• Isaac Asimov wrote hundreds of books during his life. His father once looked at one of the many books Mr. Asimov had written and asked, “How did you learn all this, Isaac?” Mr. Asimov replied, “From you. You valued learning, and you taught me to value it. All the rest came without trouble.”
• Leo Rosten’s father emigrated from Poland to the United States. To learn English, he attended night school, where a teacher asked him for an example of a noun. He answered, “A door.” She then asked him for another example of a noun, so he answered, “Another door.”
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• When Gary Paulsen wrote his novel Hatchet, which is about a young boy who finds himself alone in the wilderness with only a hatchet when the person piloting the small plane he is in dies of a heart attack, he wanted the novel to be as realistic as possible. Therefore, whatever the hero, Brian, experiences in the novel, Mr. Paulsen also set out to experience in real life. In doing this, he was remarkably successful, even creating fire using a hatchet and a stone. However, he experienced a setback when he attempted to eat turtle eggs. The eggs so nauseated him that he vomited, despite three valiant attempts to eat them. However, his lead sled dog, Cookie, enjoyed eating the eggs — she also enjoyed eating his vomit. Despite his lack of success in eating the turtle eggs, Mr. Paulsen decided to leave the egg-eating scene in his novel — he figured that Brian would be so hungry that he would be able to eat the eggs and not vomit.
• One morning, President Theodore Roosevelt sat down to a breakfast of sausages with a book in his hands. The book was The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, and President Roosevelt read, “There was never the least attention paid to what was cut up for sausage … meat on the floor, in the dirt and sawdust, where workers had tramped and spit uncounted billions of germs … meat stored in great piles … and thousands of rats would race about on it.” President Roosevelt screamed, “I’M POISONED!” — then he threw his breakfast sausages out a White House window.
• Alex Haley knew that he wanted to be a writer, and he was willing to live in poverty in order to have time to write. While Mr. Haley was living in New York City, a friend offered to give him a job, but he turned it down because he wanted to be a writer. Mr. Haley then took stock of his food supplies, and he discovered that he had only two cans of sardines — and to replenish his food supply, he had only 18 cents. The next day, Mr. Haley sold one of his articles, and he framed the two cans of sardines and the 18 cents. Later, of course, he wrote Roots.
• The ancient Greek poet Timokreon was born on the Mediterranean island of Rhodes, but he became the guest of the king of Persia. While sitting at the king’s table, Timokreon ate so much that the king of Persia was astonished, but Timokreon explained that he was stuffing himself so he could demonstrate his fighting skill the next day. He made good on his boast, and after defeating several warriors, he started slashing his sword at the air, explaining that he still had many blows left for anyone who wished to fight him.
• While riding the bus home, gay author Michael Thomas Ford heard a couple of teenage boys talking about “faggots” and saying that a certain macrobiotic restaurant the bus had passed was a hangout for “fags.” One of the boys says, “All them homos eat that health food sh*t.” When Mr. Ford got off the bus at his stop, he first leaned down to the boys and said, “You know, some of us homos eat the same crap you two do.”
Originally created in London, this hard felt hat with a rounded crown is also known as a billycock, bob hat, or bombín (Spanish). By what name is this hat known in the US?
The bowler hat, also known as a billycock, bob hat, bombín (Spanish) or derby (USA), is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown, originally created by the London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler in 1849. It has traditionally been worn with semi-formal and informal attire. The bowler, a protective and durable hat style, was popular with the British, Irish, and American working classes during the second half of the 19th century, and later with the middle and upper classes in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the east coast United States.
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Mark. was first, and correct, with:
Bowler hat.
Kevin in Washington DC said:
It’s called a bowler.
Billy in Cypress U. $. A. wrote:
The bowler hat
The bowler hat (derby) worn by all O.W.C.A. agents in the "Phineas and Ferb" cartoon series including "Perry the Platypus, but you can call him Agent P".
Deborah, the Master Gardener answered:
Why that’s a bowler hat, or derby, best worn by John Steed in the British tv series “The Avengers.” By far my favorite Avengers.
Walking the dogs at 8 a.m. and it’s already 85*. We’re gonna shrivel in the coming heat.
John I from Hawai`i says,
Bowler
mj responded:
Not to be confused with the race of the day
It's a derby (bowler).
Cal in Vermont replied:
A doiby.
Barbara, of Peppy Tech fame wrote:
The answer is bowler hat, made famous by these guys. Their hats often figured in to their physical comedy shtick.
Dave said:
Bowler. Also called the derby hat. The Bowler hat is hard and heavy, so it won’t blow off your head easily and can offer some protection against knocking your head on branches.
Alan J answered:
A Bowler.
Jacqueline replied:
The Bowler hat. Another name for it is a Derby.
Dave in Tucson responded:
The hat is known as a bowler. The difference between a bowler and a derby? A bowler is British and the derby is American.
Wilbur and Orville Wright strolling along while wearing bowlers. I mean derbies.
DJ Useo wrote:
I say "Bowler". It's funny with me & hats. If I put on a hat, people laugh. See viking hat below. lol
Rosemary in Columbus said:
Bowler hat
Michelle in AZ answered:
Bowler
Joe ( -- Vote Blue, No Matter Who -- ) replied:
Derby, I could be wrong because I'm guessing. I'm seldom wrong when I guess but there's always the chance.
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CBS starts the night, as ususal, with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH'Big Brother', then a FRESH'Love Island', followed by a RERUN'NCIS: The 3rd One'.
NBC opens the night with LIVE'Stanley Cup Stuff', followed by a FRESH'Cannonball', then pads the left coast with local crap.
ABC fills the night with LIVE'NBA Playoffs', then pads the left coast with local crap.
The CW offers a FRESH'Fridge Wars', followed by a RERUN'Supernatural'.
Faux fills the night with LIVE'NFL Football', then pads the left coast with local crap.
MY recycles an old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by another old 'Big Bang Theory', then still another old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by yet another old 'Big Bang Theory'.
A&E has the movie 'Jack Reacher: Never Go Back', followed by the movie 'Pacific Rim'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] EARTHFLIGHT - Europe (Extended)
[7:00AM] EARTHFLIGHT - South America (Extended)
[8:00AM] EARTHFLIGHT - Asia and Australia (Extended)
[9:00AM] PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS
[11:00AM] THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK
[2:00PM] JURASSIC PARK
[5:00PM] THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK
[8:00PM] TOP GEAR
[9:30PM] JURASSIC PARK
[12:30AM] DÉJÀ VU
[3:05AM] TOP GEAR
[4:35AM] DOCTOR WHO - Resolution (ALL TIMES ET)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of Potomac', another 'Real Housewives Of Potomac', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of Potomac', and another <>'Real Housewives Of Potomac'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Step Brothers', followed by the movie 'Step Brothers', again.
FX has the movie 'The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift', followed by the movie 'Furious 7', then the movie 'The Fate Of The Furious'.
History has 'Apocalypse Earth', followed by a FRESH'Apocalypse Earth'.
IFC -
[6:15A] Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet - Experiment 1203: Lords of the Deep
[8:00A] Kick-Ass 2
[10:30A] Inglourious Basterds
[2:00P] The Dark Knight Rises
[6:00P] The Wolf of Wall Street
[10:00P] American Hustle
[1:00A] American Hustle
[4:00A] Final Destination 2 (ALL TIMES ET)
Sundance -
[7:45am] columbo - Last Salute To The Commodore
[10:00am] close up with the hollywood reporter - Comedy Showrunners
[11:00am] mommie dearest
[2:00pm] the gate
[4:00pm] the goonies
[6:30pm] the monster squad
[8:30pm] the goonies
[11:00pm] the monster squad
[1:00am] the gate
[3:00am] mommie dearest (ALL TIMES ET)
SyFy has the movie 'Beetlejuice', followed by the movie 'Back To The Future'.
The cast of the beloved comedy The Princess Bride will reunite for a one-night-only virtual table read to raise money for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
“A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion” will features original cast members Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, Mandy Patinkin, Wallace Shawn, Carol Kane, the film’s director Rob Reiner and “special guests.” In addition to the table read, the reunited cast will partake in a virtual Q&A moderated by Patton Oswalt.
The virtual table read will livestream only once, on September 13th at 6 p.m. CST. Fans of the film can RSVP at Act Blue to watch the livestream. “Anything you donate will be used to ensure that Trump loses Wisconsin, and thereby the White House,” organizers promise; both Elwes and Reiner have been vocal in their criticism of Donald Trump on social media.
“I think most people are aware by now that Donald Trump (R-Failure) has completely abdicated his duties as President to represent and stand up for all Americans,” Elwes said in a statement (via Deadline) through the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, a key battleground state.
Hundreds of fans attended a special kind of musical happening Saturday at a church in Germany: a chord change in an organ piece that is supposed to last for an entirety of 639 years.
The performance of the “ORGAN/ASLSP,” or As Slow As Possible, composition began in September 2001 at the St. Burchardi Church in the eastern town of Halberstadt and is supposed to end in 2640 — if all goes well.
The music piece by the American composer John Cage is played on a special organ inside the medieval church. The last sound has been the same one for the last six years and 11 months, and therefore the chord change Saturday was a big event among fans of the John Cage Organ Project.
A chord change means that the sound of the organ pipes changes either because new sounds are added or existing sounds end. On Saturday, two new organ pipes were added.
The next chord change is planned for Feb. 5, 2022, the German news agency dpa reported.
Burning Man lives for a few thousand of the faithful. Despite the cancellation of the annual alternative event by the pandemic, some die-hard “Burners” are camping out on the Black Rock Desert playa.
The annual Burning Man is a gathering of artists and tech enthusiasts in the desert, aligning in various camps in a free-spirited festival transforming a stark playa into a community filled with the bizarre and delightful. The event culminates with the burning of a wicker man effigy.
The Bureau of Land Management officials are monitoring the attendees, who are prohibited from building a fire to “burn” the man, as tradition dictates.
There are 20 small camps at the event site and one large camp on Thursday, the news outlet reported.
Burning Man usually attracts more than 800,000 attendees to the playa, located two hours north of Reno. Those braving the journey are assembling where the official Black Rock City usually would be, using navigation apps to find it. Admission to the playa is free, unlike the “official” Burning Man, which requires a ticket.
President Donald Trump (R-Uniquely Inept) has pushed back against Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin, who backed up some of the allegations reported in a controversial story by The Atlantic accusing Trump of disparaging slain US military veterans.
Griffin cited two anonymous former “senior” US officials in her reporting, saying they confirmed “key parts” of The Atlantic‘s story. However, she added that the sources could not confirm “the most salacious” part.
Trump called on Fox to fire Griffin for her report, likening it to the so-called “Dirty Dossier” that wrongly sparked the years-long investigation of Russian collusion with his administration.
As expected, Griffin received tweeted support from colleagues in journalism for her reporting and track record, while Trump supporters lined up on the President’s team.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to stop detaining immigrant children in hotels before expelling them from the United States, saying the much-criticized practice skirted “fundamental humanitarian protections."
U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee ruled that the use of hotels as long-term detention spaces violates a two-decade-old settlement governing the treatment of immigrant children in custody. She ordered border agencies to stop placing children in hotels by Sept. 15 and to remove children from hotels as soon as possible.
Immigration agencies since March have expelled 148,000 people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border under an emergency declaration citing the pandemic. The Trump administration says people crossing the border without authorization threaten public health and must quickly be forced out of the country. Advocates for immigrants argue the administration is using the pandemic as a pretext to sidestep federal anti-trafficking laws and asylum protections.
To prevent them from being allowed to stay in the U.S., the Trump administration has taken at least 577 unaccompanied children to hotels since March, where they are detained and then typically placed on deportation flights. Most of the children have been placed in Hampton Inn & Suites hotels — two in Texas, one in Arizona.
That's instead of sending them to shelters operated by the Department of Health and Human Services, where minors receive legal services, education, and the chance to be placed with relatives living in the U.S. Those facilities are licensed by the states where they are located. More than 13,000 beds in HHS facilities are currently empty.
More young adults are living with their parents than ever recorded, data show.
In July, 52% of young adults lived with their parents, surpassing a previous high set during the Great Depression, a Pew Research Center analysis of census data shows. It’s also a jump of 5% from February before the coronavirus pandemic pushed many Americans to live with family, Pew says.
About 26.6 million adults age 18 to 29 live with their parents, according to the analysis.
There was growth across all demographics, including rural and urban, the four main U.S. census regions and racial and ethnic groups. The largest spike was among 18- to 24-year-olds and white people.
Switzerland officially opened the Ceneri Base Tunnel on Friday, the final piece in a direct, flat rail link connecting northern Europe to the Mediterranean via routes beneath the Alps.
The 15.4 kilometer (9.57 miles) tunnel marks the completion of the New Rail Link through the Alps (NRLA), a 22.8 billion Swiss franc ($25.04 billion) project dubbed Switzerland's construction project of the century.
Together with the 57.1 kilometer Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest rail tunnel which opened in 2016, and the 34.6 kilometer Loetschberg tunnel, Ceneri completes a system that allows uninterrupted freight transport from Rotterdam and Genoa under the mountains.
"It's the last part of the puzzle," Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) Chief Executive Vincent Ducrot told reporters. "The goal to have a flat rail line through the Alps has now been achieved."
The tunnel, which has taken 10 years to build, runs beneath Monte Ceneri, replacing a steep surface railway which had a high-altitude tunnel at the top. Its north portal is situated at Camorino, and the tunnel breaks through the mountains in the south at Vezia, near Lugano.
Amazon.com Inc said it has banned foreign sales of seeds in the United States after thousands of Americans received unsolicited packages of seeds in their mailboxes, mostly postmarked from China.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in July identified more than a dozen plant species ranging from morning glories to mustard in the bags of unsolicited seeds. It warned Americans not to plant the seeds.
According to plant experts, seeds from other parts of the world could be non-native varieties that harm commodity crops.
“Moving forward, we are only permitting the sale of seeds by sellers who are based in the U.S.,” Amazon said in an emailed statement on Saturday.
Two hundred ancient mammoth skeletons have been discovered beneath an airport construction site north of Mexico City — the largest collection of mammoth bones ever found.
Archaeologists at Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History first realized the area might hide mammoth remains after they found two human-dug mammoth traps in November as part of routine excavations to clear land for the airport site.
The traps, in an area intended for use as a garbage dump in the town of Tultepec, contained the bones of at least 14 Columbian mammoths.
The construction site of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport is just 12 miles from those traps. There, excavation teams discovered in May that the dried-up bed of Lake Xaltocan held at least 60 mammoth skeletons. The total uncovered has since reached 200 — with more bones still waiting underground.
"There are too many. There are hundreds," Pedro Sánchez Nava, an archaeologist at the institute, told The Associated Press.
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