Wrecked Czech
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Music geek, movie geek, politics geek, food geek, happily engaged to the unicorn-haired Queen of the G Dimension, retired state droog and all-around Irascible Old Fart.
Today, in Musical History, December 3rd, 1976: The 40-foot inflatable pig being used to shoot the cover art for Pink Floyd's "Animals", breaks free and goes sailing over the British countryside, forcing air traffic controllers to actually warn all aircraft of a flying pig.
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Today, in Musical History, December 3rd, 1976: The 40-foot inflatable pig being used to shoot the cover art for Pink Floyd's "Animals", breaks free and goes sailing over the British countryside, forcing air traffic controllers to actually warn all aircraft of a flying pig.
" 'God' is the word that comes after 'go-cart' " - Samuel Butler, novelist and critic, b. 1835, Langar, Nottinghamshire, England
December 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
" 'God' is the word that comes after 'go-cart' " - Samuel Butler, novelist and critic, b. 1835, Langar, Nottinghamshire, England
Today in History, December 3rd, 1616: John Wallis, mathematician, cryptographer, and the man who introduced ∞ as a symbol for infinity, b. Ashford, England
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Today in History, December 3rd, 1616: John Wallis, mathematician, cryptographer, and the man who introduced ∞ as a symbol for infinity, b. Ashford, England
"If a free society is ever destroyed in America, it will be done in the name of one particular vision of liberty and freedom." - David Hackett Fischer, historian and Professor of History Emeritus at Brandeis, b. 1935, Baltimore, MD
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"If a free society is ever destroyed in America, it will be done in the name of one particular vision of liberty and freedom." - David Hackett Fischer, historian and Professor of History Emeritus at Brandeis, b. 1935, Baltimore, MD
Today In History, December 2nd, 1942: Enrico Fermi ushers in the Atomic Age, when he creates and controls the first man-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction, in the Pile-1 Unit - A converted squash court in the basement of Stagg Field, at the University of Chicago.
Looks harmless, doesn't it ?
Looks harmless, doesn't it ?
December 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Today In History, December 2nd, 1942: Enrico Fermi ushers in the Atomic Age, when he creates and controls the first man-made, self-sustaining nuclear reaction, in the Pile-1 Unit - A converted squash court in the basement of Stagg Field, at the University of Chicago.
Looks harmless, doesn't it ?
Looks harmless, doesn't it ?
Today, in Musical History, December 1st, 1983: In one of the more revealing demonstrations of the eternal gulf between art and commerce, Neil Young's record label sues him, for....not sounding enough like Neil Young.
(The label loses, and Young goes elsewhere.)
(The label loses, and Young goes elsewhere.)
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Today, in Musical History, December 1st, 1983: In one of the more revealing demonstrations of the eternal gulf between art and commerce, Neil Young's record label sues him, for....not sounding enough like Neil Young.
(The label loses, and Young goes elsewhere.)
(The label loses, and Young goes elsewhere.)
"I was like you once, long ago. I believed in the dignity of man. Decency. Humanity. Boy, was I wrong." - Charles Grandison Finney, Jr, American news editor and fantasy novelist, b. 1905, Sedalia, MO
December 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"I was like you once, long ago. I believed in the dignity of man. Decency. Humanity. Boy, was I wrong." - Charles Grandison Finney, Jr, American news editor and fantasy novelist, b. 1905, Sedalia, MO
Today in History, December 1st, 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat, Montgomery, AL. Good on her. (She wasn't the first, but she was the exact image civil rights activists needed.)
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today in History, December 1st, 1955: Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat, Montgomery, AL. Good on her. (She wasn't the first, but she was the exact image civil rights activists needed.)
"Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through." - Jonathan Swift, British satirist a couple hundred years ahead of his time, author of "Gulliver's Travels" and "A Modest Proposal", and one smart cookie, b. 1667, Dublin, Ireland
November 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through." - Jonathan Swift, British satirist a couple hundred years ahead of his time, author of "Gulliver's Travels" and "A Modest Proposal", and one smart cookie, b. 1667, Dublin, Ireland
"If we achieve satori and the satori shows, like a bit of dogshit stuck to the tip of our nose, that is not so good." - Taisen Deshimaru, Soto Zen buddhist teacher, b. 1914, Kyusjhu, Japan
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"If we achieve satori and the satori shows, like a bit of dogshit stuck to the tip of our nose, that is not so good." - Taisen Deshimaru, Soto Zen buddhist teacher, b. 1914, Kyusjhu, Japan
Today In History, November 29th, 1935: Erwin Schrödinger publishes his "cat" theory, in an attempt to explain the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Today In History, November 29th, 1935: Erwin Schrödinger publishes his "cat" theory, in an attempt to explain the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.
"In every age the 'good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. Every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who were living through them." - Brooks Atkinson, theater critic, war correspondent (Pulitzer, 1947), and poet, b. 1894, Melrose, MA
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"In every age the 'good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. Every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who were living through them." - Brooks Atkinson, theater critic, war correspondent (Pulitzer, 1947), and poet, b. 1894, Melrose, MA
Today in History, November 28th, 1969: A bunch of Vancouver activists decide to call themselves the "Don't Make A Wave Committee", protesting the possibility of U.S. nuclear testing in Alaska triggering an earthquake / tsunami.
They eventually rename themselves "Greenpeace" in 1971.
They eventually rename themselves "Greenpeace" in 1971.
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Today in History, November 28th, 1969: A bunch of Vancouver activists decide to call themselves the "Don't Make A Wave Committee", protesting the possibility of U.S. nuclear testing in Alaska triggering an earthquake / tsunami.
They eventually rename themselves "Greenpeace" in 1971.
They eventually rename themselves "Greenpeace" in 1971.
"This century has been so rich in discovery and so packed with technical innovation that it is tempting to believe that there can never be another like it. That conceit reveals the poverty of our collective imagination." - Sir John Royden Maddox, theoretical chemist, b. 1925, Swansea, Wales
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"This century has been so rich in discovery and so packed with technical innovation that it is tempting to believe that there can never be another like it. That conceit reveals the poverty of our collective imagination." - Sir John Royden Maddox, theoretical chemist, b. 1925, Swansea, Wales
Today in History, November 27th, 1965: Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters hold the first "Electric Kool-Aid" Acid Test, in Soquel, CA
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Today in History, November 27th, 1965: Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters hold the first "Electric Kool-Aid" Acid Test, in Soquel, CA
"The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness." - Eric Sevareid, Emmy and Peabody award-winning author and news journalist, b. 1912, Velva, ND
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness." - Eric Sevareid, Emmy and Peabody award-winning author and news journalist, b. 1912, Velva, ND
Today in History, November 26th, 1832: Mary Edwards Walker, b. Oswego, NY.
The only woman to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (and one of only eight civilians), she was a combat surgeon in the Civil War, and went on to become an abolitionist and suffragist.
The only woman to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (and one of only eight civilians), she was a combat surgeon in the Civil War, and went on to become an abolitionist and suffragist.
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Today in History, November 26th, 1832: Mary Edwards Walker, b. Oswego, NY.
The only woman to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (and one of only eight civilians), she was a combat surgeon in the Civil War, and went on to become an abolitionist and suffragist.
The only woman to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor (and one of only eight civilians), she was a combat surgeon in the Civil War, and went on to become an abolitionist and suffragist.
Today, in Musical History, November 25th, 1988: Pink Floyd become the first rock band played in space, as cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 7 take a cassette of "Delicate Sound Of Thunder" along for the ride.
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Today, in Musical History, November 25th, 1988: Pink Floyd become the first rock band played in space, as cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 7 take a cassette of "Delicate Sound Of Thunder" along for the ride.
" 'Democracy' is the name we give the people whenever we need them." - Robert de Flers, playwright and journalist, b.m 1872, Pont-l'Eveque, Calvados,m France
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
" 'Democracy' is the name we give the people whenever we need them." - Robert de Flers, playwright and journalist, b.m 1872, Pont-l'Eveque, Calvados,m France
Today in History, November 25th, 1867: Alfred Nobel patents dynamite. Jimmy Walkers' ancestors get a strange feeling.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today in History, November 25th, 1867: Alfred Nobel patents dynamite. Jimmy Walkers' ancestors get a strange feeling.
Today, in Musical History, November 24th, 1997: John Lydon appeared on Judge Judy, defending himself after being sued by a session drummer who claimed that Lydon owed him large.
Lydon won - While being thoroughly cowed by de Judge. Don't see ANYBODY buffaloing him very often.
Lydon won - While being thoroughly cowed by de Judge. Don't see ANYBODY buffaloing him very often.
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Today, in Musical History, November 24th, 1997: John Lydon appeared on Judge Judy, defending himself after being sued by a session drummer who claimed that Lydon owed him large.
Lydon won - While being thoroughly cowed by de Judge. Don't see ANYBODY buffaloing him very often.
Lydon won - While being thoroughly cowed by de Judge. Don't see ANYBODY buffaloing him very often.
"Well, some men learn by listening, some read, some observe and analyze - And some of us just have to pee on an electric fence." - Spider Robinson, Hugo award-winning Canadian science-fiction writer, b. 1948, NYC, NY
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"Well, some men learn by listening, some read, some observe and analyze - And some of us just have to pee on an electric fence." - Spider Robinson, Hugo award-winning Canadian science-fiction writer, b. 1948, NYC, NY
Today in History, November 24th, 1632: Baruch Spinoza, b. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Philosopher, rationalist, famously kind, tolerant and respectful, he helped lay the groundwork for the Renaissance; Anybody whose writings make it into the Church's index of Forbidden Books is okay in with me.
Philosopher, rationalist, famously kind, tolerant and respectful, he helped lay the groundwork for the Renaissance; Anybody whose writings make it into the Church's index of Forbidden Books is okay in with me.
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Today in History, November 24th, 1632: Baruch Spinoza, b. Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Philosopher, rationalist, famously kind, tolerant and respectful, he helped lay the groundwork for the Renaissance; Anybody whose writings make it into the Church's index of Forbidden Books is okay in with me.
Philosopher, rationalist, famously kind, tolerant and respectful, he helped lay the groundwork for the Renaissance; Anybody whose writings make it into the Church's index of Forbidden Books is okay in with me.
Today, November 23rd, is Wolfenoot Day - Invented by a seven-year-old New Zealander, it's a day to show extra kindness and compassion to every kind of canine.
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Today, November 23rd, is Wolfenoot Day - Invented by a seven-year-old New Zealander, it's a day to show extra kindness and compassion to every kind of canine.
"The Monster was the best friend I ever had." - William Henry Pratt, AKA Boris Karloff, b. 1887, Honor Oak, London, England.
No amateur who just lucked out, "Frankenstein" was Karloff's EIGHTY-SECOND film - following over a decade of stage work and supporting roles in movies.
No amateur who just lucked out, "Frankenstein" was Karloff's EIGHTY-SECOND film - following over a decade of stage work and supporting roles in movies.
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"The Monster was the best friend I ever had." - William Henry Pratt, AKA Boris Karloff, b. 1887, Honor Oak, London, England.
No amateur who just lucked out, "Frankenstein" was Karloff's EIGHTY-SECOND film - following over a decade of stage work and supporting roles in movies.
No amateur who just lucked out, "Frankenstein" was Karloff's EIGHTY-SECOND film - following over a decade of stage work and supporting roles in movies.