zEN mAN (observing more than a gaggle of rampaging roos right in the middle of the Womens Australian Open golf tournament at the Royal Canberra Golf Club...a hopping "flash mob" at the 9th hole)
Paul Krugman: Rubio and the Zombies (New York Times)
… Mr. Rubio is a rising star, to such an extent that Time magazine put him on its cover, calling him "The Republican Savior." What we learned Tuesday, however, was that zombie economic ideas have eaten his brain.
Tom Danehy: Tom takes some time to think about the world of dirty cell phone images (Tucson Weekly)
In the giant Venn diagram of individual human behavior, the great blob of Stupid intersects lots of different areas, including Personally Destructive and Professionally Damaging, and it even lightly touches Fire-able Offense. Fortunately for all of us, Stupid is just mostly stupid and allows us to make our mistakes and, one hopes, learn from them, perchance to prevent them from being repeated.
Matthew Yglesias: The End of Barnes & Noble (Slate)
It makes me sad, personally. Before Barnes & Noble was a national behometh it was just my neighborhood bookstore, as I grew up blocks away from the original shop. I always liked to root for it against Borders. But it won't be long for this world.
Lenore Skenazy: The Busybody at Taco Bell (Creators Syndicate)
Usually, someone seeking advice from a newspaper columnist is desperate. (Not so desperate as a newspaper columnist herself, in a world where everything is going digital, but still, desperate.) That was definitely the tone of the letter I got the other day.
Kris Gunnars: The Worst Lies That Mainstream Nutrition Has Told You (io9)
A lot of the science is now showing that many commonly held beliefs about what a healthy diet should look like are utterly wrong. Here are the top 11 biggest lies, myths, and misconceptions told to us by mainstream nutrition. 1. Eggs Are Unhealthy.
Know Your Meme: Overly Attached Girlfriend
If I was your girlfriend / I'd never let you leave / without a small recording device / taped under your sleeve?I'll always be checking up on you / Hey, boy, who you talking to? / Spend a day with your girl, I'll be calling you my husband."
The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine.
The Beach Boys have often been called "America's Band", and Allmusic has stated that their "unerring ability ... made them America's first, best rock band." The group has had thirty-six United States Top 40 hits (the most by an American rock band) and fifty-six Hot 100 hits, including four number-one singles.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
The Beach Boys
Charlie said:
I'd have been ashamed of myself if I'd had to look this up. At first, the cynic in me thought it might be somebody who really sucked, but then I realized who it probably was, and they don't suck at all.
There are (or have been) American bands I think are (or were) greater (Byrds,Allman Brothers,and maybe some others, but not Grand Funk Railroad), but the Beach Boys certainly rate the appellation "great."
Adam answered:
The Beach Boys.
Dave wrote:
Of course it had to be a US Rock Band that dominated the charts in the '60s or '70s, because those were the years of The Single, and not an individual artist. The only band which came to mind was the Beach Boys and a google check confirmed my guess. Too bad Brian Wilson went nuts and ended their run.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
The Beach Boys
Marian replied:
Beach Boys
Sally said:
"The Beach Boys," have had thirty-six United States Top 40 hits (the most by an American rock band) and fifty-six Hot 100 hits, including four number-one singles.
I never cared for their music. They were West Coast, and I was not...
PS: I forgot to mention yesterday, that the singer Pat Boone is a direct descendant of Daniel. I know that because I was in the audience the night he won the, "Ted Mack, Original Amateur Hour" contest. Ted made reference several time that night to their relationship, and teased him for not wearing the coon-skin cap. I classify Pat with the Beach Boys, that limpy-wimpy style of music.
Now Elvis, he was a whole other story!!
Dale of Diamond Springs took the day off.
MAM wrote:
The Beach Boys ~ formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California. The group was initially composed of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine.
BttbBob replied:
The Beach Boys...
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Thanks for the kind sentiments
And, Joe S answered:
Oh, I hate to say it but it's The Beach Boys. I think to call them a rock band is stretching it a bit. I really don't like The Beach Boys. I don't like Rush or Led Zeppelin either. I change the station when any of that caterwauling is playing. Oh yeah, and I don't like Blood Sweat and Tears either. Just about anything else pleases me, well except for that insipid English crap brought over with the "British Invasion."
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Person Of Interest', followed by a RERUN'Criminal Minds', then '48 Hours'.
NBC opens the night with a FRESH'American Ninja Warrior', followed by a RERUN'Chicago Fire', then an hourlong RERUN of last Saturday's 'SNL' (hosted by the Beebs).
'SNL' is FRESH, with Christoph Waltz hosting, music by Alabama Shakes.
ABC fills the night with the movie 'Harry Potter & The Chamber Of Secrets'.
The CW offers an old '2½ Men', followed by another old '2½ Men', then an old 'Family Guy', followed by another old 'Family Guy'.
Faux fills the night with LIVE'NASCAR Sprint Car', then pads the left coast with local crap.
MY has an old 'Burn Notice', followed by another old 'Burn Notice'.
A&E has 'Storage Wars', another 'Storage Wars', 'Storage Wars Texas', another 'Storage Wars Texas', still another 'Storage Wars Texas', yet another 'Storage Wars Texas', 'Storage Wars New York', and another 'Storage Wars New York'.
AMC offers the movie 'Battle For The Planet Of The Apes', followed by the movie 'Planet Of The Apes', then the movie 'Beneath The Planet Of The Apes'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 11 - Cafe 36
[7:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 5 - Ep 1 - The Runaway Girl
[8:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 1 - Ep 9 - The Olde Stone Mill
[9:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 10 - Zeke's
[10:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES REVISITED UK - Season 2 - Ep 2 - Momma Cherri's
[11:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 3 - Ep 4 - Morgan's
[12:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 3
[1:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 4
[2:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 8 - Episode 5
[3:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 19 - Episode 2
[4:20PM] BANG GOES THE THEORY - Season 1 - Episode 1
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 2 - Family
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 3 - Brothers
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 4 - Suddenly Human
[8:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 4 - Ep 5 - Legacy
[9:00PM] RIPPER STREET - Season 1 - Ep 5 - The Weight of One Man's Heart NEW
[10:15PM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 12 - Ep 15 - Mark Wahlberg, Sarah Silverman, Michael Fassbender, Laura Mvula NEW
[11:00PM] RIPPER STREET - Season 1 - Ep 4 - The Good of This City
[12:00AM] RIPPER STREET - Season 1 - Ep 5 - The Weight of One Man's Heart
[1:15AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 12 - Ep 15 - Mark Wahlberg, Sarah Silverman, Michael Fassbender, Laura Mvula
[2:00AM] RIPPER STREET - Season 1 - Ep 4 - The Good of This City
[3:00AM] RIPPER STREET - Season 1 - Ep 5 - The Weight of One Man's Heart
[4:15AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 12 - Ep 15 - Mark Wahlberg, Sarah Silverman, Michael Fassbender, Laura Mvula
[5:00AM] THE TIMEY-WIMEY OF DOCTOR WHO (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', followed by the movie 'How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days', then the movie 'How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days', again.
Comedy Central has the movie 'My Best Friend's Girl', followed by the movie 'Hot Tub Time Machine', then the movie 'Wedding Crashers'.
FX has the movie 'Knight & Day', followed by the movie 'Live Free Or Die Hard'.
History has 3 hours of old 'Pawn Stars', followed by the FRESH'Stories From The Road To Freedom'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Layer Cake
[8:15AM] The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
[10:00AM] The Three Stooges-Calling All Curs
[10:25AM] The Three Stooges-Cash and Carry
[10:50AM] The Three Stooges-Cookoo Cavaliers
[11:15AM] The Three Stooges-Crash Goes the Hash
[11:40AM] The Three Stooges-Dizzy Detectives
[12:05PM] The Three Stooges-Dizzy Doctors
[12:30PM] Bad Boys
[3:15PM] Layer Cake
[5:30PM] Lord of War
[8:00PM] Gangs of New York
[11:30PM] Gangs of New York
[3:00AM] Escape From L.A.
[5:15AM] Portlandia-Alexandra
[5:45AM] Whitest Kids U'Know (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00A] FREAKS AND GEEKS - Noshing and Moshing (Episode 15, Season 1)
[7:00A] FREAKS AND GEEKS - Smooching and Mooching (Episode 16, Season 1)
[8:00A] FREAKS AND GEEKS - The Little Things (Episode 17, Season 1)
[9:00A] FREAKS AND GEEKS - Discos and Dragons (Episode 18, Season 1)
[10:00A] State and Main
[11:45A] Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies
[1:00P] Control
[3:15P] State and Main
[5:00P] ALL ON THE LINE WITH JOE ZEE - Korto (Episode 4, Season 3)
[6:00P] The Darjeeling Limited
[7:30P] The Unsinkable Henry Morgan
[8:00P] The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
[12:15A] X
[2:00A] When Will I Be Loved
[3:30A] The Darjeeling Limited
[5:00A] FREAKS AND GEEKS - Discos and Dragons (Episode 18, Season 1) (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Saw V', followed by the movie 'The Collector'.
Musician John Fogerty performs on stage at the Sound City Players concert at The Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, in New York.
Photo by Brad Barket
Back in the day, teachers often scoffed at using encyclopedias as serious academic references. These days, it's Wikipedia, definitely, and - at one public university in West Virginia - Fox News.
A syllabus for a political science course at West Liberty University instructs students that they must filter out two potential research sources, reports WTOV, a nearby NBC affiliate.
According to Fox News, ironically enough, the syllabus says:
DO NOT use
1) The Onion - this is not news this is literally a parody
2) Fox News - The tagline "Fox News" makes me cringe. Please do not subject me to this biased news station. I would almost rather you print off an article from the Onion
No other media or research sources - such as, say, just for example, MSNBC - appear to be prohibited outright.
(L-R) Actress Rebecca Rigg wife of actor Simon Baker, and their children Stella Baker, Harry Baker and Claude Baker pose at ceremonies honoring Australian actor Simon Baker with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame February 14, 2013.
Photo by Fred Prouser
Grammy performers did not go home with just trophies last weekend. Winning bands like indie-pop trio fun. and British folk band Mumford & Sons saw sales of their singles and albums more than double after appearing on the music industry honors show.
Sales figures released on Friday by Nielsen showed a 182 percent increase in sales of fun.'s hit single "We Are Young" following their Song of the Year and Best New Artist Grammy victories on Sunday.
Album of the Year winner's Mumford & Sons saw sales of its "I Will Wait" single shoot up 116 percent, while Australian artist Gotye's "Making Mirrors" album from 2011 increased 124 percent from the week before the annual music telecast.
Rising R&B star Frank Ocean, who took home two Grammys, saw sales of his album "Channel Orange" climb 140 percent.
The numbers mostly reflect a single night of sales increases from the prior week, predominantly digital downloads, immediately following the Grammy Awards show in Los Angeles on February 10.
The legal contract for the American debut of the English punk rock band The Clash is being offered by a New Hampshire auction house, among other band items.
The Clash documents dated Jan. 23, 1979, were drafted for a performance at New York's Palladium the following month. They include a diagram of the stage and a proposed advertising layout.
The band, known for "London Calling," ''Should I Stay or Should I Go" and "Rock the Casbah," would play the Palladium several more times that year.
A rare Fender guitar used by singer Joe Strummer and other items also were offered online Thursday by RR Auction in Amherst. Much of the collection belonged to Gerry Harrington, Strummer's former manager, who died Feb. 9.
Actress Catherine Deneuve poses on the red carpet for the screening of the movie "Elle s'en va" (On My Way) at the 63rd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin February 15, 2013.
Photo by Tobias Schwarz
There's a 15-year-old Florida girl who didn't really know much about Charlie Sheen before this week - but does now.
The actor wired $10,000 to Teagan Marti and her family on Thursday for a therapy dog to help in her rehabilitation from injuries sustained when she plummeted 100 feet from a Wisconsin amusement park ride in 2010.
Teagan suffered brain, spine, pelvis and internal injuries in July 2010 when nets and air bags that were supposed to catch riders on a free-fall ride were not raised. She had convinced her family to make the trip from Florida to Extreme World in Wisconsin Dells after seeing the amusement park's Terminal Velocity ride on the Travel Channel.
She was hospitalized in Wisconsin and Florida for three months. She initially had no use of her arms or legs but through physical therapy is able to walk again with a walker.
Teagan's mother, Julie Marti, said they are financially in trouble from the medical bills and her recent divorce. Their house is being foreclosed upon and insurance isn't covering physical therapy anymore, she said. She had no idea how they would pay for the English Golden Retriever puppy.
New York City's teacher pension fund has sold its stocks of publicly traded firearms manufacturers, becoming the largest U.S. public pension fund to do so in response to the school shootings in Connecticut, the city's top financial officer said.
The $46.6 billion fund divested all its holdings in five companies, for investments valued at $13.5 million as of January 26, a spokesman for New York City Comptroller John Liu said on Friday.
"There is no need to support these companies, whose products can destroy lives and shatter communities in the blink of an eye," Liu said in a statement. "Our investment portfolio gains nothing by doing business with these firms."
The five companies from which the New York City fund divested are Alliant Techsystems Inc., Olin Corp., Forjas Taurus SA, Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. and Sturm, Ruger & Co..
A worker puts the final touch to a London train sculpture near a replica of Big Ben made with lemons and oranges during the 80th Lemon festival in Menton February 15, 2013. Some 145 metric tons of lemons and oranges are used to make displays during the 80th festival, which is themed "Around The World In 80 Days", and runs from February 16 through March 6.
Photo by Eric Gaillard
Former game show host Bob Barker is telling North Carolina lawmakers that caging a live possum for a New Year's Eve event in the mountains isn't good show business.
Barker wrote this week to a state Senate committee's members asking them to oppose a bill that would let the organizer of the Brasstown "Possum Drop" keep suspending a possum in a box every Dec. 31 and lowering it gently to the ground.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals complained about the event. A judge ruled state regulators don't have explicit authority to permit the display. A House bill approved this week would change that.
Barker says the event is inhumane and that loopholes for animal abuse shouldn't be created.
Former presidential candidate Herman Cain will be getting some regular TV work at Fox News Channel.
The network announced Friday that Cain, a failed Republican presidential contender in 2012, will be a network contributor. Cain, the former president and CEO of Godfather's Pizza from Georgia, will also contribute to the Fox Business Network.
Cain said he's looking forward to the job because it is "an opportunity to be one more voice for intelligent thinking in America."
Naga Sadhus or Hindu holy men walk on the banks of the river Ganges after taking holy dip during the third 'Shahi Snan' (grand bath) at the ongoing "Kumbh Mela" or Pitcher Festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 15, 2013. During the festival, Hindus take part in a religious gathering on the banks of the river Ganges. The festival is held every 12 years in a temporary city covering an area larger than Athens, spread over a wide sandy river bank in Allahabad at the point where the Ganges and Yamuna rivers meet a third mythical river.
Photo by Adnan Abidi
A Tiffany & Co. subsidiary is suing Costco, claiming the wholesale club operator has been selling engagement rings wrongly labeled "Tiffany" rings.
Tiffany and Company alleges trademark infringement, counterfeiting, unfair competition, injury to business reputation, false advertising and deceptive business practices. The company says the rings are not in fact Tiffany rings, nor are they in any way properly associated with Tiffany.
The retailer said that a customer alerted Tiffany in November to the sale of what was promoted on in-store signs as "Tiffany" diamond engagement rings at a Costco store in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Tiffany immediately launched an investigation and said that it learned that Costco has been selling different types of rings for many years identified as "Tiffany" rings, without the company's knowledge. The jewelry retailer said that Costco led its customers to believe they were buying authentic Tiffany products at significant discounts.
DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. says it is licensing its characters to a developer of theme parks in Russia.
The Regions Group of Companies plans to open parks in St. Petersburg, Moscow and the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg in 2015.
DreamWorks said Friday that the parks will be Europe's largest year-round indoor entertainment zones. The zones will be part of larger entertainment complexes, each featuring a mixed-use movie and concert hall, a movie theater, a hotel and a retail center.
Some franchises that are to be featured at the parks include "Shrek," ''Madagascar," ''How to Train Your Dragon" and "Kung Fu Panda," as well as upcoming films such as "Turbo," a movie set to debut in July about a snail that gets super speedy powers.
A blacklisted screenwriter who later named names to Communist hunters during the McCarthy era has died in California. Richard Collins was 98.
His son, Michael Collins, tells the Los Angeles Times that Collins died Thursday of pneumonia in Ventura.
Collins was one of 19 writers and directors called by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947 in a probe of supposed Communist subversion in Hollywood. He wasn't asked to testify but 10 who refused to answer questions about their beliefs were jailed in what has widely been called a witch hunt.
Collins was subpoenaed again in 1951 and identified more than 20 colleagues as Communist sympathizers. He later expressed regrets.
He went on to have a three-decade career in TV writer and producer on shows including "Bonanza" and "Matlock."
William Watts Biggers, the co-creator of the cartoon "Underdog," the mild-mannered canine shoeshine boy who turned into a caped superhero to rescue his girlfriend, Sweet Polly Purebred, has died. He was 85.
Family friend Derek Tague says Biggers, who went by "Buck," died unexpectedly at his Plymouth, Mass., home on Sunday.
The native of Avondale Estates, Ga., worked for the New York City advertising firm DFS when he accepted an assignment from the agency's largest client, General Mills, to create television cartoons to promote its breakfast cereals. The most famous was "Underdog," which debuted on NBC in 1964.
The canine superhero, voiced by comic actor Wally Cox, also battled villains including mad scientist Simon Bar Sinister, and a gangster wolf Riff Raff.
After General Mills pulled out of the animation business, Biggers became vice president of promotion and creative services at NBC.
The family said Biggers "delighted in the enduring appeal of his 'Underdog' franchise," including the balloon that appeared in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the 2007 live-action film.
Biggers also wrote for publications including TV Guide, Family Circle and Reader's Digest, and wrote several novels, including "The Man Inside" and "Hold Back the Tide."
Biggers' wife of 39 years, Grace, died in 1989. He is survived by his daughter, Victoria Biggers, his son, W. Watts Biggers, Jr., and longtime companion Nancy Purbeck.
Gorilla Bagira holds her baby in their enclosure at Munich's zoo Hellabrunn February 15, 2013. The baby was born at the zoo on February 8, 2013.
Photo by Michaela Rehle
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