,  but that's not the problem.  The problem, at least for me, is that this short movie seemed four hours long.  The opium den seen itself seemed almost that long, in fact.  

The casting was okay.  Bridges is very good.  John Hurt, as the narrator, is a fictional character, but he's okay.  Ellen Barkin as Calamity Jane is . . . well, I really like Ellen Barkin, but here she's far to clean and cute.  She's not as clean and cute as Doris Day was in Calamity Jane (and there's a movie I should talk about someday), and she's foulmouthed and tough, but I think she was miscast.  

Let's put it this way.  I thought this was an interesting movie, and I'm glad I saw it, but it's never going on any list of my favorites.

Wild Bill

Wild Bill (1995) Trailer - YouTube:

Monday, August 13, 2012

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/19/owner-of-breastaurant-chain-buys-texas-town-changes-its-name-to-bikinis/
The owner of the popular “breastaurant” chain Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill has appointed himself mayor of Bankersmith, Texas —– and has changed the town’s name to, natch, Bikinis.

Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

Thousands Of Dead Fish Wash Ashore In Texas, People Continue To Enjoy Beach

Mark Finn Goes Booking

Walking With Blinders Through The Last Book Sale, Part 1

This Is a Great Story

NYPD cop shot by jealous hubby pretends he’s only family ‘rep’ to reporters 

Plug for the Thug

The Rap Sheet: Plug for the Thug

Song of the Day

HANK SNOW - "THE GOLD RUSH IS OVER" - YouTube:

Conspiracy Alert

Marilyn Monroe mystery: Missing FBI files: As the 50th anniversary of her death approaches, there is a growing mystery over the FBI files on Marilyn Monroe.

Happy Birthday, Hitchcock

Happy Birthday, Hitchcock: How the Iconic Director Changed One Boy's Life

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Hallam Whitney (Harry Whittington), The Wild Seed, Ace, 1956

Feeling Safer Now?

NBC New York: A jet-skier who became stranded in Jamaica Bay easily breached JFK's security system by walking undetected through two runways and into a terminal. 

Daniel Castillo of Queens swam to shore and then walked past motion sensors and closed-circuit cameras of the airport's state-of--the art Perimeter Intrusion Detection System. 

 The $100 million system is meant to safeguard against terrorists. 

Archaeology Update

Severed Hands Discovered in Ancient Egypt Palace

Awesome Vintage Photographs of Tattooed Women

Awesome Vintage Photographs of Tattooed Women

The Favorite Books of America's Best Authors

The Favorite Books of America's Best Authors 

12 More Baseball Feats That Only Happened Once

12 More Baseball Feats That Only Happened Once

Wonderful Photographs of Famous People Snapped By Their Famous Friends

Wonderful Photographs of Famous People Snapped By Their Famous Friends

100 Greatest Maniacal Movie Laughs



Link via Neatorama.

The 87th Precinct on DVD

The Bunburyist: Ed McBain, just out on DVD.

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

'I'm not a whore' woman declares, attacks with baby powder

Young Tom Edison

Young Tom Edison (Original Theatrical Trailer) - YouTube:

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Joe Kubert, R. I. P.

Boing Boing: Sgt. Rock and Easy Company are saluting comic book legend Joe Kubert, who passed away today at the age of 85.

Amazing Stories reboot offering a free issue

Amazing Stories reboot offering a free issue

Song of the Day

Leon Redbone- Roll Along Kentucky Moon - YouTube:

Let This Be a Warning to You, Guys

Pennsylvania woman accused of poisoning man with Visine eyedrops, tells police she wanted his attention

Robert B. Parker's Cole and Hitch To Be Continued

If You Want to Know About My Life...: Robert B. Parker's Cole and Hitch To Be Continued

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Worst August Movies

Worst August Movies: Was 1996 The Worst August Ever?

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

A Blog Post of Interest (To Me, Anyway)

Meanderings and Muses: Bill Crider and Sheriff Dan Rhodes - Two of the best guys in the mystery world

10 of History's Most Beautiful Typewriters

10 of History's Most Beautiful Typewriters

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John C. Cooper, The Haunted Strangler, Ace, 1958

Or Maybe Not

8 Unreleased Movies We’re Dying to See

10 Great Film Soundtracks That Were Impossible to Find

10 Great Film Soundtracks That Were Impossible to Find

Life After the Olympics: How 15 Athletes Made Their Way to Hollywood

Life After the Olympics: How 15 Athletes Made Their Way to Hollywood 

Al Freeman Jr., R. I. P.

Pioneering actor Al Freeman Jr. dies, aged 78 - chicagotribune.com: Actor Al Freeman Jr., perhaps best known for his portrayal of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad in Spike Lee's 1992 film "Malcolm X," has died, Howard University said on Friday. 

"It is with tremendous sadness that the passing of our beloved Professor Al Freeman, Jr. is confirmed," Kim James Bey, chair of the university's theater department said in a statement. Freeman was a faculty member at the university.

Hat tip to Toby O'Brien.

13 Brazen Harry Potter Knock-Offs From Around the World

13 Brazen Harry Potter Knock-Offs From Around the World 

Baby Names 2012: What’s Hot Now

Baby Names 2012: What’s Hot Now

What? None from Texas?

The 8 Craziest Candidates Of 2012

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Fighting factory girls fought with meat floss and dried meat

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Original Theatrical Trailer) - YouTube: