Thank you, thank you! After a couple of very serious days, we can take a break from that and have some laughs. SP, WebDom and I all went to our favorite PHX-area restaurant last night, which put us in a jolly mood, notwithstanding the minor kerfuffle regarding the lack of a kids’ menu.

I’m here all week!

Birthdays today include a guy whose reputation got some traction; a writer whose work had a twist; a libertarian pioneer; the answer to most people’s first question about genetics; a guy who was actually hit by Dreiser; the Pride of Baltimore; a guy whose pole was stable; the brilliant man who inspired CPRM; a guy who was a major contributor to the ruination of country music; proof that comedians don’t have to be funny; and the poor man’s Keanu Reeves.

Let’s news, shall we?

 

Funny, when an actual insurrection happens, they don’t call it an insurrection.

 

Oops.

 

The performance art is wonderful.

 

Diet Coke addiction is not her mental illness. Her mental illness is her mental illness.

 

Coal to Newcastle.

 

Free enterprise at its best.

 

Cops with a sense of humor.

 

Old Guy Music is at once a delightful cover and a captured moment of an era. If you don’t love this, you have no soul.