Froma Harrop: Leave the Driving to It (Creators Syndicate)
Driverless cars are on the horizon, and we can all start feeling ancient now. The youngest among us will remember the days when we had to keep our hands on the steering wheel and foot near the brake. Joining "icebox" and "fire stable" will be such terms as "behind the wheel," "pedal to the metal" and "in the driver's seat."
Annalee Newitz: 7 Signs We Are Heading for a Mass Extinction (io9)
A mass extinction happens when over 75 percent of all species on the planet die in a period of less than two million years. That may sound long to you, but it's the blink of an eye in geologic time. There have been five mass extinctions on Earth over the past 540 million years …
Henry Rollins: The Failings of Music Writers (LA Weekly)
A few nights ago, we took the tour bus into the massive parking lot of a Walmart in South Dakota to get some provisions. Whenever I go into a Walmart, I always call it "committing Walmart," but it's one place we can fit the bus easily and so, now and then, we run the gauntlet.
L.V. Anderson: "You're Doing It Wrong: Oatmeal" (Slate)
Steel-cut oats completely miss the point of oatmeal. For one thing, they take forever to cook. I would be willing to overlook this inconvenience if the final result were stick-to-your-ribs spectacular. It is not. The final result is usually a bunch of chewy little grain nubbins suspended in a hot, viscous liquid. It is not soft, it is not creamy, and it is not comforting.
The ABCs of Checking for Skin Cancer
Considering the fact that skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States and early detection can prove to be a lifesaver, the American Academy of Dermatology has released a video to help you and your loved ones check for suspicious skin markings and know exactly what to look for.
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."
Texas ranchers using the Chisholm Trail started on that route from either the Rio Grande or San Antonio, Texas, and went to the railhead of the Kansas Pacific Railway in Abilene, Kansas, where the cattle would be sold and shipped eastward.
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mj was first, and correct, with:
The bovine trail of tears "steers"
Ended in Abilene, KS at a railway hub.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
Texas ranchers using the Chisholm Trail started on that route from either
the Rio Grande or San Antonio, Texas, and went to the railhead of the
Kansas Pacific Railway in Abilene, Kansas, where the cattle would be sold
and shipped eastward.
Charlie wrote:
To Abeline, Kansas, though the Kansas terminus varied some over the years.
BttbBob responded:
Abilene, Kansas, where there be Jayhawkers... Wild Bill Hickock was a marshal there and John Wesley Hardin was a shootist. it's where Ike grew up and he and Mamie now rest... I suppose all the cowboy's favorite 'bawdy houses' are all gone now. Ah, well, time moves on... as well as the 'bawdy houses'. They move to where the money's better...
Marian replied:
Abilene Illinois
Adam answered:
The railhead of the Kansas Pacific Railway in Abilene, Kansas.
Sally said:
Before 1871 Abilene, Kansas, and after that it was Dodge City, Kansas. If you are a listener of "A Prairie Home Companion," in their skit (starring Garrison Keilor), "Lives of the Cowboys," they mention it often...
Love 'em!
Dale of Diamond Springs responded:
Texas ranchers using the Chisholm Trail started on that route from either the Rio Grande or San Antonio, Texas, and went to the railhead of the Kansas Pacific Railway in Abilene, Kansas, where the cattle would be sold and shipped eastward. ^wiki
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Alan J replied:
Abilene, Kansas
MAM wrote:
From 1867 to 1871, the trail ended in Abilene, Kansas. For several years my brother lived in Abilene. During that time I visited him and being the good brother that he is, we saw the 'sights'. That Abilene was the railhead of the Kansas Pacific Railway and thus the end of the Chisholm Trail is a big deal there.
And, Joe S said:
The Chisholm Trail was a trail used in the late 19th century to drive cattle overland from ranches in Texas to Kansas railheads. The portion of the trail marked by Jesse Chisholm went from his southern trading post near the Red River, to his northern trading post near Kansas City, Kansas. Texas ranchers using the Chisholm Trail started on that route from either the Rio Grande or San Antonio, Texas, and went to the railhead of the Kansas Pacific Railway in Abilene, Kansas, where the cattle would be sold and shipped eastward.
I only know one song about the Chisholm Trail but I don't like it so I won't impose it on you all. I do like a trail song by Utah Phillips though, the Goodnight Loving Trail. Utah Phillips rendition doesn't seem to be on YouTube so please enjoy the song done by Ian Tyson, not as good as Utah but acceptable. http://youtu.be/1ZL2E0173IY
One of my greatest joys was meeting Utah Phillips and sitting and talking with him at the Wheatland Music Festival. It's a fond memory.
Advocates for Traverse City's homeless and addicted community are looking to bring a wet house to the area, a place where chronic alcoholics can drink without having to live on the street.
The idea is in its infancy, said Greg Stone, an addiction counselor who is part of a committee of law enforcement, housing advocates and medical professionals discussing the plan, but is based on what he said were successful projects in cities like Minneapolis and San Francisco.
"One door has to be open for these people," he said, referring to the rules of many homeless shelters that prohibit drug and alcohol use on site. "There needs to be a plan in our community to take these folks in and reduce harm." A wet house is a space, sometimes a room, sometimes housing, where chronic drinkers can drink and sleep...
'Wet house' being considered in Michigan for homeless drinkers | Michigan news | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
I can honestly state, with some vigor I might add, that I could debate successfully both sides of this issue. First one, then the other. Pro and con. No problem... How 'bout you? Stop and think about it for a minute. Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Fact o' the matter is, E! fans, I say that I don't know...
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH'Amazing Race', then a FRESH'The Good Wife', followed by a FRESH'The Mentalist'.
NBC fills the night with LIVE'Sunday Night Football', then pads the left coast with local crap and maybe an old 'Dateline'.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH'Once Upon A Time', then a FRESH'Revenge', followed by a FRESH'666 Park Avenue'.
The CW fills the night with what passes for local news and other fluffery.
Faux fills the night with LIVE'MLB Playoffs', then pads the left coast with local crap and old 'Simpsons'.
MY has an old 'How I Met Your Mother', followed by another old 'How I Met Your Mother', then 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'.
AMC offers
[6:56PM] The Walking Dead (Better Angels)
[7:59PM] The Walking Dead (Beside the Dying Fire)
[9:00PM] The Walking Dead (Seed) FRESH
[10:00PM] The Walking Dead (Seed)
[11:00PM] Talking Dead
[11:30PM] Comic Book Men (Stash Bashes) FRESH
BBC -
[6:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 6 - Hannah & Mason's
[7:00AM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 1 - Ep 4 - Moore Place
[8:00AM] PLANET EARTH
[9:00AM] PLANET EARTH: EXTREME JOURNEYS
[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 TOP 40
[1:00PM] TOP GEAR TOP 40
[2:00PM] TOP GEAR TOP 40
[3:00PM] TOP GEAR TOP 40
[4:30PM] MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
[7:00PM] THE SHINING
[10:00PM] COPPER - Season 1 - Ep 9 - A Day to Give Thanks NEW
[11:00PM] COPPER - Season 1 - Ep 7 - The Hudson River School
[12:00AM] COPPER - Season 1 - Ep 8 - Better Times are Coming
[1:00AM] COPPER - Season 1 - Ep 9 - A Day to Give Thanks
[2:00AM] MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
[4:30AM] TOP GEAR TOP 40 (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', another 'Real Housewives Of NJ', still another 'Real Housewives Of NJ', followed by a FRESH'Real Housewives Of NJ'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[6:15AM] Shopgirl
[8:30AM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[8:45AM] Delirious
[11:00AM] The IT Crowd-Aunt Irma Visits
[11:30AM] The IT Crowd-The Work Outing
[12:00PM] The IT Crowd-Return of the Golden Child
[12:30PM] The IT Crowd-Moss and the German
[1:00PM] The IT Crowd-The Dinner Party
[1:30PM] Whitest Kids U'Know
[1:45PM] Shopgirl
[4:00PM] The Ringer
[6:00PM] Cursed
[8:00PM] The Descent
[10:00PM] Scream 3
[12:30AM] Dance of the Dead
[2:15AM] The Descent
[4:15AM] Venom (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[6:00A] Amreeka
[7:45A] Pizza
[9:15A] Monsieur Hubert de Givenchy
[10:15A] The U.S. Vs. John Lennon
[12:00P] Gigantic
[1:45P] Isabella Rossellini: My Wild Life
[2:45P] Amreeka
[4:30P] A Life Less Ordinary
[6:15P] Junebug
[8:00P] Brideshead Revisited
[12:15A] Sideways
[2:25A] Brideshead Revisited
[4:40A] Up With Me (ALL TIMES EDT)
SyFy has the movie 'Jeepers Creepers II', followed by the movie 'The Mist'.
Protesters wearing masks gather to celebrate the anniversary of the Occupy movement outside St Paul's Cathedral in London, October 13, 2012.
Photo by Neil Hal
Bruce Springsteen is hitting the campaign trail on President Barack Obama's behalf.
The musician will join former President Bill Clinton at a rally in Parma, Ohio, on Thursday, two days after the second presidential debate. Obama will not attend the rally. Springsteen will also do a separate event Thursday.
Springsteen campaigned for Obama in 2008, but this is his first political appearance of the 2012 cycle. Clinton has become an increasingly prominent surrogate for Obama, campaigning for the president in several battleground states.
Clinton and Springsteen's joint appearance in Ohio underscores the importance of the key swing state. Polls show Obama with a slight lead there over Mitt Romney, but the Republican presidential candidate is spending an increasing amount of time and resources in the state ahead of Election Day.
Five-Star Movement activist and comedian Beppe Grillo (L) performs during a rally in Acireale in the Sicily region October 12, 2012. Italian elections are expected to take place in spring 2013
Pussy Riot angered President Vladimir Putin and the dominant Russian Orthodox Church but succeeded in highlighting the close ties that bind church, state and the courts together in Putin's Russia, a freed member of the punk band said on Saturday.
"We achieved more than our goal," Yekaterina Samutsevich told Reuters in an interview.
Samutsevich, Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Nadezhdha Tolokonnikova, 22, were convicted in August of a hate crime in jail for a profanity-laced "punk prayer" in Moscow's main cathedral asking the Virgin Mary to "throw Putin out".
The protest prompted accusations of blasphemy from the Orthodox Church and acerbic criticism from Putin. Their trial got Russians talking about the millennium intertwining of church and state and the politically engaged courts.
"People who even never thought about these things started to talk about them, to read and to listen to other people's opinions," Samutsevich said in the interview at a kitchen table in a friend's apartment in Moscow.
"In order to let Vice President Biden know just how much we appreciate him, while also making a very silly part of the internet come true (we are the internet after all); let's buy Uncle Joe a Trans Am like the one that is featured in the Onion article," writes the campaign's creator and Fark writer, "Hack Patooey." He tells Yahoo! News that the project was thought up with several of his colleagues and Fark readers, which they first posted here.
Of course, there's a potential catch to the campaign.
Near the bottom of the fundraising page, a note says the proceeds from the campaign will be given to charity.
"Now, Uncle Joe won't be able to accept this behemoth of steely American grace and power. He has these pesky laws and regulations and political-y things to deal with," the page reads. "Take into consideration his magnanimity and power of personality, he probably wouldn't be able to drive the Trans AM without causing a mass outpouring of Conservative Tears."
Instead, the campaign will auction off the Trans Am and donate the proceeds to charitable organizations, including the Biden Breast Health Initiative, Doctors Without Borders, the Wounded Warrior Project and GLAAD.
Los Angeles police officers take pictures in front of the Space Shuttle Endeavour at the Forum enroute to the California Science Center during its final journey in Los Angeles, Calif., on October 13, 2012.
A Gerhard Richter painting owned by Eric Clapton has sold for 21.3 million pounds ($34.2 million), handily beating pre-sale estimates and setting a new auction record for the German abstract artist.
Sotheby's auction house says Richter's "Abstraktes Bild" sold to an anonymous buyer Friday in London, ending a more than five-minute bidding competition between two telephone buyers.
The 1994 abstract oil on canvas piece from guitarist Clapton's collection was expected to sell for between 9 million and 12 million pounds.
Friday's sale handily beat Richter's previous auction record of $21.9 million set in May in New York with the sale of his "Abstract Picture (7938-3)."
Brad Pitt has thrown his weight behind a documentary that blasts America's 40-year war on drugs as a failure, calling policies that imprison huge numbers of drug-users a "charade" in urgent need of a rethink.
The Hollywood actor came aboard recently as an executive producer of filmmaker Eugene Jarecki's "The House I Live In," which won the Grand Jury Prize in January at the Sundance Film Festival. The film opened in wide release in the United States on Friday.
Ahead of a Los Angeles screening, Pitt and Jarecki spoke passionately about the "War on Drugs" which, according to the documentary, has cost more than $1 trillion and accounted for over 45 million arrests since 1971, and which preys largely on poor and minority communities.
"I know people are suffering because of it. I know I've lived a very privileged life in comparison and I can't stand for it," Pitt told Reuters on Friday, calling the government's War on Drugs policy a "charade."
"It's such bad strategy. It makes no sense. It perpetuates itself. You make a bust, you drive up profit, which makes more people want to get into it," he added. "To me, there's no question; we have to rethink this policy and we have to rethink it now."
The BBC is struggling to contain a crisis sparked by allegations of serial sexual abuse against the late Jimmy Savile, a longtime children's television host.
Dozens of women have come forward to say that Savile, who died in October 2011 aged 84, sexually assaulted them when they were as young as 13. London's Metropolitan Police, which is leading a national investigation, says it has identified 40 potential victims.
The publicly funded national broadcaster is facing questions about its failure to stop Savile's predatory behavior, which was an open secret in showbiz circles during his heyday several decades ago.
Some assaults are alleged to have taken place on BBC premises, others at hospitals and schools Savile visited as part of his charity fundraising.
Savile, known for his platinum hair, garish tracksuits, chunky gold jewelry and ever-present cigars, was a fixture on British TV between the 1960s and the 1990s as host of music show "Top of the Pops" and children's program "Jim'll Fix It."
Prosecutors say actress Taryn Manning attacked and choked her personal assistant in a New York City hotel room.
The New York Post and Daily News report that Manning was arraigned Friday after an early morning fight the day before with assistant Holliann Hartman inside the Dream Hotel in Chelsea.
Manning is charged with misdemeanor assault.
Her lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, says Manning and the assistant got into a confrontation but it was not an assault. He says it was "a little misunderstanding between the two."
A Chilean Mapuche (R) blows a trutruca, a traditional form of a trumpet, during a protest against the Day of the Races, also known as Columbus Day, in Valparaiso city, about 121 km (75 miles)
Photo by Eliseo Fernandez
Police say a man tried to rob a Pennsylvania bank of $1 because he hoped to be sent to a federal prison nearby.
A police complaint says 50-year-old regular customer Jeffrey McMullen walked into an AmeriServ bank Friday in Northern Cambria and handed notes to tellers demanding a dollar.
The complaint says tellers thought it was a joke. He then spoke with a new accounts employee and repeated he was robbing the bank for a buck.
Police say McMullen apparently wanted to be prosecuted federally so he could be taken to a prison in central Pennsylvania. Police could not immediately say why.
When it comes to expansive Batman and Lego creations, most of us are content to stick to the video game offerings.
But Carlyle Livingston II and Wayne Hussey have taken things a giant leap forward, creating a spectacular replica of the Batcave using more than 20,000 individual Lego pieces.
The pair debuted the creation at the 2012 Emerald City Comicon. They uploaded several dozen photos and three videos to Flickr detailing the construction of the cave, home to the comic-book character Batman. In the photos you can also see some of their other creations, including several "Star Wars"-themed spaceships.
The Brothers Brick site notes that it took Livingston and Hussey more than 800 hours to assemble the 20,000 pieces, with the final model weighing more than 100 pounds.
Their Batcave even comes with its own lighting and a rotating turntable at the center of the cave. The Laughing Squid site notes that a single battery powers the entire Lego Batcave, wired to several different lighting sources, including Christmas and flash lights.
Gary Collins, an actor, television show host and former master of ceremonies for the Miss America Pageant, died Saturday, authorities said. He was 74.
Collins, a resident of Biloxi, Miss., died of natural causes just before 1 a.m. Saturday after he was admitted Friday evening to Biloxi Regional Medical Center, according to Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove.
During the 1980s, Collins hosted the Miss America pageant and the television shows "Hour Magazine" - for which he won a Daytime Emmy in 1983 - and "The Home Show."
As an actor, he appeared in numerous movies and was a fixture on television in the 1960s and 1970s, playing a variety of guest roles in comedies and dramas including "Perry Mason," ''The Love Boat" and "Ironside," among others. He also starred in regular series including "The Wackiest Ship in the Army" and "The Iron Horse" in the 1960s and the "The Sixth Sense" in the 1970s.
He kept acting for decades, appearing as late as 2009 in an episode of the TV show "Dirty Sexy Money."
Collins was married to former Miss America and Mississippi native Mary Ann Mobley.
Best known as a handsome and amiable on-air personality, his public image suffered at times because of run-ins with the law.
In 2009, he pleaded guilty in Santa Barbara, Calif., to misdemeanor driving under the influence - his third offense. In 2010, he was fined $500 in Jackson, Miss., for leaving the scene of a traffic accident.
Last year, a Harrison County judge dismissed charges against Collins for allegedly leaving a Biloxi restaurant without paying his bill. Dismissal came after a restaurant employee asked to with draw his complaint in the case.
Greece swimmers perform the team free routine during Synchronized Swimming Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday Oct. 12, 2012.
Photo by Kamran Jebreili
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