Saturday, March 09, 2013

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Now it's the World Baseball Classic Melee:

News from The Associated Press: A fierce brawl that saw Alfredo Aceves and several players throw nasty punches erupted Saturday in the ninth inning of Canada's 10-3 romp over Mexico in the World Baseball Classic in a melee that also involved fans.

Stonehenge Update

Stonehenge builders travelled from far, say researchers: The latest findings, which came after a decade of research, suggested it was the act of building the monument rather than its purpose that was key.

So Is That a Strike?

Google Translating World Baseball Classic Coverage: "The Shortstop, Jimmy Rollins Hit Embazo With The Forest Law"

Hat tip to Art Scott.

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

burlingtonfreepress.com: John Jones of Proctor pleaded innocent to reckless endangerment. The 57-year-old Jones is accused of swinging his loaded shotgun at Jake Duprey in West Rutland in December.

Song of the Day

Marty Robbins - Ballad Of The Alamo - YouTube:

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

Home Invasion: Patti Abbott: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: HOME INVASION is a novel in stories that examines a dysfunctional family across fifty years. The family’s multi generational saga reflects the foibles and vices of the late 20th and early 21st century America: religion, gambling, drink, war, the desire to escape ones past, and especially the commission of crimes. The sins vary in gravity, but each is the result of bad decisions, misplaced values, and deplorable parenting. Each story is set in a slightly different year, with a somewhat different cast of characters, moving chronologically yet circularly in theme.

A Smidgen More on Tracking

Western Fictioneers: SIX SENTENCE SATURDAY: A Smidgen More on Tracking by Marc Cameron

Today's Vintage Ads

Insane Psychotic Drug Ads Of Yesteryear

8 Bookstores in Barns

8 Bookstores in Barns 

Celebrity Salaries Revealed

Yes, it's a slideshow.  Yes, Honey Boo-Boo makes more than you do.

Celebrity Salaries Revealed

PaperBack



Constance & Gwenyth Little, Great Black Kanba, Dell, 1947

Real-Life Frankensteins and How Mary Shelley's Masterpiece Came to Life

The Lady and Her Monsters: Real-Life Frankensteins and How Mary Shelley's Masterpiece Came to Life

10 Medical Tools You’re Glad Only Exist in Museums

10 Medical Tools You’re Glad Only Exist in Museums

7 Weird and Wonderful Facts About the Wizard of Oz Books

The Wizard of Oz Books: 7 Weird and Wonderful Facts About the Wizard of Oz Books

Link via Neatorama.

7 bogus grammar 'errors' you don't need to worry about

7 bogus grammar 'errors' you don't need to worry about 

28 Haunting Photos Of Fukushima, 2 Years Later

28 Haunting Photos Of Fukushima, 2 Years Later

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

 Mail Online: Romulus the Donkey is set to beat the Guinness World Record as the World's Tallest Donkey. Measured by a local vet in Texas, Romulus is an incredible 68 inches tall, 2 inches taller than previous holder Oklahoma Sam.

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

The 50 Best Food Memoirs

Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle HamiltonAbeBooks: The 50 Best Food Memoirs: Food memoirs can be divided into three main categories – finding and/or growing food, making food and eating food – but these often merge. Books about the histories of particular foods can be very interesting but we’re dealing here with memoirs – books about real-life experiences. The best food memoirs go way beyond the food and into someone’s reality – food memoirs can be deeply revealing about families and working environments.

The Bad and the Beautiful

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) - trailer - YouTube:

Friday, March 08, 2013

Free for Kindle for a Limited Time


Excellent book, highly recommended.

EARTHQUAKE WEATHER: Terrill Lee Lankford, Michael Connelly: Amazon.com: Books: A veteran filmmaker and novelist now creates a riveting noir set in the power-mad jungle of Hollywood. In Earthquake Weather a natural disaster shakes a city and an industry to their cores, revealing new layers of deceit, desire, and deadly aggression. 

Hollywood. The land of dreams and schemes. Mark Hayes has a dream. To make movies. But that’s easier wished for than done. Years of frustrating career moves have yielded little progress and Mark now finds himself in a dead end job as a “creative executive” for the loathsome producer, Dexter Morton at Prescient Pictures, the hottest new production company in town. A job like that could lead to big things—but Dexter Morton has no interest in promoting Mark’s ambitions. Then a major earthquake rocks Los Angeles and all deals are off. And when Mark finds a body floating in Dexter’s pool he goes from D-Boy to murder suspect before he can say “three picture deal”.