Tom Danehy: Tom celebrates the 1997 Wildcat basketball champs as they reunite this week at the Fox (Tucson Weekly)
I have a fun quiz question for you. Don't cheat. Don't Google it or look it up on your phone. As a matter of fact, if you do cheat, I hope your mother never gets out of prison. Unless, of course, she is in prison, in which case, I hope she eventually gets out...unless you don't want her to. Anyway, here's the question: For all of his incredible work on the big screen, what is the only role/movie for which Robert Duvall won an Academy Award?
Matthew Yglesias: Here's How Conservatives Plan On Scaring Young Women Off Obamacare (Slate)
They're launching a tour of 20 college campuses this year to try to persuade people that it's better to have no health insurance than to participate in Obamacare. The plan of persuasion includes this advertisement showing that under Obamacare, Uncle Sam is going to be inspecting your vagina:…
Matthew Yglesias: GOP Rep Whines That He's "Stuck Here Making $172,000 a Year" (Slate) The world's tiniest violin is playing for Georgia Republican House member Phil Gingrey, who's very troubled by his inability to make ends meet on $172,000 a year: "'Capitol Hill aides,' he said 'may be 33 years old now and not making a lot of money. But in a few years they can just go to K Street,' the Washington, D.C., vernacular for becoming a lobbyist, 'and make 500,000 a year. Meanwhile I'm stuck here making $172,000 a year.'"
What Is Your Funniest Story From Being a Cop? (Slate)
The bartender had closed the bar early to help the waitress count her tips. In their haste to get naked, they had both peeled off their clothes and laid them on the floor next to the bed. They were both naked in bed when the husband arrived. When the bartender jumped off of her and vaulted out the window, he had grabbed the wrong pile. He could not figure out why his clothes were so tight as he tried to get them on while on the run.
Tiddlywinks is an indoor game played on a flat felt mat with sets of small discs called "winks", a pot, which is the target, and a collection of squidgers, which are also discs. Players use a "squidger": a disk (nowadays made of plastic) used to propel a wink into flight by pressing down on the edge of a wink, thereby flicking it into the air. The objective of the game is to score points by sending your own winks into the pot and preventing the opponent from "squopping" your winks by placing your own winks on top of them. As part of strategic gameplay, players often attempt to squop their opponents' winks and develop, maintain and break large piles of winks.
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Tiddlywinks
mj wrote:
That would be
Tiddly-winks. And I'll say not a jot more.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, responded:
Tiddlywinks
Charlie replied:
Tiddlywinks
Adam answered:
I'm just going to guess Tiddly Winks.
Sally said:
In the game of Tiddly Winks players use a "squidger" to propel a wink into flight.
I've tossed a few winks myself in my day...
PS: @B2BB, as I said before - get rid of this guy!
How much are you paying him anyway??
Whatever, it is TOO much!!! (Love ya, B2!)
Dale of Diamond Springs, Norcalibeautificouous, wrote:
Tiddlywinks.
What's a "Tinkle Bell"?
BttbBob responded:
What?... Oh, that... I've always thought that a "squidger" was someone who gives a "wink" a "squidgie" thus sending said 'wink" into flight down a high school hallway all be-squidged. I remember seeing it happen to Tommy Pryzbilski (who was president of the Math Club) and it wasn't a pretty sight, I'm tellin' ya, poor guy... Ol' Butch Bretschneider was the "squidger". Son of a Munger potato farmer, he was, and grew up throwin' around 50lb bags of taters come harvest time (Munger has a great "Potato Festival" every summer. Look it up. Fact! Demolition Derbies, Beer tent Polka dancing, rickety ol' carnie rides and rip-off carnie games, corn dogs, even a "Potato Queen"!) and he was the starting left guard on our 'Class A' State Championship football team in '70 (Go 'Central'!). Big, BIG dude! Heard later on that he went to work at the Gray Iron foundry in Saginaw right from HS casting engine blocks for GM. Good UAW money back in those days, I'm sayin', from "Generous Motors"... Guess he had enough of taters...
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Memo to JoeS: Keep it up, Pal, and I'll by-pass the 'Doink', find ol' Butch, give him plenty of beer and gas money, and send him over to Manistee-by-the-Lake to give ya a "squidgie"... You-will-not-like-it!
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Okay... let's get civilized now, shall we? Happy Birthday this day to:
(62) Oh, no... I believe it... He would do that... That's what makes it so believable.
The man who owns this house is (65)... I've stood right about where this photo was taken... He also wrote "The Stand", "The Shining" etc... His inspiration was the incomparable H. P. Lovecraft... Oh, he also has a passion for good 'Hard Rock' and is a radio station owner ( Zone Radio|100.3 WKIT|AM 620 The Pulse WZON|103.1 WZLO ) in Bangor, Maine...
(47) There's a whole bunch of 'cheese cake' photos of this lady, but I like her just like this... She's #2 on my list... Sandra is #1, if you'd recall...
Thick marine layer never burned off, so cool and gray all day.
Tonight, Saturday:
CBS begins the night with a RERUN'Mike & Molly', followed by another RERUN'Mike & Molly', then a RERUN'NCIS: The 2nd One', followed by '48 Hours'.
Dave
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'American Ninja Warrior', followed by an old hourlong 'SNL'.
Of course, 'SNL' is a RERUN (from 5/18/13), with Ben Affleck hosting, music by Kanye West.
ABC fills the night with LIVE'College Football', then pads the left coast with local crap, and maybe an old 'Right This Minute' or two.
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'College Football', then pads the left coast with local crap.
MY has an old 'Burn Notice', followed by another old 'Burn Notice'.
A&E has 'Bad Ink', another 'Bad Ink', 'Modern Dads', another 'Modern Dads', still another 'Modern Dads', yet another 'Modern Dads', followed by a FRESH'The Marriage Test'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Good, The Bad & The Ugly', followed by a FRESH'Hell On Wheels', and another 'Hell On Wheels'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 07-08 - Episode 3
[7:00AM] TOP GEAR: BEST OF 07-08 - Episode 4
[8:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Moore Place
[9:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 3 - Trobiano's
[10:00AM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 5 - Episode 3
[11:00AM] MASTERCHEF UK: THE PROFESSIONALS - Season 5 - Episode 4
[12:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 3 - Episode 2
[1:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 3 - Episode 3
[2:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 3 - Episode 4
[3:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 3 - Episode 5
[4:00PM] TOP GEAR - Season 3 - Episode 6
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 12 - The Pegasus
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 13 - Homeward
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 14 - Sub Rosa
[8:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 15 - Lower Decks
[9:00PM] TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY-Season 4 - Ep 2 - Rendition NEW
[10:00PM] ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Instinct
[11:00PM] DOCTOR WHO - Season 7 - Ep 2 - Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
[12:00AM] TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY - Season 4 - Ep 2 - Rendition
[1:00AM] ORPHAN BLACK - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Instinct
[2:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 12 - The Pegasus
[3:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 13 - Homeward
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 14 - Sub Rosa
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Season 7 - Ep 15 - Lower Decks (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has the movie 'Gone In 60 Seconds', followed by the movie 'The Bourne Ultimatuum', then the movie 'The Bourne Ultimatuum', again.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Dinner For Schmucks', 'Tosh.0', another 'Tosh.0', still another 'Tosh.0', 'South Park', another 'South Park', still another 'South Park', and yet another 'South Park'.
FX has the movie 'Something Borrowed', followed by the movie 'Grown Ups'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Bunk
[6:30AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[6:45AM] Slumdog Millionaire
[9:30AM] Portlandia-Cops Redesign
[10:00AM] Portlandia-Catnap
[10:30AM] Portlandia-Motorcycle
[11:00AM] Portlandia-Feminist Bookstore 10th Anniversary
[11:30AM] Portlandia-No Olympics
[12:00PM] Portlandia-Take Back MTV
[12:30PM] Portlandia-Missionaries
[1:00PM] Portlandia-Nina's Birthday
[1:30PM] Portlandia-Squiggleman
[2:00PM] Portlandia-Mixologist
[2:30PM] Portlandia-One Moore Episode
[3:00PM] Portlandia-Cool Wedding
[3:30PM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[3:45PM] Hanna
[6:00PM] The Marine 3: Homefront
[8:00PM] Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
[11:00PM] Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
[2:00AM] Crank: High Voltage
[4:00AM] The Virginity Hit (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00AM] Roxanne
[8:00AM] Gallipoli
[10:30AM] The Bridge on the River Kwai
[2:00PM] The Outlaw Josey Wales
[5:00PM] Searching for Bobby Fischer
[7:00PM] Revealing: Extravagance
[8:00PM] The Namesake
[10:15PM] Philadelphia
[12:30AM] Female Perversions
[3:00AM] Star Maps
[4:45AM] The Trouble With Men and Women (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Resident Evil: Afterlife', followed by the movie 'Drive Angry'.
This Sept. 17, 2013 photo shows American musician Linda Ronstadt poses in New York to promote the release of her memoir "Simple Dreams."
Photo by Amy Sussman
Chita Rivera had wanted to celebrate her 80th birthday quietly, no fuss. That clearly wasn't going to happen.
"I think I can ask anybody out on the street, 'How old is Chita Rivera?' and they'd know. There's an awful lot of noise about it," says the actress. "That's not the way I intended it to be."
So, true to form for the multitalented, always hardworking Tony Award winner, Rivera will celebrate by giving back: She's preparing a one-night-only Broadway concert to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
"Since it's out there, let's make some money," says Rivera, laughing.
The Oct. 7 show at the August Wilson Theatre will feature Rivera backed by a full orchestra singing songs from her hits and telling stories. It's written by Terrence McNally and directed by Graciela Daniele. Guests will include Tommy Tune and Ben Vereen.
Producer/writer Aaron Sorkin, right, and a guest attend The Hollywood Reporter celebration of the Emmy nominees and new fall TV season presented by Samsung Galaxy, Asos, Porsche, Pandora and Ketel One, on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, at Soho House in West Hollywood, Calif.
Photo by Todd Williamson
"To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee is at odds with a museum in her Alabama hometown that celebrates her literary achievement over use of the words in the title of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Lee is seeking a trademark for the words when they are used on clothing. The Monroe County Heritage Museum in Monroeville is opposing the application, contending the sale of souvenirs with the words is vital to its continued operation.
Lee's New York attorney, Robert Clarida, said the 87-year-old author, who lives in Monroeville, has never received a penny from the museum's sale of T-shirts, caps and other souvenirs. "They want to continue selling the merchandise without Ms. Lee getting any money," he said Friday.
Museum Director Stephanie Rogers said Lee's book drives tourism in the rural south Alabama county. She said the museum has always been supportive of Lee, and she has never said anything about the souvenirs when visiting the museum.
Cruel, enchanting and dangerous, John William Waterhouse's red-haired femme fatale pours poison into a cup in one of the once-feted Victorian artist's best known works, "The Love Philtre".
Looking straight ahead, the bare-shouldered woman with slanting eyes and a long, angular face pauses, as if inviting the viewer to witness what is about to happen.
Part of a rarely-seen private collection, the work is among dozens included in an exhibition of once unfashionable Victorian art due to tour Europe nearly a century after falling out of favour with the British public.
Dismissed as recently as 2003 by one British art critic, Jonathan Jones, as "lifeless" and "bad taste, however brilliantly lit", curator and Sorbonne professor Veronique Gerard-Powell, however, stresses Victorian art's "technical perfection" and believes it is worthy of the renewed interest it is receiving.
The Desires & Sensuality exhibition at Paris's Jacquemart-Andre museum draws around 50 works owned by Juan Antonio Perez Simon, a Spanish-born businessman based in Mexico City.
Tina Fey, left, and Eric Stonestreet attend The Hollywood Reporter celebration of the Emmy nominees and new fall TV season presented by Samsung Galaxy, Asos, Porsche, Pandora and Ketel One, on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, at Soho House in West Hollywood, Calif.
Photo by Todd Williamson
Nearly $1.3 million worth of art and personal items belonging to the French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir have sold at a New York City auction.
Heritage Auctions says 143 lots sold Thursday including Renoir's prized "Large Venus Victorious," a life-size statue of the Roman goddess Venus elegantly holding a drape in one hand and an apple in the other. It sold for $545,000.
Heritage says personal items belonging to the Impressionist icon also sold, such as a polka-dot scarf for $3,750; spectacles for $6,250; and a cigarette holder for $1,563.
Les Bescasse (The Woodcocks), one of the last paintings done by Renoir before his 1919 death, sold for $125,000.
The Danish-owned freighter Nordic Orion's sailing this month through the Northwest Passage with a load of B.C. coal is a historic one. It's only the second commercial bulk carrier to traverse the Arctic route since 1969.
But the vessel is likely a harbinger for the future as climate change makes the ice-bound Northwest Passage increasingly navigable.
You can follow the Nordic Orion's progress here as it makes a its way across the top of Canada, scheduled to arrive at Pori, Finland in early October.
It's been more than four decades since the oil tanker SS Manhattan, its bow reinforced to deal with ice floes, made its much-publicized trip through the Northwest Passage to test its feasibility as a trade route to deliver Alaskan oil to the U.S. East Coast, avoiding a long trip south to the Panama Canal.
The Manhattan was ahead of its time. Its journey through the passage wasn't easy and the Americans opted for an oil pipeline to move Alaskan crude south. But as warming Arctic waters make the route navigable for longer each year, the passage could finally become a viable commercial shipping route.
Steven Levitan, left, and Vince Gilligan attend The Hollywood Reporter celebration of the Emmy nominees and new fall TV season presented by Samsung Galaxy, Asos, Porsche, Pandora and Ketel One, on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, at Soho House in West Hollywood, Calif.
Photo by John Shearer
NASA is looking for study participants to help with its research into the effects of long-term spaceflight on the human body.
Scientists claims that having people lie in bed for 70 days is the easiest way to study the effects of microgravity on the body without having to opt for the more expensive option: actually sending people to space.
Approved bed-rest participants - sorry, couch potatoes, you have to be very healthy to make the cut - will be paid $18,000 for 15 weeks of their time.
After spending two weeks at the Johnson Space Center, where scientists will observe participants' bodies in normal conditions and participating in normal activities, study subjects will move to NASA's Flight Analogs Research Unit (FARU) at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, where they will spend the next 70 days lying in a bed tilted head-down at a six-degree angle.
Getting out of bed is not an option. A modified shower gurney allows participants to bathe. Meals are delivered to their bedside. Participants can read books, Skype with friends, check Facebook, watch TV and even work.
Dot-Marie Jones arrives at The Hollywood Reporter celebration of the Emmy nominees and new fall TV season presented by Samsung Galaxy, Asos, Porsche, Pandora and Ketel One, on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, at Soho House in West Hollywood, Calif.
Photo by Jordan Strauss
Other publications have found sport in comparing the Russian president to animals, such as Foreign Policy, which recently published a list of hairless cats alongside Putin's image.
The connection is less flattering than the PR images Putin regularly releases, including photos of him riding a horse shirtless, feeding dolphins and seemingly catching large fish.
Actors Jennifer Grey and Clark Gregg arrive at The Hollywood Reporter's Emmy party in West Hollywood, California, September 19, 2013.
Photo by Kevork Djansezian
Three cannons explode on a deserted Cape Cod beach, unleashing a startling cloud of white smoke and sand. In tandem, projectiles erupt from the ground, flinging a net over a group of elusive shorebirds known as red knots.
A dozen wildlife researchers emerge from hiding and sprint to transfer the prized catch into holding boxes and then to a camp nearby. There, they collect feather samples as they measure, weigh and tag the robin-size birds, then fit their legs with tiny geolocators and release them.
The red knot is already on New Jersey's endangered species list and has been proposed for inclusion on the federal list. It's known for its South America-to-Arctic migration, a 10,000-mile flight.
The population has dropped by up to 75 percent since the 1980s in some areas, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The decrease is partly fueled by a drastic decline in the horseshoe crab population in Delaware Bay, a key refueling stop during their migration to the Arctic breeding grounds.
Tomislav Horvat, 24, inspects his sculpture of Hollywood actor Al Pacino that is made of 117,000 matches in Podturen, north Croatia, September 19, 2013. For the last seven years, Tomislav Horvat has built sculptures made from matches. His biggest sculpture is a castle which is made of 157,000 matches that took him 23 months to build. He has used about 350,000 matches for his 7 sculptures. Picture taken September 19, 2013.
Photo by Antonio Bronic
An ancient forest has thawed from under a melting glacier in Alaska and is now exposed to the world for the first time in more than 1,000 years.
Stumps and logs have been popping out from under southern Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier - a 36.8-square-mile (95.3 square kilometers) river of ice flowing into a lake near Juneau - for nearly the past 50 years. However, just within the past year or so, researchers based at the University of Alaska Southeast in Juneau have noticed considerably more trees popping up, many in their original upright position and some still bearing roots and even a bit of bark, the Juneau Empire first reported last week.
"There are a lot of them, and being in a growth position is exciting because we can see the outermost part of the tree and count back to see how old the tree was," Cathy Connor, a geology professor at the University of Alaska Southeast who was involved in the investigation, told LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet. "Mostly, people find chunks of wood helter-skelter, but to see these intact upright is kind of cool."
The team has tentatively identified the trees as either spruce or hemlock, based on the diameter of the trunks and because these are the types of trees growing in the region today, Connor said, but the researchers still need to further assess the samples to verify the tree type.
The art project 'Blue Peace Flock' by artists Rainer Bonk and Bertamaria Reetz is pictured in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg, September 20, 2013. The installation of 100 blue sheep sculptures symbolizing that 'everyone is equal and everybody is important' is on display until Sunday.
Photo by Fabian Bimmer
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