Austin was one of the three surviving members of The Firesign Theater (Pete Bergman died in 2012). Austin died today. I spent many a night listening to their first four albums, trying to understand their surrealistic humor while ingesting substances which might have had an impact on that understanding. His most famous role in the …
Apparently the words the alleged shooter spoke before opening fire last night at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston mean less than nothing to Fox News, at least if the panelists on its “Fox and Friends” show are any guide. According to a survivor he said “I have to do it. You rape …
The European Union’s Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission seem to be hell-bent on forcing Greece’s new ruling government to agree to even more pension cuts (they’ve already been cut by about 30-50 percent in the past five years) and raising value-added taxes in order to get more cash to pay …
Australia played Sweden to a 1-1 draw, meaning the Aussies finished second in Group D with a 1-1-1 record. Cameroon defeated Switzerland 2-1 to advance to the knockout round from Group C, Japan beat Ecuador 1-0 to advance, also from Group C, and oh yeah, the Americans beat Nigeria 1-0 to finish first in Group …
Life on #67P is good, @ESA_Rosetta. About 3 hrs sunlight a day & feeling energised! More from my team #lifeonacomet https://t.co/ze2aYzBdC3 — Philae Lander (@Philae2014) June 15, 2015
Holy flyin’ toasters, the European Space Agency’s Philae has awakened from its seven-month sleep on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Even better, it’s sending telemetry data back to Earth! When we last heard from Philae the lander’s batteries had given out and it was shutting down in November, 2014. Its landing was not in a nice smooth sunlit …
But to Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, it’s a commitment, I guess. Grohl fell off the stage while doing a show in Gothenburg, Sweden Friday night. It wasn’t a casual fall, either; it looked like he fell nearly six feet. So while he was flat on his back and hurting, he announced he thought …
I admit that other than John Howard Griffin I’ve never heard of a white person passing as black before, but I’m hard-pressed to know why I should care about Rachel Dolezal’s apparent attempt to do so. There’s some human-interest value, of course, starting with “Why did her white parents feel a need to let the …
Wikipedia, sure. Wiktionary, of course. But did you know there’s a thing called Wikivoyage? It’s the same user-edited content idea but it’s a travel guide. Here’s one for the Trans-Canada Highway. Here’s one for Hawai’i. I’ve read it; it’s pretty accurate on the big things, as you’d expect from a wiki. I foresee much use …
If you wanna see soccer in Winnipeg, here’s another way to get there rather than going with an escorted tour: Road Trip! From: Vancouver, BC, Canada To: Winnipeg, MB, Canada 22 h 35 min (2,293.4 km) via Trans-Canada Hwy And you get to drive through some of the most scenic parts of the entire North …