A breed of insects — cicadas — spend 17 years living underground. Then they emerge en masse, breed a new generation, and those babies live underground for 17 years. It’s the emerging part that’s interesting, because once every seventeen years, certain parts of the midwest get covered with millions of these bugs (often mistakenly referred to as locusts) who eat … Read More
Tale As Old As Time…
A big shout-out to Gray (the Beast) and Emily (Belle) who play the title roles in the production of Beauty and the Beast, opening tonight at the Little Theatre of Winston-Salem. I send my fondest "break-a-leg" wishes to them, as well as Craig (Gaston) and the Barnhardt sisters. Emily reports that opening night is all but sold out, and tickets … Read More
Death Of Woody Harrelson’s Dad
Normally, this is a news story that I would have ignored, save for the fact that Woody Harrelson’s father may have some connection to the JFK assassination. Below is a picture of the "three tramps" taken into custody in Dallas on that fateful day. They were supposedly vagrants hanging around the railyards near Dealey Plaza, yet many have noted their … Read More
More Than A Feeling
Lead singer for Boston, Brad Delp, dead. As a tribute, here’s a little Delp and Boston trivia. He bought his first guitar after seeing The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. Since 1994, he’s been in a Beatles tribute band named Beatlejuice. Before he joined the band, Delp was manufacturing heating coils in a Mr. Coffee plant. Boston’s debut album … Read More
Aaaaawkward
Most have been pretty tough for the local "Good Morning Winston-Salem"* news crew to report that the anchor of the local "Good Morning Winston-Salem"** program has been charged with DWI after hitting and killing a pedestrian this weekend. * Not its real name ** Still not its real name
Breaking: Libby Guilty
on four of five counts in his perjury and obstruction of justice trial. The verdict isn’t as important as what the whole Plamegate process and trial actually revealed, i.e., the Vice President’s main adviser has just been convicted of obstructing an investigation not just of himself but of the Vice President, and the trial brought out substantial evidence that Cheney … Read More
Art Buchwald, R.I.P.
Not long ago, Buchwald was diagnosed with cancer. He retired his column, and checked into a hospice for his final days. There, according to reports, he lived life to the fullest — partying with old freinds and colleagues. And apparently, by doing so and not dying, he eventually left (or, as some say, was asked to leave). Art Buchwald, humorist … Read More
Breaking News: Gas “Cloud” in Manhattan
This doesn’t smell good. UPDATE: Source of the gas smell is unknown. Officials are saying it’s not likely a terrorist attack. RELATED: Downtown Austin closed due to the mysterious death of birds. Weird stuff happening today.
Congrats To Grace & Glorie
The cast of the Kernersville Little Theatre production of <i>Grace & Glorie</i> (i.e., Pat Shumate and Cheryl Roberts) took away an award for "Best Ensemble" at the North Carolina Theatre Conference Community Theatre Festival/Competition.
What The Hell?
Looking at my "live webcams" on the right just now, I noticed this "live" picture from the webcam at the Nevada Seismological Lab. I don’t know much about earthquakes or seismographs, but that looks like one biiiiig and preposterously looooooooog earthquake. I think the machine is broken. Can someone call them please?
BREAKING NEWS: RUMSFELD RESIGNING!
CNN has the headline, no article. MSNBC has something — he’s being replaced by Robert Gates, CIA Director under Bush 41. The NY Times editorial from this morning is prescient. UPDATE: Apparently, it’s been in the works for some time. Yet, Bush said last week that Rummy would stay on for the remaining two years. So . . . Bush … Read More