Saturday, November 20, 2010
William Self, R. I. P.
William Self, Television Producer, Dies at 89 - NYTimes.com: "William Self, a prolific producer who brought a long list of successful shows to television — “Daniel Boone,” “Peyton Place,” “Batman” and “M*A*S*H” among them — transforming 20th Century-Fox Television into a leading supplier of programming to the networks in the 1960s and ’70s, died on Monday in Los Angeles. He was 89."
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
No Comment Department
No Security Pat-Downs for Boehner - NYTimes.com: "As he left Washington on Friday, Mr. Boehner headed across the Potomac River to Reagan National Airport, which was bustling with afternoon travelers. But there was no waiting in line for Mr. Boehner, who was escorted around the metal detectors and body scanners, and taken directly to the gate."
Weird Western Double Update
Wildside Double #11: Judas Payne: A Weird Western, by Michael Hemmingson / Webb's Weird Wild West: Western Tales of Horror, by Don Webb (trade pb): In the tradition of the old "Ace Doubles" two-in-one books (flip one over to read the second title)--here is the eleventh Wildside Double.
WEBB'S WEIRD WILD WEST: WESTERN TALES OF HORROR, includes twelve startling stories--Henry James avenges his brother, Jesse, Robert E. Howard's serpent people are a modern gang, Satan flies a Zeppelin, and hobos liberate a zebra from a stolen train, among others. As Roger Zelazny said: "Don Webb can write straight tales or he can go out to the fringe, where the cutting edge hasn't even cut yet."
JUDAS PAYNE: A WEIRD WESTERN, by Michael Hemmingson. Judas Payne was the devil's spawn, a product of rape, a half-white, half-Indian outcast who was loved only by his pretty half-sister, Evangeline. When his father finds them naked in the barn, he takes out one of his son's eyes. Judas runs for his life, and meets up with a number of colorful characters out there in the "Weird Wild West."
Once Again, Texas Leads the Way
. . . and stay off her lawn!
Peekaboo
BBC News - Laser camera takes photos around corners: "A camera that can shoot around corners has been developed by US scientists.
The prototype uses an ultra-short high-intensity burst of laser light to illuminate a scene.
The device constructs a basic image of its surroundings - including objects hidden around the corner - by collecting the tiny amounts of light that bounce around the scene."
The prototype uses an ultra-short high-intensity burst of laser light to illuminate a scene.
The device constructs a basic image of its surroundings - including objects hidden around the corner - by collecting the tiny amounts of light that bounce around the scene."
Peru Update
Ancient Trumpets Played Eerie Notes - Science News: "Acoustic scientists put their lips to ancient conch shells to figure out how humans used these trumpets 3,000 years ago. The well-preserved, ornately decorated shells found at a pre-Inca religious site in Peru offered researchers a rare opportunity to jam on primeval instruments.
The music, powerfully haunting and droning, could have been used in religious ceremonies, the scientists say. The team reported their analysis November 17 at the Second Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics in Cancun, Mexico."
The music, powerfully haunting and droning, could have been used in religious ceremonies, the scientists say. The team reported their analysis November 17 at the Second Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics in Cancun, Mexico."
You can listen to the sounds at the link.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Croc Update (Makes Perfect Sense to Me Edition)
Croc carried home for a night | News | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au: "TWO men decided to keep a 3.2m saltwater crocodile in their uncle's front yard after finding it in a popular swimming hole."
Why Isn't Our Children Learning?
12th grade reading ability down from 1992 - UPI.com: "'Today's report suggests that high school seniors' achievement in reading and math isn't rising fast enough to prepare them to succeed in college and careers,' U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said in a statement."
The Turkey Had it Coming
Firefighter who shot turkey suspended from police jobs - News - Standard Speaker: "A Hazleton firefighter who killed a wild turkey while on duty outside a city fire station was suspended in the two communities where he is a part-time police officer."
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