I’m only around briefly- heading up north to go to Niagara Falls with NPR Lady. I know that SP winced when she took me there, knowing what was going to come. But I am 98% certain that the Slowly I Turned classic routine is as absolutely foreign to NPR Lady as is Hayek or Spooner. Which gives me an easy way to annoy her unexpectedly. This may be fun…

Speaking of fun, birthdays today include the most memorable of all US presidents; arguably the greatest black female writer in America (and a deep thinker); the exception to the “Christ, what an asshole!” rule; a guy who foisted on us both a remarkably shitty novel and a remarkably shitty movie; a guy who rivaled Yoko Ono for ruining the most music; a guy whose presence in a movie means it will be wonderful or horrible, never anything in between; and a guy who’d better get that contract signed soon.

Oh yes, before I forget… Links.

 

If only we could have had this go on forever. Well, a guy can dream.

 

Some small good news for civil rights.

 

“Don’t worry, we’ll make sure those Jews stay out of their temple.”

 

In today’s pig boner news.

 

Well TBH, it’s all kind of arbitrary anyway.

 

Let’s face it, the software IS smarter than the kids. And the teachers.

 

Odd this kind of thing doesn’t seem to happen with Country & Western or jazz.

 

Old Guy Music is just fucking insane picking. The chord changes are equally insane, yet these guys…