Murmuration (Vimeo)
A collection of starlings is called a murmuration. Liberty Smith and Sophie Windsor Clive unexpectedly caught a rather large and exquisitely balletic murmuration on video while canoeing on the River Shannon in Ireland.
Joel Goldberg: Honey Badger Don't Care But We Do!
Honey badger don't care. That is the catch phrase from a viral YouTube video that uses National Geographic Wild tv footage with new, smart aleck (and occasionally vulgar) narration to go along with scenes of the honey badger running backwards, chasing a jackal, and eating a cobra that stings it ("oh, the honey badgers are just crazy").
Rick Mercer: "Rant: Teen Suicide" (YouTube)
Every year in this country 300 kids take their own lives. It is a mind-boggling number. And this past week one of those kids was Jamie Hubley. He was 15, he was depressed and he happened to be gay.
Marc Dion: How to Choke a Business (Creators Syndicate)
… I use a weekly money distribution system I call "on account." Every week, I get paid. I put some money in checking and some money in savings - the same amounts every week. Whatever is left, I fold once and stuff in my left front pants pocket. With that money, I buy gasoline, pipe tobacco, diner breakfasts, draft beer, coffee and maple-frosted doughnuts. When the money in my pants pocket is gone, I don't buy anything else (and here's where the system got its name) "on account" I don't have any more money.
Paul Krugman's Blog: Genuine Hypocrisy, And Attitudes Thereto (New York Times)
There's a big difference between the left and the right in such matters, one that I don't fully understand, although I'm trying. Here's how it goes: if a liberal politician is caught behaving badly - enriching himself while preaching the need to help the poor, or just in general showing himself less than admirable by having an affair, visiting call girls, whatever - his career is over.
Ricky Gervais: 'Bring on the haters' (Guardian)
In 10 years, the 'little fat bloke' from Reading has become a comedy god. But after the 'mong' row, have we fallen out of love with Ricky Gervais? Interview: Emma Brockes.
Johnny Sharp: It's a crime to love Insane Clown Posse (Guardian)
The Juggalos, Insane Clown Posse fans known primarily for their love of facepaint and fizzy pop, have been classified by the FBI as a criminal gang. When will people stop demonising kids who love music?
David Bruce has 42 Kindle books on Amazon.com with 250 anecdotes in each book. Each book is $1, so for $42 you can buy 10,500 anecdotes. Search for "Funniest People," "Coolest People, "Most Interesting People," "Kindest People," "Religious Anecdotes," "Maximum Cool," and "Resist Psychic Death."
Where are you going if you traveled through the Seas of Time, Science, Monsters, and Nothing, over the Foothills of the Headlands, then the Sea of Holes, and finally, to the Sea of Green?
Yellow Submarine is a 1968 animated musical fantasy film based on the music of The Beatles. It is also the title for the film's soundtrack album, released as part of The Beatles' music catalogue. The film was directed by animation producer George Dunning, and produced by United Artists (UA) and King Features Syndicate. The real Beatles participated only in the closing scene of the film, with the fictional counterparts of The Beatles voiced by other actors.
The five journey back to Pepperland in the yellow submarine. As they start learning to operate the submarine, they sing All Together Now, after which they pass through several regions on their way to Pepperland:
Sea of Time - where time flows both forwards and backwards to the tune of "When I'm Sixty-Four",
Sea of Science - where they sing "Only a Northern Song",
Sea of Monsters - where a monstrous "vacuum cleaner beast" sucks up all loose objects and people and then the entire landscape and finally itself, freeing them.
Sea of Nothing - where they meet a rather helpful "nowhere man" named Jeremy Hilary Boob PhD, and sing the song "Nowhere Man" in reference to him. As they leave, however, Jeremy starts crying and Ringo takes pity on Jeremy and lets him join them aboard the submarine.
Foothills of the Headlands (or Sea of Heads) - where they are separated from the submarine and John sings "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds",
Finally, the Sea of Holes - where Jeremy is kidnapped by one of the Blue Meanies patrolling the outskirts of Pepperland. When Ringo jumps on to a green hole, it turns into the Sea of Green and they arrive in Pepperland.
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Baron Dave ("We don't paint floors because they're beneath us." -- Animaniacs) was first, and correct, with:
Pepperland. Saw yellow Submarine with my parents and brothers on Christmas Eve in 1968. We were pretty much alone in the theater. Had a marvelous time.
mj wrote:
You're on the Yellow Submarine
On your way to Pepperland. Watch out for the Blue Meanies.
Alan J replied:
Pepperland
BttbB responded:
Pepperland...
Although it sounds kinda like a 'Shroom trip I took once (Summer '73) from San Antonio to Corpus Christi and Padre island... Don't worry... My pal, Doug, was driving (sans 'Shrooms)...
Sally said:
If I traveled through the Seas of Time, Science, Monsters, and Nothing, over the Foothills of the Headlands, then the Sea of Holes, and finally, to the Sea of Green, I would arrive in the unearthly paradise called Pepperland, 80,000 leagues under the sea.
It's all there in the Beatles film, "Yellow Submarine..."
PS: I will not be relying on 'rumors' for my future trivia reply's!
PPS: Thank you, JoeS, for the "Eye Candy," and a good laugh to start the day. Of course, we all want a photo of you in said 'Speedo' after you have reached your goal weight... ;) (Wink, Wink!)
Jim from CA, retired to ID, answered:
Pepperland to join with the Beatles and Blue Meanies.....we all live in a
Yellow Submarine.
Charlie wrote:
Pepperland,of course, and as we all know, the best way to get there is by submarine.
Adam reslied:
The Absent-Minded Professor- of course...
Anyway, Pepperland has all that psychadelia.
vb in akron responded:
You're headed to Pepperland.
Watch out for the Blue Meanies!
Marian said:
Pepperland from the Yelllow Submarine movie
-DJ Konrad Useo replied:
I love today's trivia question. I believe the correct answer is wall street.
I mean PEPPERLAND. I got confused between plain meanies & blue meanies.Hahahaha.
Yellow Submarine is actually my favorite movie,just nudging out
the Marx Bros' DUCK SOUP.
It has a sequential plot,wonderful visuals,interesting characters & the music is excellent.
I've always hoped for a sequel.
If anyone in a position to make one wants a great potential story for it, contact me.
Believe me, it's worth filming.
I wonder how YELLOW SUBMARINE looks if you
watch it to Pink Floyd's DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.Lol.
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After seriously missing yesterday's trivia question, I hope I can get back on track today.
Pepperland in a yellow submarine.
More than 16 million Americans answered the call to arms in World War II. Of those, 600,000 were the few, the proud, the Marines.
Then there were the Chosen Few, men such as metro Detroiters Calvin Moore, Robert Hassler, Earl Hood, William Cook, Edsel Stallings, Norfflette Mersier and about 20,000 other Montford Point Marines.
After years of discrimination, mistreatment and near invisibility postwar, these African-American Marines of World War II are on the verge of getting the Congressional Gold Medal, America's highest civilian honor.
It's about time, too, said Hassler, 86, who lied about his age to enlist 70 years ago. "It's always bothered me -- every year for Black History Month, they talk about the Tuskegee Airmen," Hassler said. "Nobody knows about the Montford Point Marines."
In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the armed forces to accept African Americans into their ranks, and the Marine Corps was the last to fall in line. Even then, segregation remained as the black recruits and draftees were trained in their own facility -- a patch of land adjacent to Camp Lejeune, N.C., called Montford Point...
The fortitude of the Black men (and women) who willing offered to serve and fight for their country despite the bigotry and debasement they faced is, to me, beyond amazing. It is heroic... and, with a few exceptions such as the 'Buffalo Soldiers' and the 'Tuskegee Airmen', largely unknown. The sooner these men are recognized and honored, the better...
Rainy morning and a cold (for these parts), overcast afternoon.
Tonight, Monday:
CBS opens the night with a FRESH'How I Met Your Mother', followed by a FRESH'2 Broke Girls', then a FRESH'2½l Men', followed by a FRESH'Mike & Molly', then a FRESH'Hawaii Five-0'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Melissa McCarthy, Anthony Bourdain, and Joan Baez & Kris Kristofferson.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Jeff Cesario.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH'The Sing Off', followed by a FRESH'Rock Center'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Ellen Barkin, Henry Cavill, and Cirque du Soleil "Iris".
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Anderson Cooper, Armie Hammer, and St. Vincent.
On a RERUNCarson 'The Scab' Daly (from 10/4/11) are Kaitlin Olson, Megan Amram, Lykke Li, and MINDR.
ABC starts the night with a FRESH'Dancing With The R's', followed by a FRESH'Castle'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Taylor Lautner, Herman Cain, and Junip.
The CW offers a FRESH'Hart Of Dixie', followed by a FRESH'Hart Of Dixie'.
Faux has a FRESH'Terra Nova', followed by a FRESH'House'.
MY recycles an old 'L&O; SVU', followed by another old ':L&O: SVU'.
A&E has 'Hoarders', another 'Hoarders', followed by a FRESH'Hoarders', then a FRESH'Monsters-In-Law', followed by another FRESH'Monsters-In-Law'.
AMC offers the movie 'Top Gun', followed by the movie 'Rocky', then the movie 'Rocky II'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC World News
[7:00AM] BBC World News
[8:00AM] The Graham Norton Show - Cher, Dawn French, The Script
[9:00AM] The Graham Norton Show - Brooke Shields, Kevin Bacon, Miranda Hart
[10:00AM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 9
[11:00AM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 8 - Lido Di Manhattan Beach
[12:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 3 The Priory
[1:00PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 1
[2:00PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 2
[3:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Series 1 - Ep. 3 Walnut Tree
[4:00PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 2 Giuseppi's
[5:00PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 24 The Next Phase
[6:00PM] Top Gear - Episode 5
[7:00PM] Top Gear - Episode 6
[8:00PM] Top Gear: Best Of 10-11 - Episode 1 NEW
[9:00PM] Top Gear: Best Of 10-11 - Episode 2 NEW
[10:00PM] Top Gear - Episode 6
[12:00AM] Top Gear: Best Of 10-11 - Episode 2
[1:00AM] Top Gear - Episode 6
[2:00AM] Top Gear: Best Of 10-11 - Episode 1
[3:00AM] Top Gear: Best Of 10-11 - Episode 2
[4:00AM] Top Gear - Episode 6
[5:00AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', and another 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills'.
Comedy Central has '30 Rock', another '30 Rock', 'South Park', another 'South Park', 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', still another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly', and yet another 'It's Always Sunny In Philly'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Clint Eastwood.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Niall Ferguson.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Live Free Or Die Hard'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', yet another 'Pawn Stars', still another 'Pawn Stars', and, yes, one more 'Pawn Stars'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
[8:30AM] One Track Mind
[8:35AM] United We Stand
[8:45AM] Widows' Peak
[11:00AM] Darkness
[1:15PM] The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
[3:45PM] Widows' Peak
[6:00PM] Malcolm in the Middle - Jury Duty
[6:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle - Cliques
[7:00PM] The Claim
[9:30PM] Monty Python's Life of Brian
[11:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle - Monkey
[11:30PM] Malcolm in the Middle-Monkey
[12:00AM] Malcolm in the Middle-Zoo
[12:30AM] One Track Mind
[12:35AM] Monty Python's Life of Brian
[2:30AM] A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
[4:45AM] Bollywood Hero (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] LUDO BITES AMERICA: Mobile (Episode 3, Season 1)
[7:00AM] ALL ON THE LINE - Kara Janx: That Dress is Great if You're Going to the Prom With Justin Bieber (Episode 2, Season 1)
[8:00AM] ALL ON THE LINE - Between the Sheets (Episode 3, Season 1)
[9:00AM] UNLEASHED BY GARO: I'm Never Going to Take it All Off (Episode 3, Season 1)
[10:00AM] Love Lust & Secret Societies
[11:00AM] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Halloween (Episode 9, Season 1)
[12:00PM] Of Time And The City
[1:15PM] The End Of The Line
[2:40PM] When a Man Comes Home
[4:15PM] Of Time And The City
[5:30PM] Instead of Abracadabra
[6:00PM] The History Boys
[8:00PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Flying Blind
[8:30PM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Great Expectations
[9:00PM] UNLEASHED BY GARO: Can I Pull You a Little Tighter? (Episode 1, Season 1)
[10:00PM] QUIRKY: I Crush It (Episode 4, Season 1)
[11:00PM] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - Other People's Mothers (Episode 10, Season 1)
[12:00AM] UNLEASHED BY GARO: Can I Pull You a Little Tighter? (Episode 1, Season 1)
[1:00AM] QUIRKY: I Crush It (Episode 4, Season 1)
[2:00AM] LUDO BITES AMERICA: Denver (Episode 4, Season 1)
[3:00AM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Flying Blind
[3:30AM] GIRLS WHO LIKE BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS - Great Expectations
[4:00AM] The History Boys (ALL TIMES EST)
Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has been honored with a star-studded tribute at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
The Plain Dealer reports that Lauryn Hill, Dennis Edwards of the Temptations and Chaka Khan were among those who entertained. The 69-year-old soul singer was not scheduled to perform, but toward the end of the three-hour event she took a seat at a piano and traded verses with Edwards in a rendition of "A Song for You."
Franklin received a key to the city from Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson during the Saturday event and an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Case Western Reserve University.
The show ended a weeklong American Music Masters tribute to her.
About 3,500 fans of Jimmy Buffett are celebrating the singer's music and laid-back island attitude in Key West, Fla.
Attendees at the 20th Parrot Heads Convention were surprised Friday afternoon when Buffett made a rare appearance with his Coral Reefer Band. He played for more than an hour. Many of his 15 songs featured lyrics recalling people and places he knew while living in Key West during the 1970s and 80s.
The convention of "Parrot Head" fans, named for their offbeat tropical headgear, continues through Sunday. It will feature more performances and a charity auction.
Organizers say that since 2002, members of about 200 chapters have contributed over $20 million and nearly 3 million volunteer hours to local and national causes.
The Spanish government says it has granted citizenship to singer Ricky Martin and actor Benicio del Toro.
Spokesman Jose Blanco said Friday that Martin and del Toro were recognized for their artistic talents and that the government was happy they wished to have Spanish nationality.
Both Martin and del Toro are from Puerto Rico and have U.S. citizenship.
Spain normally obliges people to renounce any other nationality they have before granting them a Spanish passport, but it makes exceptions for citizens from Latin American countries and some other places including Puerto Rico.
Actor Steve Carell (R) and wife Nancy arrive at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Art + Film Gala in Los Angeles, California November 5, 2011.
Photo by Jason Redmond
Veteran singer Andy Williams, a 1960s television variety show star best known for his rendition of the ballad "Moon River," was reported on Sunday to have been diagnosed with bladder cancer.
CNN said the 83-year-old entertainer broke the news to a live concert audience at his Moon River Theater in Branson, Missouri, during a Saturday performance of his "2011 Andy Williams Christmas Show."
"I do have cancer of the bladder," CNN quoted Williams as telling his fans. "But that is no longer a death sentence. People with cancer are getting through this thing."
The theater's website made no specific mention of Williams' diagnosis but says that "due to health reasons Andy may not make a live appearance in his Christmas Show."
Herman Cain (R-Philanderer) is taking his campaign to a new platform: late-night television.
ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" said Friday that the Republican presidential hopeful will be a guest on the show Monday.
Cain may be in need of a few laughs with Kimmel. Although Cain has risen in voter polls, the one-time Godfathers Pizza CEO has been confronting more than decade-old allegations of sexual harassment made when he was head of the National Restaurant Association.
Cain has repeatedly denied ever sexually harassing anyone and tried to return to normal campaigning Friday with a speech in Washington, D.C., about the economy.
Actor Robin Williams poses for a portrait during the Happy Feet Press Junket in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011.
Photo by Dan Steinberg
Thousands of protesters opposed to a new oil pipeline from Canada to the United States circled the White House complex on Sunday to press President Barack Obama to reject the project on environmental grounds.
Opponents to TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport crude produced from oil sands, have dogged the president for months, arguing against the carbon-spewing process of extracting oil from the sands.
On Sunday thousands of men and women, many of them wearing orange vests with "Stop the pipeline" printed on them, lined up around the White House grounds, which include the presidential mansion, the Treasury department and a sprawling executive office building.
Carrying signs that matched Obama's campaign colors of blue and red, some protesters chanted "Hey Obama, we don't want no climate drama" and "Stop the pipeline, yes we can," copying phrases connected to Obama's successful 2008 election effort.
Robert Flacke Sr. can remember the days when Fort William Henry's multimedia exhibit consisted of two Kodak carousel-style color slide projectors that kept breaking down.
The history-heavy tourist attraction on the southern end of Lake George upgraded years ago to a video display, an improvement that looks positively futuristic amid all the aging, dusty exhibits sprinkled throughout the privately owned reconstructed French and Indian War fort and museum. Many of the displays look like they haven't changed since the place was built more than a half-century ago.
In an effort to boost numbers of visitors, museum and historical sites around the country are searching for new ways to update old exhibits amid a time of economic uncertainty and declining support for museums in general and history museums in particular.
Updating exhibits often is one way to attract more visitors, but it's expensive, especially for smaller museums and lesser-known historic sites.
Actor Jack Black (R) and Tanya Haden arrive at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Art + Film Gala in Los Angeles, California November 5, 2011.
PHoto by Jason Redmond
Propaganda pieces produced in China four decades ago during the Cultural Revolution have been unearthed in a storage room at the University of Michigan - a rare find in either the U.S. or its country of origin, experts said.
The rediscovery of the 15 poster-sized papercut images illustrating the political upheaval of the era is a pleasant surprise to scholars studying a society that was largely closed off from the West. The images are cut out of red paper in the same way that artists customarily create decorations for Chinese New Year celebrations and other festivities. They include glowing portrayals of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong and Red Guards burning books and trampling on a Buddhist statue.
The handmade images were stored at the university's Center for Chinese Studies, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Carol Stepanchuk, the center's community outreach coordinator, found them while sorting through boxes in its storage room. She said the collection of 15 framed images "stood out." The frames weren't in great shape, but the images were in "remarkably good condition," she said.
Stepanchuk took them to her office and brought the find to the attention of faculty members, who marveled at the rarity and quality of an entire set that tells a coherent story.
The late scholar Michel Oksenberg, who taught at the university for two decades, collected the papercuts while doing research in Hong Kong in the early 1970s and donated them to the center when he left in 1991 to lead the East-West Center in Honolulu.
Amy Barnes protests as police move in to clear a downtown street during an Occupy Atlanta demonstration late Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 in Atlanta.
Photo by David Goldman
A leading Nigerian comic actor arrested on suspicion of ingesting drugs to smuggle to Europe was on Friday freed on bail after 25 closely monitored bowel movements produced nothing suspicious.
Babatunde Omidina, known by his stage name Baba Suwe, was arrested last month at Lagos's international airport where he had been due to take a flight to France.
But after 24 days in detention during which his bowel movements were earnestly followed by authorities and the media, an apologetic High Court judge in Lagos ordered his release.
Judge Yetunde Idowu told the frail and emaciated looking actor: "I wish you well. Take care of yourself. You are free to go home."
Danny Robert, 64, of Manhattan, raises his fist in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protest in Zuccotti Park, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, in New York. Now entering their seventh week, the protests have continued to attract demonstrators young and old across different income classes and cultural backgrounds.
Photo by John Minchillo
They may not be Sonny and Cher, but certain South American birds sing duets, taking turns as the tune goes along.
"Calling it a love song is probably too strong a word," says researcher Eric S. Fortune of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. But, he adds, the little wrens shift their heads around and move closer together as they sing.
Fortune thinks it's a test, with the female birds choosing mates based on how well the males can follow cues and keep up with the song.
Birds singing duets isn't unheard of, but it's rare and these perform the fastest and most precise songs known, Fortune said in a telephone interview.
The birds live in dense bamboo groves in the Andes Mountains in Ecuador, Fortune and colleagues report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
A streaker appears on stage with actress Hayden Panettiere (L) at the MTV Europe Music Awards show in Belfast November 6, 2011.
Photo by Cathal McNaughton
"Puss in Boots" pounced on "Tower Heist" and "Harold & Kumar" at the box office.
The DreamWorks 3-D animated film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, earned $33 million in its second weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The PG-rated film centering on the swashbuckling feline voiced by Antonio Banderas from the "Shrek" series surprisingly toppled the weekend's two new releases, bringing its total haul to $75 million.
Universal's PG-13 revenge romp "Tower Heist" starring Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy palmed $25.1 million in the No. 2 spot, while the Warner Bros. R-rated sequel "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas" with John Cho and Kal Penn unwrapped $13 million at No. 3.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "Puss in Boots," $33 million. ($15 million international.)
2. "Tower Heist," $25.1 million. ($9.5 million international.)
3. "A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas," $13 million.
4. "Paranormal Activity 3," $8.5 million. ($14.1 million international.)
5. "In Time," $7.7 million. ($16.6 million international.)
6. "Footloose," $4.5 million.
7. "Real Steel," $3.4 million. ($10.7 million international.)
8. "The Rum Diary," $2.9 million.
9. "The Ides of March," $2 million.
10. "Moneyball," $1.9 million.
In this Friday, Nov. 4, 2011, photo, two African Penguins Buddy, left, and Pedro, right, are seen at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto.
Photo by Rene Johnston
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