Flying car crashes near Vernon, B.C., school
Hat tip to Doc Quatermass.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Get a Rope
CNET News: The senior class president at a Wichita high school is suspended for suggesting that his school isn't all that at sports. Just that. No cursing. No incitement to violence.
Free Today for Kindle
Hot Pursuit: Paul Bishop: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: A Calico Jack Walker / Tina Tamiko L.A.P.D. novel . . . It’s 1977 and veteran L.A.P.D. cop Calico Jack Walker and his rookie partner, Tina Tamiko, are planning to make Calico’s last shift on the job something special – but plans, as they do, come apart because Walker and Tamiko are good cops no matter what the cost . . . even if they're L.A. cops, in uniform, in their patrol car, on duty, and way out of their jurisdiction on the Las Vegas Strip.
When a major crime is going down, good cops never hesitate.
Texas Doesn't Lead the Way
But it has 2 in the Top 10.
The 10 Most Redneck Cities in America
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson, who says, "Kansas City?"
The 10 Most Redneck Cities in America
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson, who says, "Kansas City?"
First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .
Olympic Peninsula Daily NEWS: A Port Angeles man angry with his neighbors was arrested today after a rampage with a bulldozer-like logging machine that damaged four houses, numerous outbuildings, a pickup truck and a power pole, knocking out power to thousands of people.
Friday, May 10, 2013
First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .
MLive.com: A Davison woman who beat her niece over the head with banana-cake filled glassware has pleaded no contest to a felony assault charge.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
List Fails without "Have Gun, Will Travel"
Forgotten Hits: Your Top 20 All-Time Favorite TV Themes
With just over 18,000 votes cast, Forgotten Hits is proud to present the definitive list of Top Television Theme Favorites.
First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .
. . . and keep off his lawn!
Florida senior attacks man with sledgehammer and truck
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Florida senior attacks man with sledgehammer and truck
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Forgotten Books: Our Man in Washington -- Roy Hoopes
And that's part of the problem. Hoopes is Cain's biographer, and he knows so much about Cain and about the time period that it seemed as if about 3/4 of every page was an info dump. I was overwhelmed by the flood of information, and for me it got in the way of the story. I like Cain's lean, mean storytelling style, which proves (for me) that less is more. Hoopes' style is just the opposite. If you prefer long books with plenty of historical detail and a decent plot, you might like this one much more than I did. Give it a shot.
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Most popular baby names of 2012
MSN Living: The most popular baby names of 2012 are officially here, with Sophia and Jacob holding onto their No. 1 spots.
Bryan Forbes, ‘R. I. P.
NYTimes.com: Bryan Forbes, an English film director best known for “The Stepford Wives,” the 1975 Hollywood thriller about women transformed into docile electronic incarnations of themselves, has died at his home in Surrey, England. He was 86.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .
SILive.com: - A fistfight between two barbers over a set of broken clippers in Brighton Heights ended with one of them dead, and the other under arrest, according to authorities.
Words that last
Words that last: A research team led by Mark Pagel at the University of Reading in England has identified 23 “ultraconserved words” that have remained largely unchanged for 15,000 years.
Uh-Oh
Kurtzman's Sleepy Hollow And 2 More Get Series Orders At Fox: And finally, there's Orci and Kurtzman's Sleepy Hollow, which is a modern-day retelling of Washington Irving's classic story. Tom Mison is set to play Ichabod Crane, who's "resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to find that the world is on the brink of destruction and that he is humanity’s last hope, forcing him to team up with a contemporary police officer (Nicole Beharie) to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers."
Hat tip to Walter Satterthwait.
Hat tip to Walter Satterthwait.
First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .
News - Home: Plastic surgeon accused of torturing girlfriend for 16 hours
Man reportedly angry over Facebook posting
AbeBooks: Most Expensive Sales in April 2013
AbeBooks: Most Expensive Sales in April 2013: April’s most expensive sale illustrates the high regard for Emily Dickinson among book collectors. A set of first edition copies of her first three publications - First Series, Second Series and Third Series of Poems - sold for $30,000 last month on AbeBooks.
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Jeanne Cooper, R. I. P.
TMZ.com: Jeanne Cooper, a huge soap opera star who played Katherine Chancellor on "The Young and the Restless" for decades, has died. She was 84.
"L.A. Law" star Corbin Bernsen -- Cooper's real-life son -- tweeted this morning that she had passed away. She had fallen ill with an infection earlier this year after helping promote "Y&R's" 40th anniversary.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Attention to Books of Interest
Topped Chef: A Key West Food Critic Mystery: Lucy Burdette: Amazon.com: Books: Hayley Snow loves her job as the food critic for Key Zest magazine, tasting the offerings from Key West’s most innovative restaurants. She’d rate her life four stars, until she’s forced into the spotlight…and another murder investigation. Hoping for some good publicity, Hayley’s boss signs her up to help judge the Key West Topped Chef contest. Stakes are high as the winner could be the next cooking-show superstar. Hayley shows up for the filming nervous but excited, until she sees who’s on the judging panel with her: Sam Rizzoli, big shot businessman—and owner of the restaurant she just panned in her first negative review.
When Rizzoli turns up dead, the police assume his killer is one of his business rivals. But Hayley wonders whether someone is taking the contest a little too seriously. With the police following the wrong recipe, it’s up to Hayley to find the killer before she’s eliminated from the show…permanently.
Top 10 Beasts and Dragons: How Reality Made Myth
Top 10 Beasts and Dragons: How Reality Made Myth
Warning: Annoying slideshow.
Hat tip to Doc Quatermass.
Warning: Annoying slideshow.
Hat tip to Doc Quatermass.
Why are most people right-handed?
Why are most people right-handed?: Nobody knows for sure, but scientists have come up with theories that are alternately intriguing, persuasive, and a little bonkers.
Here's the Plot for Your Next Rock 'n' Roll Thriller
News from The Associated Press: SINGER ARRESTED IN CALIF. MURDER-FOR-HIRE STING
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Ray Harryhausen, R. I. P.
Ray Harryhausen (1920 - 2013) - Boing Boing: The Harryhausen family regret to announce the death of Ray Harryhausen, Visual Effects pioneer and stop-motion model animator. He was a multi-award winner which includes a special Oscar and BAFTA. Ray’s influence on today’s film makers was enormous, with luminaries; Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Peter Jackson, George Lucas, John Landis and the UK’s own Nick Park have cited Harryhausen as being the man whose work inspired their own creations.
PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Attention to Books of Interest
The Cat, the Mill and the Murder: A Cats in Trouble Mystery: Leann Sweeney: 9780451415417: Amazon.com: Books: When cat lover and quilter Jillian Hart volunteers to help a local animal shelter relocate a colony of feral cats living in an abandoned textile mill, she never expects to find a woman living there, too. Jeannie went missing from Mercy, South Carolina, a decade ago, after her own daughter’s disappearance. Jeannie refuses to leave the mill or abandon Boots, her cat who died years ago. After all, she and Boots feel the need to protect the premises from “creepers” who come in the night. After Jeannie is hurt in an accident and is taken away, those who've come to town to help repurpose the mill uncover a terrible discovery.. As the wheels start turning in Jillian’s mind, a mysterious new feline friend aids in her quest to unearth a long-kept and dark secret.
PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Attention to Books of Interest
Amazon.com: Dead, White, and Blue (Death on Demand Mysteries) (9780425260777): Carolyn Hart: Books: Summer is a hectic time of the year for Annie Darling. Sun and scorching temperatures never fail to bring swarms of tourists to her mystery bookstore, Death on Demand, for the latest beach reads. But Annie still finds time to enjoy herself. The Broward’s Rock Fourth of July dance is just around the corner, and the island is buzzing with excitement—Shell Hurst included... Shell is the kind of woman wives hate—for good reason—and most of them wish she would just disappear. But when she does, and a teenage girl is the only one who seems to notice, Annie can’t help but feel like someone should be looking for her. Last seen walking into the pine trees at the Fourth of July fireworks display, Shell has seemingly vanished without a trace.
The residents of Broward’s Rock grow uneasy when a second islander mysteriously disappears. Annie and her husband, Max, know something dangerous is brewing. They soon find themselves following a twisted trail marked by blackmail, betrayal, and adultery, winding from the corridors of the island’s lovely inn to a pier lashed by pelting rain, to a gathering on the terrace of a country club where a trap is set for a calculating killer…
Archaeology Update
King Richard III archaeological unit discovers Roman cemetery under car park: The University of Leicester archaeological unit that discovered King Richard III has spearheaded another dig and discovered a 1,700-old- Roman cemetery -- under another car park in Leicester.
Overlooked Movies: Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
I do, however, have an excuse or two. For one thing, I just can't resist movies about lost cities and lost civilization, no matter how bad they are (and make no mistake, this one is even worse than King Solomon's Mines). Also, this one has Cassandra (Elvira) Peterson in it. That alone would be a good reason to watch, right?
Don't ask me what James Earl Jones is doing here. He must really have needed the money. And then there's Henry Silva, who pretty much steals the movie (as if he'd want it) as the over-the-top nutjob ruler of the lost city. The special effects are even worse than the ones in King Solomon's Mines. Laughable, in fact. If I didn't know better, I'd think Ed Wood, Jr., had been sitting in the director's chair for this movie.
So this is a good movie to overlook. On the other hand, if you're in the right mood, you might find it perversely amusing. Silva is fun. And there's Elvira. Maybe I should . . . no, never mind. You watch it. I'll watch something else.
Monday, May 06, 2013
PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Attention to Books of Interest
Board Stiff: A Dead-End Job Mystery: Elaine Viets: 9780451239853: Amazon.com: Books: There’s a dark cloud over Sunny Jim’s Safety First Parasailing and Stand-Up Paddleboarding business on Florida’s Riggs Beach—especially after one of his clients is killed in a tragic paddleboarding mishap. Sunny Jim is sure it was no accident, and he hires Helen and Phil to find the murderer. Between cutthroat competitors poaching his territory, the city threatening to revoke his license, a restaurant owner wanting his beach spot for a parking lot, and a wrongful death suit filed by the victim’s husband, Sunny Jim may soon be up the creek without a paddle.
But he does have Helen and Phil on his side, and as the couple start to investigate, they discover dark undercurrents of corruption behind the cheerful facades of the beachfront businesses, as well as domestic secrets. But the sands of time are running out, and if they don’t catch the killer soon, Sunny Jim won’t be the only one to go under….
First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .
Police: Statehouse streaker with 'extra human strength' causes mayhem for officers, motorists: A naked man burst into a control room at a Citizens Energy Group facility last week, punched a worker in the face and began choking the startled employee with a large metal pipe, according to police.
And Keep Off His Lawn!
Why Harry Connick Jr. Couldn't Sit Idle During 'Idol': The star couldn't stand hearing young singers mangle the Great American Songbook
Sunday, May 05, 2013
Free for Kindle for a Limited Time
Little Girl Gone (A Logan Harper Thriller): Brett Battles: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Logan Harper isn't looking for redemption. He just wants to live in peace and forget his troubled past. But one morning his quiet life is upended when he interrupts the attempted murder of his father's best friend Tooney. The next thing he knows, Logan is on his way to Los Angeles, searching for Tooney's missing granddaughter and uncovering a sinister plot connected not only to Tooney's past, but also to the boardrooms of corporate America.
As the odds stack up against him, Logan must fall back on old skills from the life he'd rather forget. He's made a promise, and the only way to fulfill it is to bring the girl home alive.
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It’s now forty years later and—somehow, despite themselves—the band is still together. Just as they’re about to finally call it quits, one member of the band falls seriously ill, and they decide to take to the road one last time. With their aching bones, thinning hair, frazzled nerves and fraying tempers, can the four of them pull the tour off? Or will they again implode from within, something they’ve already done countless times?
From the acclaimed author of Pocket Kings comes an epic, heartfelt novel about friendship, family, hard work, love, life and death, and rock and roll.
Cinco de Mayo in United States
Cinco de Mayo in United States: Cinco de Mayo is annually observed on May 5, the anniversary of a victory in 1862 in the fight for independence from French forces. It is a festival of Mexican pride and heritage in the United States.
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