Archive for March, 2008

Hookergate Explained By A 3-Year-Old

Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

It may not be much, but until I can get home and have a look at what's going on in the rest of the world, here's the Eliot Spitzer scandal ... Read more..

Midnight Oil’s First Recording (1860)

Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in Music, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

It's a recording that predates Thomas Edison's inventions, and even predates the idea of playback itself. In 1860, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, a Parisian typesetter who dabbled in inventions and had ... Read more..

The Eagle Has Warmed Up

Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in Sports, Trivia, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

If this map of the Apollo 11 moon landing is any indication, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin didn't travel very far away from their launch capsule at all. NASA has superimposed ... Read more..

Alexander Ovechkin, Philosopher

Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Sports, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

Q. Is it possible to score a goal with a head in hockey? It is doable. But you shouldn’t try – because you can injure yourself very seriously, so that you ... Read more..

John Otway, Microstar

Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Music | 1 Comment »

I've loved John Otway since I first heard him. He takes his low self-esteem and does a better job at having fun with it than anyone else I know. And ... Read more..

Carnival Tricks From 1930

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Sports, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

From Modern Mechanix magazine, June 1930, here's a pdf of an article showing how carny games are rigged. I don't suspect most of these have changed right through to today: Another ... Read more..

William Faulkner on Hockey

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in NYC, Sports, Lit/Writ/Crit, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

From the recently-opened Sports Illustrated archives comes this 1955 account of Faulkner, Nobel laureate, one of the half-dozen greatest writers I have ever had the pleasure of reading, attending his ... Read more..

Proof That God May Love Us After All

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Lit/Writ/Crit, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the funniest sketch comedy program in my lifetime not created by Canadians or Brits (you heard me) is about to have a reunion. The two stars of the ... Read more..

Way Overdue

Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Housekeeping | 2 Comments »

I’ve been on a kick lately to get everything in my life up to date, after a decade or more of being pretty damned laissez-faire about this stuff. I never ... Read more..

Last Night’s Team Names Roundup

Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in Trivia, I Found This Interesting | Comments Off

Last night was an unusually strong night for team names, even for you guys. It was a slightly less frenzied night than last week too. Maybe St Patrick's Day bled off some ... Read more..

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